Experience
- National Marketing Web Designer, Infinity Insurance, 2012-current
- Design & Develop internal & bilingual campaign websites
- Maintain the national brand’s social media presence
- Maintain programming integral to site traffic allocation
- Manage children’s reading app development for iOS and Android devices
- Develop application to work with Twillio for SMS subscriptions
- Prototype programming ideas in PHP for translation into JAVA development
- Design and launch email campaigns in Responsys and Mailchimp
- Work with other departments in launching national campaigns across multiple channels
- Art Director & Web designer, STYLE Advertising, 2011-2012
- Design and Develop client websites from concept to launch including: surgeonsgroup.com, dlhlawfirm.com, lackeystone.com
- Create working websites from other designers’ Photoshop files including: bassminder.com
- Create Facebook Fan Pages with the Facebook Page Tab App
- Create custom iContact and Constant Contact email newsletters
- Client Branding: developing logos, business stationary and collateral
- Newspaper and magazine advertising campaigns
- Direct mail and newsletters
- Printed projects from concept and design to gathering quotes and sending to press
- Estimate, quote and track time for projects
- Maintain communication directly with clients
- Marketing Director – Graphic Designer – Web Master, LAH Real Estate, Inc.
2006-2011- Web Duties include being web designer, web developer, and web master for: lahrealestate.com, lahrentals.com, alagroup.com, canecreekapartments.com, ricklovelady.net, charliehayes.me, blairmoss.com, macfairley.com, marinacarey.com, and others. Design & maintaing PHP MySQL database for rental management. Create various CMS systems. Development with Adobe Dreamweaver & Flash. Languages used: HTML, PHP, ActionScript, Ajax. SEO implementation and tracking.
- Creating and implementing Marketing strategies for the company and 200 individual agents
- Designing, Ordering & tracking the Company Store & Incentive Programs
- Creating and printing direct mail postcards, flyers, brochures & business stationary
- Creating and managing group orders for advertising & promotional products
- Graphic Designer, UAB Recreation Center
2005-2006
Duties included: Redesigning the Rec Center web page. Creating posters for student programs. T-shirts and campaigns for Rec Center events - Internship with Vazda Studios, 2005
- Internship with Chaphil Advertising Group,2004
Education:
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bachelors of Fine Arts: Concentration in Graphic Design, Minor in Art History
3.37 GPA over all; 3.73 in major
Alpha Lamda Delta, Freshman Honor Society
Student Chapter, AIGA member (2001-2005), president (2005) - Thompson High School
Advanced Diploma, Graduate with Honors
National Art Honor Society, French Honor Society, AP Art Award
3.65 GPA
Proficiencies:
Adobe Creative Suite (1-6). Excellent Photoshop skills. Vector art creation with Illustrator. Multi-page layout with InDesign. Website prototyping with Fireworks. Programming languages: PHP, with MySQL database, JavaScript, JQuery, & Ajax.
