EXPERIENCE
Contract Graphic Designer | Rogueheart Media
SPOKANE, WA | 2020 - PRESENT
Production Designer | Averson Design
SPOKANE, WA | 2020 - 2021
Communications Coordinator | World Relief Spokane
SPOKANE, WA | 2019 - PRESENT
My responsibilities include:
• Social media strategy + implementation
• public relations
• copywriting
• photography + video production
• graphic design
Video Producer + Camp Photographer | Camp Spalding
NEWPORT, WA | 2019
My responsibilities included:
• video production + editing
• sports, portrait and indoor event photography
• photo editing
• digital file organization + management
Art Director | Whitworth University — Beyond the Pines
SPOKANE, WA | 2017 - 2019
Beyond the Pines is a Public Relations agency founded and run by Whitworth University students. This group of brilliant writers, inventive problem-solvers, design geeks and service-oriented people are looking to serve the community on campus and beyond. Whitworth University Communications began redirecting design requests from campus clubs and departments to the BtP Design Squad. I head the team of students that now handle these in-house design requests. My responsibilities included:
• organizing work flow
• team deadline management
• client communication
• copy editing
Graphic Design Intern | Yuit Communications
ANCHORAGE, AK | 2018
During my summer at Yuit, I got to work on projects for big-name clients such as the Alaska State Troopers, Saltchuck Family of Companies, the American Heart Association and more. I also worked in conjunction with Alaska-famous local chains like Kaladi Brothers Coffee.
My responsibilities included:
• editing, revising and making client-requested changes to annual reports
• creating and pitching concepts for logos, ad campaigns and branded swag
• editing portraits
Chapel Artist in Residence | Whitworth University — Office of Church Engagement
SPOKANE, WA | 2017 - 2019
This year-long residency provides time for one artist to facilitate community art projects and explore the what it means to include the visual arts in worship. Additionally, the chapel artist creates works related to the semester teaching series for display in the chapel.
Graphic Design Fellow | International Service Learning
SPOKANE, WA | 2018
This internship gives fellows the chance to learn about organizational use of social media and design in marketing. I was invited to contribute ideas and designs, craft and execute social media strategy and direct social media content under the mentorship of ISL’s Graphic Design Coordinator.
Videography Intern | Young Life --Pico Escondido
JARABACOA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 2017
I was responsible for the production of daily and weekly videos for the entire summer as well as the photo documentation of daily activities. Additionally, I worked alongside the North American Liaison to create content for the camp’s web and social media sites. I learned a wide range of cross-cultural and bilingual communication skills and vastly improved my Spanish. This media-intensive internship provided hands-on experience a wide range of production skills including:
• video production + editing
• sports, portrait and indoor event photography
• photo editing
• digital file organization + management
• social media management
Marketing Operations Coordinator | Whitworth University — Outdoor Recreation Program
SPOKANE, WA | 2016 - 2017
During my time with Whitworth Outdoors, I managed print and digital advertising as well as the department's social media accounts. I also worked on special marketing campaigns for special events like the annual climbing festival, Ubergrippen and planned events for campus outreach.
Account Manager | Whitworth University — Beyond The Pines
SPOKANE, WA | 2015 - 2019
Beyond the Pines is an on-campus Public Relations Agency run by students and advisor Dr. Erica Salkin. Each semester the agency partners with student groups, clubs, academic departments and local non-profits with an even wider variety of needs related to PR.
Web Editor | Whitworth University — EXPLORE! Interactive
SPOKANE, WA | 2016
EXPLORE! Interactive is an online, interactive, student-run publication. As the Web Editor, my responsibilities included:
• Site layout + design
• Text formatting
• UX design
• Site analytics
• Embedding + creating interactive content
• Social Media Integration
Graphic Illustrator | Whitworth University — The Whitworthian
SPOKANE, WA | 2015
Just like staff writers, graphic illustrators worked on weekly deadlines to create accompanying visuals for feature, op-ed and/or news stories for Whitworth University’s student newspaper, The Whitworthian.
EDUCATION
Whitworth University
SPOKANE, WA | 2015 - 2019
B.A. Journalism & Mass Communications, magna cum laude
B.A. Graphic Design, magna cum laude
AWARDS
Best of Bonfire — 3rd
2020
We're in This Together, Six Feet Apart won Third Place in the COVID-19 Relief Support design category
Whitworth University
Purchase Award
2019
House with Indoor Furniture is part of the permanent art collection at Whitworth University in Spokane, W.A.
Spokane MARCOM
Spark Award
2019
Division 3 - Student Work
Award of Merit: Print Design
Art Talent Award +
Departmental Scholarship
2016, 2017, 2018
Each spring, Whitworth University presents art talent scholarship awards to students who demonstrate interest and potential to excel as art majors at Whitworth. Awarded by a panel of Art Department Faculty.
Media Talent Award +
Departmental Scholarship
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Whitworth University offers media talent awards to returning students who have a GPA of at least 3.0 and demonstrate the potential to excel as student communicators during their time at Whitworth. The Media Talent Award is given by a panel of Communication Department Faculty.
Whitworth Writing Award
2017
Sponsored by the English department, this scholarship is awarded to research papers written for Communication Studies courses. My feature article “My Little Brony” won the 2017 award.
Presidential Scholarship
2015-2019
$18,000 per year for four years based on academic merit.
SHOWS
Senior Exhibition
SPRING 2019
Part of the Whitworth University art major program requires a show during the spring of your fourth year. My show featured a selection of cut paper relief works exploring the identity of Spokane from the perspective of a local.
Junior Exhibition
SPRING 2018
Part of the Whitworth University art major program requires a show during the spring of your third year in the program. My show featured a selection of design work that emphasized fine-arts practice in design.
Open Gallery
NOV. 10 - DEC. 1, 2016
The Whitworth Open Gallery is available to students upon request. I exhibited a small body of work (8 pieces total) consisting of cut paper relief and monotype prints.
Alice Morley House Gallery
JUNE 4, 2016
An active member in the Winston-Salem art community, visual art instructor Alice Morley exhibits the work of friends and former students to the general public every summer. Exhibiting artists have an opportunity to network, as well as exhibit and sell their work.
SKILLS
PROGRAMS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Lightroom
PRODUCTION
Photography
Videography
Audio/Podcast
Copywriting
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish
basic HTML