EDUCATION_
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor's of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Bachelor's of Arts
Advertising
Minor
Studio Arts
EXPERIENCE_
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jack Link's (2022-Present)
Creating assets in many media forms is common for me at Jack Link's. I have worked with email campaigns, web design, digital shelf (PDP) images, social media, and packaging to name a few. I have assisted with the brands overall Omnichannel to align all designs to the same aesthetic. Art directing freelancers to ensure content is high quality as well as on brand.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Lime Valley (2019-2022)
Hands on experience in multiple facets of design was the norm for me at Lime Valley. I worked on things from google campaigns, and YouTube promotional videos, to magazine layouts and logo design. With Lime Valley being a smaller company it allowed me to have excellent design opportunities in every area of graphic design. Every day I was presented with a new challenge to tackle.
STUDENT DIGITAL ARTIST
Daktronics (2017-2019)
Leadership was a large part of my role at Daktronics, a large international corporation. I was the most experienced student designer with Daktronics for a large majority of the time that I worked here. Most of the time, I was working on animations in After Effects and Cinema4D, but I was able to use InDesign and Photoshop to printed customer catalog that displayed all of the services that our customers could purchase.
FREELANCER
Legal Marijuana Now Party (2023)
Develop poster ideas for a cannabis legalization celebration. I worked with this political party to help create a poster for their event that retained professionalism as they were using this celebratory event to also protest some regulations being put in place.
Tusha Ag Center (2022)
Generation of branding and website design for this small business was invigorating. This client recently bought out a business and wanted to make it their own. I assisted them with branding as well as a website design. Since this is a small business in a rural area, it was fun to do some great work, where it is really able to stand out.
Prairie Shores Resort and Events (2022)
Refreshing the branding for this client was fun. They purchased an existing business and wanted a refresh. I helped them redesign this business with new branding that better aligned with their vision for the space moving forward.
nRide (2022)
This crypto client is developing a peer-to-peer ride-hailing protocol that connects riders and drivers directly, eliminating intermediaries. I was fortunate enough to create the branding for them.
AWARDS_
TRAILER BODY BUILDERS
Cover Image (2021)
SERVICE INDUSTRY ADVERTISING AWARDS
Bronze - River’s Edge Hospital, COVID-19 Magazine Ad (2020)
NATIONAL STUDENT ADVERTISING COMPETITION
Finalist (2019)
INTERNATIONAL DESIGN STUDIES COMPETITION
Second Place (2018)
SDSU DESIGN JAM
Finalist (2018)
SDSU DESIGN JAM
First Place (2017)
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FAIR DIGITALLY MANIPULATED PHOTOGRAPHY
First Place (2017)
SDSU DEAN'S LIST
2015-2019
MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS
My main areas of focus are graphic design, website design, photography, and videography. I am very comfortable performing tasks in any of the given areas. I have worked with everything in design from packaging design to logo design and everything in between. I have been on numerous video shoots as well as taken over 300 product photos.