Shannon Miller

Huntsville, AL USA
Website: http://www.craftyinalabama.com
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Professional Experience

DIY writer and project designer with substantial professional experience in crafts publishing, graphics, marketing and social media. Well-versed in developing craft features, how-to articles, creative special events styling and feature stories, as well as the ability to create accompanying technical illustrations, photostyling and basic web-ready photography. Authoring my first solo craft book, a papercrafts title, to be released from KP Craft in Fall 2014.

Expertise

Art Director
7 Years
Book Author
1 Year
Editor
4 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities
7 Years
Home & Garden
6 Years
Other, Specify
7 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
7 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
1 Year
Marketing (in-house) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

7 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Kari Me Away (1-2), RocketCityMom.com (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

F+W Media (3-5)

Other Work History

Sr. Editor/Art Director, Sew Beautiful magazine, F+W Media Editor, Stitch Craft magazine, F+W Media Director of Marketing, Huntsville Hospital Foundation Art Director, Hoffman Media Graphic Design Specialist, GRA, Inc.

Computer Skills

Mac and PC platforms; Adobe Creative Cloud and/or Creative Suite, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Professional and some Flash; various FTP programs; intermediate working knowledge of HTML and CSS; Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; some working database knowledge, such as Raiser’s Edge.

Equipment

Desktop PC, 22" flatscreen monitor, Canon Pixma MG6120 printer/scanner, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Microsoft Office Suite, Canon PowerShot camera digital camera, iPhone 5s, iPad 2, Bernina Virtuosa 155 sewing machine.

Awards

New College Valedictorian and Graduation Speaker, UA Presidential Scholarship, UA Department of Art Scholarship, UA Arts and Sciences Leadership Board Scholarship, UA President’s List, all semesters, UA Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma and National Society of Collegiate Scholars Outstanding Performance in a New College Seminar, 2006-2007 New College Outstanding Scholar of the Year, 2005-2006 New College Sophomore, Junior, and Senior with the Highest Average UA Media Planning Board Most Valuable Member of Creative Services UA Media Planning Board “OSCAR” Award for Creativity First Place Rate Card Design, 2005 Southeastern University Newspapers Conference

Showcase

How-To Articles

Technical illustrations and accompanying editorial for reference on how to bind a quilt.
Projects and editorial focused on repurpose-friendly papercrafts and decorations for New Year's Eve.
Project and editorial inspiration for creating a unique, affordable, semi-handmade gift.
How-to article and project featuring felt, fabric, embroidery and buttons to create a unique flower clip-on.
Basic embroidery and sewing article featuring how-to for a simple handmade baby gift.

Email Newsletters and Blogs

Project and editorial for a summertime e-newsletter featuring a large American flag made from egg cartons.
First in a new monthly kids crafts column for the #1 local/regional parenting blog.
Interview with me on a popular crafts and sewing blog, featuring tips and advice for getting published in a craft magazine.
Fun and easy how-to on my personal blog for crafting with young children.
Feature of creations I made for a guest post with Webster's Pages using their newest holiday line.
Personal blog post.
Personal how-to blog post with simple sewing projects, including instructional figures.
Personal blog post containing tips for creatives gleaned from a professional organizer's advice.

Other Editorial Features

Short editorial feature about charitable individuals and organizations within the craft industry.
Editorial feature about simple, creative and affordable ideas for a backyard wedding.
An "editor's picks"-style, curated feature highlighting new, unique and/or interesting craft products.
Editorial feature written to accompany a designer's creation of a wedding dress out of ribbons.

Book Reviews

Promotional book review for "101 Ways to Stitch Craft Create."
Promotional book review for Modern Designs for Classic Quilts.