Work Experience

 

Designer

  • Created systematic and engaging panel layouts for an exhibit with a variety of deliverables including: upright banners, reader rails, framed panels, vinyl clings, and interactives.

  • Organized and exported final files of multiple projects with 50+ graphic deliverables. Worked with printer to ensure files were ready for print.

  • Took over and expanded on multiple projects that another designer had started, and successfully delivered solutions that met client expectations.

  • Considered spatial design such as environmental context, panel interaction, and the effect of elements being obscured or accentuated.

HW Exhibits is a content-based, exhibit design firm that delivers quality, customized interpretive exhibits founded on expert knowledge and contextualizing design.

HW Exhibits

2022 – Current

 

Robot House

2019 – 2022

Graphic Designer

  • Collaborated with a team to produce cohesive brand identities.

  • Presented projects and communicated with clients.

  • Developed solutions and concepts for brand direction.

  • Created usage guidelines for logos and branding materials.

  • Customized and built websites using current platforms.

  • Art-directed compositions and setups for product photography.

Robot House is an award-winning creative agency specializing in strategic brand development based in Oklahoma City.

 

University of Central Oklahoma

2020-2021

Adjunct Instructor for College of Design

Foundations II + Ad Design

  • Critiqued student work, guiding them to thoughtful solutions.

  • Instructed students on how to think critically through design decisions and conceptual approaches.

  • Presented foundational concepts and creative thinking patterns to first-year design students.

  • Pushed upper-level students to be mindful of target audiences and to create intentional solutions for clients.

  • Navigated new technology platforms to provide effective remote learning during the pandemic.

 

Heartland Payment Systems

2018 – 2019

Graphic Design Intern

  • Provided all summer graphics for the communications team.

  • Designed branding materials for an off-site event.

  • Created company-wide presentations for the president.

Heartland Payment Systems is a financial technology company headquartered in Oklahoma City.

 

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Store Corporate

2017 – 2018

Graphic Design Intern

  • Designed materials for merchandising/marketing and proposed solutions for corporate events.

  • Developed file management and pre-press skills.

  • Assimilated products and materials in a print shop in order to better produce work based on machine capabilities.

Love’s Travel Stops and Country Store is a national chain of travel stops originating in Oklahoma City.

 
 

References available upon request.

Education

 

University of Central Oklahoma

2014 – 2019

Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Illustration

Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Procreate.