Skills

• Overseeing all design projects, from conception to delivery
• Designing original pieces, including illustrations and infographics
  Generate ideas to portray concepts and advertise products/services, and
  for training
• Designer of video/motion graphic content for employee and customer training modules

• Teaching students in an online environment to foster critical thinking of graphic and web design
• Delegated SME for new web Design courses, helping to created over 5 new web, UX/UI design undergraduate courses

• Teaching students in an online environment to foster critical thinking of graphic design, web design, digital animation, and UX/UI design
• Mentor for new instructors to the UX/UI design program

• Responsible for creating high-quality print and digital graphics for our field marketing team
• Design innovating and engaging infographics for reports and social media
• Create 2d animation videos for customers and our internal audience

• Project Manager for multimedia health campaigns (print, web, and social media) throughout the County, including Zika Awareness, Flu Shot promotion and STD/HIV prevention, and COVID-19 testing and vaccination
• Redesigning and maintaining the department’s online presence to use a responsive design approach; expanding the website to include e-commerce capabilities for users to purchase vital records, submit payments for operating permits and licenses, and register for webinars on a wide range of topics; managing the security of the website
• Coordinating and managing the content for all of the agency’s social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube); expanding social media reach by 60%
• Assisting in the creation and maintenance of an agency brand identity guide to catalog all of the agency’s logos and identity elements and to protect the integrity of the brand
• Creating policies and procedures related to the agency’s use of social media and archiving of social media content
• Serving as Lead Designer, creating high-quality graphics and websites for multimedia campaigns, including social media advertising, billboards, bus wraps, and container designs
• Worked on graphic design projects with the CDC, UNR, WIC (national program), and other partners
• Developing and writing clear, concise web and social media content to engage users and to translate public health information into language that can be understood by residents
• Presenter at the Georgia Department of Public Health Communicators Conference on the topic of social media marketing and management in March 2018

• Providing career guidance and academic assistance to undergraduate students enrolled in the Graphic Arts program
• Teaching classes of more than 30 students in an online environment to foster critical thinking of graphic design, web design, and digital animation, maintaining student completion rates of at least 75%
• Partnered with other faculty to develop and redesign courses for our new 5 credit hour programs
• Mentoring, auditing, and evaluating a total of 7 adjunct instructors in graphic and web design
• Lead over our portfolio evaluation – ensuring students have career-ready portfolios after graduation
• Overseer for our career-ready  Bootcamp, an internship program helping graphic and web design graduates prepare for a career as freelance designers

• Provided freelance web developing and graphic design services to help small businesses develop their online presence and company branding
• Increased client base, adding small businesses and individuals nationwide, including high profile clients
• Assisted in the creation of company branding initiatives and projects
• Expanded company portfolio to include custom print designs for use on canvas prints, journals, t-shirts and totes
• Worked with the following brands: Fox (Empire), Arian Simone, ATL Tents and Rentals, Fearless Brand, and more

Keller Graduate School of Management – Decatur, GA  Master’s in Information Systems Management – Project Management- August 2017  

DeVry University – Decatur, GA Bachelor’s degree in Multimedia Design and Development- May 2013, Magna Cum Laude Graduate

Valdosta State University – Valdosta, GA Computer Science Major- August 2002-May 2005

Hootsuite Social Marketing Certification, 2017 See Online Certificate

Adobe XD Design Essentials Training by Adobe Certified Expert Daniel Walter Scott – 2021 See Certificate