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