The New Fashioned Co., Raleigh, NC   |     2022 – 2024

Graphic Designer

• Created media-ready press kits, speaking kits, and other marketing materials for promotion of clients establishing a cohesive brand through a public relations firm

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Ivy + Cloth, Smithfield, NC   |    2022 – 2023

Marketing Coordinator and Graphic Designer

• Developed a marketing strategy for each fashion collection launch by outlining success metrics, target audience, brand persona, and timeline for deliverables

• Coordinated and designed all email marketing to maximize subscriber base

• Directed a design team to collectively create fashion products for sale in an e-commerce environment

                     

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Freelance Illustrator and Artist, Chicago, IL   |    2019 – 2022

Digital and Traditional Artist 

• Created art for animation, comics, consumer products, and personal projects

• Organized and created a full-time career creating art commissions including visual development/concept art, character design for animation, comic development and illustration, and watercolor and gouache paintings

• Marketed, designed and created products for my Etsy shop selling art prints and greeting cards

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Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA    |    Fall 2018

Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant in the College of Arts and Sciences

• Performed developmental edits for student papers and writing projects

• Assisted researchers with discovering and curating primary sources

• Taught film classes for undergraduates in film aesthetics, analysis, and history 

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NBCUniversal LLC, New York, NY    |    Spring 2017

Cable Entertainment Intern at E! News and E! Online

• Assisted producers with daily functions including on-set production, managing high-profile talent, and administrative tasks related to shoots

• Wrote and published pieces for E! Online reporting various aspects of celebrity culture and the entertainment industry (see examples of my work under publications)

• Managed and adapted to the demands of this dual internship at a large corporate media company with expert multitasking skills and a can-do attitude

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 The Paley Center for Media, New York, NY    |    2016

Visitor Services Staff / Archive Librarian

• Facilitated public events by welcoming and guiding patrons

• Familiarized library patrons with the database system and oversaw library activities     

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TCU Magazine, Fort Worth, TX    |    Spring 2015

Writing Internship

• Researched and composed creative non-fiction pieces for use in blogs and in print

• Edited and revised written work scrupulously to create a polished finished product

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Salt Resort Wear, London, England    |    Spring 2014

E-Commerce Internship

• Maintained the accuracy and artistry of the company website

• Crafted descriptions of designer inventory for the online luxury boutique

• Moderated the intersection of digital media, marketing, and photography with e-commerce sales

 

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TCU Modern Language Studies Department, Fort Worth, TX  | 2013

French Tutor

• Identified and addressed areas of weakness in individual student comprehension

• Coached students in study habits regarding difficult subject matter

• Motivated and enabled students to become more independent learners with the use of careful listening, counseling skills, and a positive outlook

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TCU Student Filmmakers Association, Fort Worth, TX  | 2012 – 2013

Executive Casting Chair

• Organized audition process to cast student films

• Informed casting agencies and departments of upcoming auditions

• Mediated communication between actors and film crew

IT Skills

 

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

PROCREATE

MICROSOFT WORD

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

MAGENTO 

Languages

 

ENGLISH

FRENCH

 

 

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New York University, New York, NY     |     2015 - 2017

 

Master of Arts (MA), May 2017

Tisch School of the Arts

Major: Cinema Studies

GPA: 3.93

 

 

Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX       |      2011 - 2015

 

Bachelor of the Arts, May 2015

Bob Schieffer College of Communication & AddRan College of Liberal Arts

Majors: Film/Television/Digital Media & Writing

GPA: 3.95, graduated summa cum laude