Education

Master of Landscape Architecture; University of Georgia, Athens GA
    GPA : 3.90 (May 2013)    
    ASLA Honor Award
    Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
    2012 Neel Reid Travel Scholarship Recipient
    2011 Neel Reid Travel Scholarship Recipient
    2011 Graduate School Dean's Award     
    Graduate Assistant to Doug Pardue and ICPI
    Acceptance to 7 Graduate programs including Harvard Graduate School of Design 

B.F.A., Graphic Design; Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
    GPA : 3.90 (May 2003)
    Summa Cum Laude
    3 Semesters with the College of Architecture (Rowan Taylor Endowed Scholarship Recipient) 
    2003 Golden Triangle Student Addy Awards: Best of Show & Gold 

Experience

Holcombe Norton Partners; Birmingham, AL; June 2013 - Present
Landscape Architect

PaveShare Web Curriculum; Athens, GA; Spring 2011 - May 2013
Graduate Assistant
    • Providing landscape architecture students and educators with a flexible, living, and robust curriculum on segmental concrete pavements. 
    • Researching and designing interactive learning module animations. 
    • Exploring the following objectives as they pertain to paver systems: Loading, Orientation, Sustainability, and Place-Making

UGA Office of Sustainability; Athens, GA; Summer 2012
Graduate Internship
  • Research and design for UGA's first-ever Sustainability Report highlighting UGA benchmarks, OOS projects/vision, campus initiatives, and regional accomplishment. 
  • Manage graphic design, photography, research, copywriting, print budget and delivery, online presentation, and collaborative relationships with OOS partners

FeatherStorm Creative; Cordova, TN; 2008 - May 2012
Self-owned and operated company offering print and web design, creative consulting, and onsite hunting photography.
Freelance Designer
    • Conceptualized and implemented The Seam’s brand standards across
      interactive, advertising, and print.
    • Pioneered photography business venture featuring custom hunting photography.
    • Strengthened attendance numbers twofold for church’s Business Lunch program.

Hope Church; Cordova, TN; 2009 - 2010
Church in the heart of the East-Memphis suburbs. More than 25 ministry groups and a $9 million budget serve up to 24,000 attendees on a given weekend. Heavy emphasis on visual media.
Web and Print Designer
    • Researched and launched brand program
    • Led concept development for Ipad/Iphone apps and mobile member services.
    • Wrote and designed special event collateral
    • Photographed church and community events
    • Directed and implemented complete overhaul of web presence.
      • 175+ pages of content
      • 500,000 page views in 6 month time period
      • Consolidation of 10+ websites into one, saving $6600/year in hosting and managment fees
      • Coordination and training of 80 staff persons
      • Media/Social Integration with Flickr, Facebook, twitter, youtube, Survey Monkey
      • Full scale vector map of 330,000 sq. foot facility.  Paired with Web zoom tool.
      • First week of online giving commitments attracted $192,000 in annual giving pledges
      • Facebook membership increase of 2200 fans in 6 months

Ducks Unlimited,Inc.; Memphis, TN; 2007 - 2009
 780,000 member nonprofit wetlands conservation organization (founded 1937); 12 million acres conserved and $2.96 billion in grassroots funding.
 Graphic Designer II
 Designer, director, and manager entrusted to create print, environmental, outdoor, and interactive solutions resulting in the largest revenue in DU history, $261 million with 88 percent mission efficiency. Commissioned and directed photographers and illustrators. Photographed products, portraits, wildlife, and landscapes. Wrote, submitted, and evaluated numerous RFQs. Collaborated with in-house print shop.
    • Initiated and supervised development of FIDO, an online creative brief
      and tracking system. FIDO streamlined the entering, assignment,
      progress monitoring, and archiving of 650+ jobs in two years. 
    • Composed full-range solutions for two national conventions including promotional, ad, way-finding, environmental, and digital graphics. 
    • Developed corporate brand identity system with respect to grid, illustration and photography style, color system, font usage, tone, restructured logo, and segment identifiers. 
    • Recruited and leveraged network of printers, significantly lowering production costs.
    • Modeled FirstFlight micro-site identity, design, and video production.
    • Researched digital print production strategy to increase brand consistency, volunteer efficiency, and cost tracking for 4,500 annual grassroots fund-raising events.
    • Collaborated with corporate sponsors such as Yamaha, Bank of America, Jack Daniels, Federal Ammunition, Avery Outdoors, Anheuser-Busch, and Mossy Oak.
    • Prepared annual report’s strategy, design concepts, budget, and traffic management.
    • Contributed to a 5,000 member increase over two years through the development of concise and targeted membership materials.
    • Negotiated large-format digital contract with local vendor, reducing per unit costs by 50%.

SPEAK! Creative; Cordova, TN; 2006 - 2007
 Ten person creative services company (founded 1999) specializing in web and print solutions.
 Pixel Pusher
Created integrated print and website campaigns within fast-paced team environment. Utilized SiteWrench, Speak’s proprietary content management system. Led teleconference client presentations. Worked with in-house developers toward improvements and launch of SiteWrench 4.0, particularly the conversion to CSS back-end technology.
    • Designed zoo membership direct mail campaign, helping Memphis’ wildlife park attain
      a #1 national ranking (Trip Adviser).
    • Volunteered design services to local AdFed Pyramid Awards promotional invitations;
      won silver Addy for concept. 
    • Innovated popular Flash navigation, slideshows and video solutions.

Disciple Design; Memphis, TN; 2003 - 2006
 Seven person creative services company (founded 1991) specializing in print and identity solutions for non-profits, small companies and large corporations.
Graphic Designer
 Hands-on print designer charged with creative planning and development across all print-design mediums for local and national accounts. Directed product and portrait photography. Illustrated extensive logo and identity solutions. Teamed with sister advertising agency, Thompson & Company. Constructed design comps.
    • Shaped layout design of Gold Addy winning Ful Catalog. 
    • Illustrated corporate mark for national footwear brand, Rocky Brands.
    • Mastered Photoshop compositions of Gold Addy winning Germantown Community Theatre Poster Series.
    • Illustrated LeMoyne-Owen College’s athletic logo.
    • Composed cover art for University of Memphis athletic media guides.
    • Fashioned outdoor advertising for Memphis Redbirds 
    • Participated in Memphis Grizzlies (NBA) local advertising design proposal.
    • Created exhaustive design concepts for NavPress’ The Message//REMIX 2.0 bible covers.
    • Originated layout and style for BioWorks Magazine, including cover photography direction. 

Recent Activities


Software

Platform : Mac OSX

Programs :
    (expert knowledge)
     InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat Pro, Keynote/Powerpoint, Pages/Word, Aperture    

    (developing knowledge)
    AutoCAD, Vectorworks, Sketchup, SU-Podium, TR-55, ArcMAP

    (past experience)
    Dreamweaver, CSS, Flash, Excel

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