Resume
2020–present
Motion Design
+ Creative
Freelancer
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Illustration: Created detailed digital assets for different individuals’ personal use, generally for enhancing social media presence, as well as commercial spot illustrations for brand conferences.
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Ringling College Department of Motion Design: Organized and participated in team creating a video explaining the nuances of sound in animation
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Journey Church: Created short-notice video advertising community outreach event
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True Team Partners: Revised logo design for initial product launch, website, promotional gear
2022–2025
Motion Designer
USA TODAY Co.
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Performed quick turn arounds for animations, video edits, and designs across different teams in the organization, including arena signs, animated & video spots, ads, coverage for important news events, and short form verticals, further increasing awareness and visibility of the USAT brand and content that is gorgeous and strategically sound.
- The Excerpt podcast - Complete flagship podcast rebranding, including conceptualization, touching almost every part of the branding process from initial ideas to final polish.
- Women of the Year 2024 Campaign - Edited “5 Things” social media verticals, most reaching over 100k views on Instagram & resulting in an increase in campaign page views by 404% compared to 2023.
- IndyStar Spots - Edited Short form video content to support a campaign for the iconic local Indianapolis paper. Created rough audio cuts to facilitate story flow and support visualization on a quick turn around; declared “the most helpful” assistance by Art Director.
- USA TODAY Studios Identity - Animated logo to help create a brand identity described as “a beautiful and thoughtful way for us to stand out against other studios” by Sr. Director of Brand Marketing.
- Paris Olympics - Researched and presented dierent brand animations relating to current and past Olympics to inspire team and inform future USAT Olympics designs & animations.
2021–2022
Graphic Design Associate
Telos Corporation
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Animated a variety of styles (character-based, typographic, geometric) to present user-friendly products while displaying brand as clean and high tech
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Created short-notice designs and animations
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Gave demos and tutored coworkers on editing and animation software
2020–present
3D Designer
Bearwood Park MMO
Created 3D assets with Blender and textures with Photoshop to be used throughout the game
Consulted on projected 3D/2D character and atmospheric design/animation
2019
Motion Graphic Design Intern
USA TODAY Co.
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Assisted project managers research, concept, and develop best practices for brandexperiences. Projects included: brand identity, video storyboarding, motion graphics, data visualization, style guides, campaigns, and social/video experiences
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Researched current branding and market research of competitor brands
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Impacted Snapshots / brand equity / audio branding / animation network-wide
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Snapshot refresh - Cross-departmental graphics project utilizing exploratory concepting
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Redefined visual identity of the front-page USA TODAY Snapshots
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Created styles to test versions / presented snapshots for brand on social media, print
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Asset tests / snapshot trials using different tonality ranges for various topics while maintaining specific style format
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Audio branding
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Helped standardize video branding across network of 109 local papers
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Assisted in selecting files for audio branding
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Animated each outro audio track for each candidate audio brand
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Assisted in developing USA TODAY SPORTS sub-brand video outro
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Praised by team as one of the best Creative Design interns in years
2013–16, 2018
Graphic Design Intern
Telos Corporation
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Developed promotional & speaker presentation graphics for partnership in Amazon WebServices (AWS) Summit; designs lauded by VP Commercial Sales
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Planned and produced testimonial and recruitment video for Internship Program
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Created video highlighting partnership with National Labs
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Illustrated weblog articles to enhance company profile / internet presence
Activities
Volunteer, Ringling College of Art and Design:
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Represented Department of Motion Design to local community and small businesses
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Helped promote and create merchandise for Future Proof conference
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Hosted prospective students / parents during Preview Days, other Admissions Events
Guest Speaker, National Art Honor Society:
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Invited guest speaker – discussed college preparations / Ringling experiences
Skills
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Proficient in Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, Dragonframe, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Mac, and PC
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Working knowledge in 2D drawing, storyboarding, and Nuke
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Familiar with Maya