Experience

Murry Design, 1/02 - Present
Graphic Designer
responsibilities - Meet with clients to gather input. Art direction & design of all creative. Overseeing print, collateral, outdoor and ads for clients. Hiring photographers, supervision of photo shoots. Working with printers, illustrators, copywriters and vendors to produce work. Software: QuarkExpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, OS 10 and Freehand.

Erwin-Penland Inc.
Senior Art Director
responsibilities - Overseeing tv, print & collateral for assigned accounts. Supervising & mentoring Art Directors and Studio Artists. Art Direction & design for agency accounts. Concept and design for new business campaigns. Television, print and outdoor. QuarkExpress, Photoshop, Illustrator and Freehand. Accounts: HomePoint.com, Bell Atlantic Mobile, TriVergent Communications, Fairway Ford, Gates Arrow Computer Distributors, The Greenville Convention & Visitors Bureau, GolfSouth, HealthFirst, Orian Rugs & Yarn, Clemson University, The Greenville News, Erwin-Penland, First Union Bank, Greenville Technical College, First Steps, Scheer Sports and ScanSource.

Leslie Advertising
Art Director
responsibilities - Concept & design for assigned accounts. Pagemaker, traditional mechanicals and artwork. Print & collateral. New business and limited television accounts. Accounts: Thornblade Community and Golf Club, Champion Hills Community and Golf Club, Carolina Pride, Piedmont Natural Gas, BI-LO Foods, South Carolina Parks Recreation & Tourism, and Athens First Bank.

Liberty Life Insurance Company
Assistant Art Director
responsibilities - Assisted Art Directors with print & collateral for internal communications department. Newsletters, brochures and sales kits.

Leslie Advertising
Studio/Production Artist
responsibilities - Assisted Art Directors in all areas of traditional art production, including mechanicals, design, lay-out and illustration.

Related Experience
Florida Department of Commerce Communications Office internship - Assisted Art Directors with in-house projects and Florida promotional pieces.

Awards
Various local and regional ADDYs. National Gold awards for campaigns done for Greenville Technical College. Best campaign two consecutive years.

Education
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida BA Visual Arts / Communications Design