Skills

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX December 2007
Major in Painting, Minor in Graphic Design

Relevant Experience

Senior Designer - Ellipse Communications, Inc. May 2010 - Present

• Promoted in November 2010 to a senior management-level position within the design team
• Responsible for managing top-level client design projects
• Aided the programming & design teams with various CSS, Flash, and XHTML issues
• Personally improved several core products with clean, updated code
• Utilized strong client communication skills to produce results that exceed expectations

Creative Director - The Carlisle Group, Inc. March 2008 - May 2010

• Creative direction of a small team which included programmers, designers, and web content specialists
• Corporate Identity development for The Carlisle Group, Tenet Physicians, MedFactory and Diesel Dog Media, among others
• Worked alongside the Director of Physician Recruitment at Tenet Health Corporation to develop TenetPhysicians.com and a suite of companion marketing tools
• Personally executed the design and development of several large scale, database-driven, SEO-friendly websites including TenetPhysicians.com
• Developed online marketing strategies utilizing video, flash animation, e-mail campaigns and social media

Writer & Illustrator - Antarctic Press June 2003 - February 2004

• Responsibilities included writing, development, page design, illustration and digital imaging for a 100+ page graphic novel.
• Demonstrated exceptional hand skills, including sequential artwork, character design and page layout.