EXPERIENCE
Senior Graphic Designer, Outlaw Partners LLC Oct 2010-present theoutlawpartners.com
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Full service marketing, multimedia & consulting firm
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Design collateral and branding/identity schemes for clients: logos, business cards, brochures, ads, DVDs, posters, postcards etc.
- Layout, ad design, photo selection/editing for Big Sky Weekly bimonthly newspaper
- Layout, ad design, photo selection/editing for Mountain Outlaw Magazine, biannual magazine covering life, land and culture in Southwest Montana
Graphic Designer, O’Berry Collaborative Feb 2010-April 2010
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Design and production work for marketing and brand strategy group
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Develop logos, brochures, book layouts, client presentations under supervision of Creative Director
Graphic Designer, Edible Bozeman, Aug 2008-present
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Art direction, layout, photo editing, ad design, illustration, and prepress preparation for quarterly publication on local food and farms
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Publication increased ten pages from Spring-Fall 09 issues due to extra interest from advertisers
Production Manager, Graphic Designer, ASMSU Exponent, June 2007-May 2009
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Production, layout, art direction, design, photo editing, light copy editing and prepress preparation for weekly newspaper
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Was given the opportunity to attend the HOW Design conference in Boston from extra funds due to coming in under budget in my first year
Assistant Technical Artist, Internship, Glu Mobile, Feb 2008-April 2008
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Assisted with formatting mobile phone game graphics for marketing packs in the London office
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Created web banners, icons, and small animations for international mobile carriers
EDUCATION
BFA in Graphic Design, May 2009
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Courses in Graphic Design, Illustration, Studio Art, Art History, Business Communications,Business Management and Marketing
Foundation for International Education
London, United Kingdom, Spring 2008
Drawing and Ceramics courses in Oaxaca, Mexico, Spring 2007
Stevens High School
Rapid City, South Dakota, graduated in May 2005
SKILLS
Proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Wordpress, Microsoft Office
Digital and Film Photography
PUBLISHED
Story Illustration, Outside Bozeman, Summer 2010
Artwork Featured in Whitefish Review, June 2009
Story Illustration, Bomb Snow Magazine, Spring 2009
Cover Illustration, Edible Bozeman, Spring 2009
Cover Artist, ASMSU Exponent, Summer 2007, Nov 2007, & Summer 2008
Storyboard Artist, "Another Mans Shoes," 2007
AWARDS
Bronze Pencil Award in Illustration, Montana State University School of Art, 2009
Award for Excellence among Montana State University’s top graduates, 2009
Silver ADDY award in student illustration category, 2009
First Place Montana State University President’s Holiday Card design contest, 2008
Third Place Big Sky Screenprinting T-shirt design contest, 2008
Christy Foundation Art Scholarship, 2005
Lion’s Club Art Scholarship, 2005
SHOWS
Solo Show, Theory Salon May 2010-July 2010
Group Show, The Daily Coffee Bar, August 2009
Solo Show, PLONK, Summer 2009
Group Show, The Daily Coffee Bar, January 2009
“A Shared Hallucination” Solo Show, Exit Gallery, 2008
MSU Undergraduate Juried Show, Copeland Gallery, 2008
Solo Show, Miss Zula’s, 2008
Group Show, Franki Ro Gallery, 2007
MSU Undergraduate Juried Show, Copeland Gallery, 2007
MSU Undergraduate Juried Show, Emerson Cultural Center 2007
West River Arts Festival, Awards for painting and photography, 2004 & 2005