+ Education
- Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA | 2013 - 2017- B.A. in Political Science
- Minors - Mass Communication (graphic design focus) & Psychology
- Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
Houston, TX | 2009 - 2013
+ Work Experience
- GateHouse Media Page Designer
Austin, TX | August 2017 - Present- Created 16 pages on average per night to meet deadline and form an efficient and attractive section for each publication
- Worked with editors across the country in over 20 different local papers
- Worked in conjunction with other designers whenever possible to help each other complete our assigned tasks
- Loyola Maroon Managing Editor for Print
New Orleans, LA | Spring 2017- Maintained contact with all writers, editors, and designers to ensure that content was submitted in a timely manner according to each persons workflow
- Mentored the new Design Chief and assisted in the creation of certain designs
- Ensured that the paper would be ready for publication each week by deadline
- Loyola Maroon Design Chief
New Orleans, LA | Fall 2015 - Fall 2016- Created innovative designs and layouts for the award winning campus newspaper each week
- Collaborated with photographers and editors to create cohesive layouts for each section
- Managed a team of design assistants and illustrators
- University Residence Hall Desk Assistant
New Orleans, LA | Spring 2014 - Spring 2016- Maintained residence hall front desk during day and night shifts
- Assisted residents and guests with all dorm related concerns
- Secured the residence hall by checking all ID's
- Loyola University New Orleans Media Services
New Orleans, LA | Spring 2015- Assisted students and faculty with a variety of audio-visual and computer related equipment
- Organized and took care of numerous pieces of equipment to ensure they worked efficiently
- Visited classrooms to repair computers and projectors when requested
- Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart - Computer Audio Visual Education Department
Houston, TX | Summer 2013- Learned how to diagnose and repair laptops
- Fixed a variety of software malfunctions for students and faculty
- Prepared new laptops with required software for distribution to incoming students for the 2013 school year
- Summer Enrichment Camp Counselor
Houston, TX | Summer's 2006-2012- Taught literature, science, math, art, and other subjects to campers ages 5 - 15
- Helped develop a curriculum for each summer session and planned excursions
- Assisted campers in creating numerous art and science projects
+ Memberships
- Society for News Design - An organization for news media professionals and visual communicators
- Psi Chi - Vice President of the Psychology Honor Society
- Pi Sigma Alpha - Secretary of the Political Science Honor Society
- Sigma Alpha Pi - National Society of Leadership and Success
- Cardoner Leadership Fellow - A four year learning community focused on developing leadership skills
- New Orleans Google Community Leaders Program, Non-Profit Division - Community outreach program focused on making technology accessable to everyone
+ Achievements
- Columbia Scholastic Press Association
- 2017: Design Portfolio of Work - 3rd Place
- Louisiana/Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors
- 2017: Layout and Design - 1st Place
- 2016: Layout and Design - 2nd Place
- Louisiana Press Association
- 2017: Most Effective Use of a Graphic on a Single Page - 2nd Place
- 2016: Most Effective Use of a Graphic on a Single Page - 3rd Place
- Southeast Journalism Conference
- 2016: Best Newspaper Page Layout Designer - 1st Place
- 2016: Best News Graphic Designer - 2nd Place
- New Orleans Press Association
- 2016: Editorial Illustration - 1st Place
- Pinnacle College Media Award
- 2016: Best Newspaper Opinion Page/Editorial Page Design - 2nd Place
- 2016: Best Newspaper News Page/Spread Design - 2nd Place
- 2016: Best Newspaper Front Page Design - 3rd Place
+ Skills & Abilities
- Leadership
- Cardoner Leadership Fellow - Lived within a learning community which focused on nurturing leadership qualities and volunteering
- Design Chief - Led a team of designers and illustrators to create art for The Maroon newspaper
- Teaching
- Google Community Leadership Fellow - Created curriculum and taught basic coding to KIPP Academy elementary students
- First in The Pack - Mentored Freshmen who were the first in their family to attend a bachelor's program
- Teamwork
- The Maroon Design Chief - Worked with each section editor to create unique and informative designs, collaborated with photographers to best utilize their photographs or create effective photo illustrations, and adapted designs to comply with constructive criticism from colleagues
- The Maroon Managing Editor - Contributed in meetings of the editorial board, kept up with the workflow for each of the section editors and the copy editors to make sure each person was on track, and provided constructive criticism during weekly re-caps of the newspaper
Technology
- Applications
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Acrobat
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Premiere Pro
- Dreamweaver
- Experience Design (XD)
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- One Note
- Publisher
- InVision
- Used for conducting user interviews by sharing mobile prototypes
- Sharing mood or brand boards
- Sketch
- Creating prototypes
- Collaborative design
- Visual Studio Code
- Writing basic code (specifically HTML, CSS, JS)
- Github & Gitkraken
- Sharing code for web design projects
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Skills
- Creating vectors and artwork using InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Creating detailed and precise layouts in InDesign
- Conducting user interviews and collating data to understand the needs of the user
- Producing research deliverables such as empathy maps, user personas, storyboards, and interactive prototypes
- Video editing using Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X
- Photo editing using Photoshop
- Basic coding
- Applications