Work Experience
Gates Ventures – Austin, TX
August ’22 - Present
Freelance Designer
Provide design and production support for various projects as needed
NI – Austin, TX
February ’19 - January ’22
Contract Art Director, Designer, and Production Artist
Essential part of global rebrand from National Instruments to NI; create and maintain templates, logos, styles, and CCLibraries, transform essential assets from old brand to new brand, art direct contractors on designs in new brand
Provide design, production, and preflight support by producing print collateral, ranging from brochures and environmental design signage for sales, events, advertising, packaging, and marketing campaigns
Prepare files for translations, clean up translated files, and make final edits from translator
Preflight all jobs for the department as well as train others on the preflight process
Charles Schwab – Austin, TX
May ’16 - April ’17
Contract Production Designer
Provide production and prepress support on retirement services collateral for various clients
National Instruments – Austin, TX
May ’15 - August ’15
Contract Production Artist
Assist creative studio by providing production and prepress support for the NIWeek Conference 2015
Foxtrot Bravo Alpha – Austin, TX
January ’15 - May ’15
Contract Production Artist
Assist creatives by providing design and production support, including redlining, for print and digital pieces
Publicis – Seattle, WA
June ’14 - September ’14
Contract Production Artist
Assist creative studio by providing production and prepress support on large-scale pieces and print advertisements
Golden Lasso – Seattle, WA
September ’13 - September ’14
Contract Production Artist
Assist creative studio by providing production and prepress support on Direct Mail pieces
Venables Bell & Partners – San Francisco, CA
October ’12 - March ’13
Production Artist
Provide production and prepress support on websites, banners, emails, magazine ads, direct mail, billboards and signage
Create, edit and finalize keynote and power point presentations for new and existing business
Light to medium Photoshop retouching for images used for various collateral
Rauxa – San Francisco, CA
September ’11 - October ’12
Production Artist
Provide production and prepress support on email, landing pages, direct mail and signage for various clients
Create, edit and finalize keynote presentations and RFPs
Studio management tasks such as organizing, scheduling and prioritizing the work in the San Francisco office, leveraging creative resources across 3 offices, obtaining freelance resources, issuing and closing out purchase orders and photo stock purchasing
Charles Schwab – Austin, TX
December ’09 - August ’11
Digital Production Artist – Full Time : February ’11 - August ’11 Contractor : December ’09 - February ’11
Provide production and prepress support on retirement services collateral for various clients such as emails, brochures and forms
Assist Asset Manager with the organization and maintenance of images for all retirement services clients
T3: The Think Tank – Austin, TX
June ’06 - October ’08
Junior Art Director – March ’08 - October ’08
Work with Art Directors, Copywriters and Account Services on design and implementation of collateral pieces for various clients
Assist in strategic development of creative and messaging for T3 pro bono projects
Production Artist – August ’06 - March ’08
Work with a team of 15 and lead a smaller team of 2 production artists to produce up to 30 versions of the monthly Dell Small and Medium Business Catalog
Create and maintain a style guide for the Dell Small and Medium Business Catalog
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas
Software Knowledge
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge, Acrobat, Workfront, Bluescape, Keynote, Power Point, Word, Excel, Mac and PC Proficient