Experience

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  California State Parks

  • San Luis Obispo County California

  • Senior Park Aide

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • San Luis Obispo County California

    Provide customer service run daily reports, help with day-to-day operations at park facilites, process payments and perform routine clerical duties.

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  Graphic Design Freelancer

  • Photography & Design

    • Jan 2009 - Present

    Photography, Comprehensive package design, Brand Development, Publication Design

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  The Bear League

  • Lake Tahoe

  • Communications Intern (Independent Contractor)

    • Apr 2011 - Present
    • Lake Tahoe

    Principal Designer/Photographer, assist Executive Director and President of the Board in counseling clients in issues regarding wildlife; represent The BEAR League in public events; provide event coordination for community meetings and events. Worked with people, on Human Wildlife conflict, education and identification. Design outreach materials such as flyers, posters, invitations.Assist with media outreach. Help create media releases to increase public knowledge of the Bear League and its goals and accomplishments, events and workshops.Assist the Executive Director in other general duties such as answering phone calls, representing the Bear League at meetings or community events, and other office duties as requested.

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  Transitions-Mental Health Association

  • San Luis Obispo, California Area

  • Graphic Designer

    • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
    • San Luis Obispo, California Area

    Helped in the restructuring of the THMA Growing Grounds LOGO, conducted research for the THMA website and facebook pages, photography for the THMA Brochure in Santa Barbara.

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  Foundation Fighting Blindness, Inc.

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Event Phtographer

    • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Photographer for the Bay Area Vision Walk event.

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  Born Free Foundation

  • Sacramento, California Area

  • Production Artist

    • Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
    • Sacramento, California Area

    Helped with the implementation of the production of the Ghana Guidebook for Wildlife Rangers. Adhered to strict image specifications for printing, created new pages within guidelines specified, checked for grammatical errors.

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  CA State Parks

  • San Simeon CA

  • Park Aide

    • May 2015 - Oct 2015
    • San Simeon CA

    Perform reception duties and public contact work, answer all phones and also answers questions on rules, regulations and facilities for the public and other related work, collect fees.

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  Eadington Gallery

  • Tahoe City

  • Designer

    • Jun 2012 - Jun 2012
    • Tahoe City

    Comprehensive Logo and Brand design

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  Sierra Nevada Alliance

  • South Lake Tahoe

  • Communications Intern

    • Mar 2011 - Oct 2011
    • South Lake Tahoe

    Newsletters: Assist with design and content of quarterly newsletter and monthly e-newsletters.Outreach Materials: Design outreach materials such as flyers, posters, invitations.Media Outreach: Assist with media outreach. Help create media releases to increase public knowledge of the Sierra Nevada Alliance accomplishments, events and workshops.General Support: Assist the Development Director in other general duties such as making phone calls, database management, representing the Sierra Nevada Alliance at meetings or community events, and other office duties.Created conceptual design, using computer software, developed overall layout and production design for posters, redesigned their annual report. Worked on all events giving direction to participants of special events with people between 30 and 100 people.

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  Flowskipix

  • Professional Photographer

    • Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

    Children's & Family Portraiture...

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  United Way of Santa Barbara County

  • Event photographer

    • Sep 2010 - Sep 2010

    Photographer for the Annual Day of Caring event...

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  Success Envy

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Aug 2010 - Aug 2010

    Newsletter, 2 page spread

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  Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

    'Expect Respect’ campaign, Santa Barbara, CA.Logo, apparel, accessories, newsletter design

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  Be Love Foods

  • Freelance Graphic Designer

    • Mar 2010 - Apr 2010

    Comprehensive identity design, stationary, packaging, merchandise, website.

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  The Brooks Institute of Photography

  • Graphic Designer/Photographer

    • 2006 - 2010

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  Cavalier Best Western

  • Front Desk Clerk

    • Jun 2008 - Jan 2009

    Provided customer service and administrative duties which included: greeting and checking in guests to the hotel, taking reservations by phone, setting up tours for the guests within the surrounding area, faxing documents, sorting and distribution incoming correspondence, document reproduction and general office maintenance.

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  Shaver Lake Chamber of Commerce

  • Administrative Assistant

    • Jun 2005 - Sep 2005

    Provided customer service and administrative support. Provided a wide range of office duties and tasks as assigned by the board of directors while maintaining high standards and meeting high pressure deadlines.

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  CellularOne of SLO

  • Administrative assistant

    • 2001 - 2004

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  Cannon Associates

  • Clerical Assistant

    • 1996 - 1998