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C U R R I C U L U M  V I T A E

 
E D U C A T I O N

d e g r e e s ​

• Master of Fine Arts Graphic Design; Colorado State University graduated Magna Cum Laude

• Bachelor of Arts Studio Art and Journalism; Indiana University graduated Magna Cum Laude In Cursu Honorum

​

o t h e r 

• Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner Badge, IBM (2020)

• Flipped Learning for Your Classroom, Adobe Education Exchange (2020)

• Certificate of Intro to Social Media Marketing; University of West Georgia (2016)



A C A D E M I C   E X P E R I E N C E
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Associate Professor, Graphic Design (+tenure), Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas | May 2016 - present

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas | Aug 2010 - May 2016

Instructor of Record, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado | Aug 2008 - Dec 2009

​Instructor, Westwood College, Denver, Colorado | Mar - Aug 2004, Oct - Dec 2006


c o u r s e s                    
* Instructor of Record | ∆ Curriculum Design | Hybrid (COVID)

• Arkansas State University  Jonesboro, Arkansas

    ARTH3573 History of Graphic Design *∆ | Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020

    ARTH3573 Honors History of Graphic Design *∆ | Fall 2018, Fall 2020

    ARTH4573 History of Graphic Design *∆ | Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018

    ARTH4573 Honors History of Graphic Design *∆ | Spring 2011, Spring 2014

    ARTH430V Studies in Art History - History of Graphic Design independent study | Spring 2017

    -

    GRFX4803 Portfolio Capstone *∆ | Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021

    GRFX4503 Professional Practice for Design *∆ | Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021

    GRFX3603 Advertising Design *∆ | Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020

    GRFX2303 Typography and Layout *∆ | Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2021

    GRFX2303 Honors Typography and Layout *∆ | Fall 2018

    -

    ART 4493 Portfolio Presentation
*∆ | Spring & Fall 2012, Spring & Fall 2013, Spring & Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring & Fall 2016, Spring & Fall 2017, Spring & Fall 2018, Fall 2019

    ART489V Honors Senior Thesis: Branding Self  Thesis Committee Advisor | Spring 2012

    ART489V Honors Senior Thesis: Animation Storyboard  Thesis Committee Advisor | Spring 2012

    ART4432 Branding *∆ | Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018

    ART4432 Campaign Design *∆ | Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014

    ART3443 Advertising Design *∆ | Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018

    ART3443 Honors Advertising Design *∆ | Spring 2011, Spring 2015

    ART3423 Package Design *∆ | Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017

    ART3423 Honors Package Design *∆ | Fall 2014

    ART2423 Print & Publication Design *∆ | Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016

    ART2423 Honors Print & Publication Design *∆ | Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016

    ART2413 Typography *∆ | Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017

    ART2413 Honors Typography *∆ | Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015

    ART1013 Design I *∆ | Fall 2010 (2 sections), Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2012


  > See www.nikkiarnell.net for latest course information.

 
• Colorado State University  Fort Collins, Colorado

  ART255 Introduction to Graphic Design *∆ | Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009

  ART355/455 Advanced Typography *∆ | Fall 2008

 
 • Westwood College Denver, Colorado

   GD100 Introduction to Graphic Design * | Spring 2005

   GD121 Digital Illustration * | Summer 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005

   GD280 Advanced Design Portfolio Review *∆ | Fall 2006, Winter 2006, Fall 2007

   GD306 History of  Graphic Design and Applied Typography * | Spring 2005, Fall 2005

   GD311 Digital Production Techniques for Press *∆ | Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Winter 2006



p u b l i c a t i o n s   |   a u t h o r

• Increasing Cultural Awareness For Effective Global Communication Via Graphic Design Practice And Instruction, International Journal of Design in Society, Vol. 13, 2019  

• The Beautiful Messy: Handmade Elements in Post-postmodern Graphic Design, Design Principles and Practices International Journal, Vol. 6, 2012

​• Article describing “The Beautiful Messy” and its place in our post-postmodern culture of mass media. Advertising; Edition: 10; Author(s): Sandra Moriarty, Nancy Mitchell, William Wells; Pearson Education, Inc.

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p u b l i c a t i o n s   |   r e v i e w e r 

• Reviewer, Introduction to Multimodal Analysis, Second Edition by Per Ledin and David Machin, Bloomsbury Academic, May 2020

• Reviewer, article for The Design Principles and Practices Journal Collection, Common Ground Publishing, June 2019.

• Reviewer, article for The International Journal of the Constructed Environment, Common Ground Publishing, January 2019.

• Associate Editor, Volume 6, Issue 3 of The International Journal of Visual Design, Common Ground Publishing.

• Refereed article for International Journal of Design in Society, Common Ground Publishing.

• Reviewed The Fundamentals of Product Design by Richard Morris, Fairchild Books, Fall 2013


 
a c a d e m i c   c o n f e r e n c e s

​• Professional Practice For Graphic Design & Portfolio Capstone - A Tale of Two Courses - Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, Monterrey, MX - Virtual Presentation, March 2021

• Conference Canceled: Escape the Boring Study Guide, VisComm34*, Cannon Beach, Oregon, June 2020.

​• Conference Canceled: Professional Practice For Graphic Design & Portfolio Capstone - A Tale of Two Courses, Fourteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, New York, NY, March 2020

• The Jugend Magazine Project: The Evolution Of Jugend Magazine Covers From 1896 To 1940, In Relation To Germany’s History, Fourteenth International Conference on The Arts in Society*, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2019

• One for the ‘Ages’: Understanding and Influencing Millennials in the Classroom Panel Discussion; presented updated version of Global Design Thinking and How the Millennial Mindset Is Changing the World." SECAC*, Birmingham, AL, October 2018

• A Study of the Evolution of Jugend Covers (1896-1940) in Relation to Germany’s History​, VisComm32*, La Jolla, CA, June 2018

• Global Design Thinking and How the Millennial Mindset is Changing the World,
 
Eleventh International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, Toronto, Canada, March 2017

• Graphic Design Studies in Istanbul, VisComm30*, Snowbird, UT, June 2016

• Increasing Cultural Awareness for Effective Global Communication via Graphic Design Practice and Instruction, ACE (Association for Communication Excellence)*, Memphis, TN, June 2016, invited by conference chair

• Increasing Cultural Awareness for Effective Global Communication via Graphic Design Practice and Instruction, VisComm29*, Cannon Beach, OR, June 2015

 • Art Students Sell Academia: Students' Strategic Business Communication in the College of Art for the College of Art, Ninth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, Chicago, IL, March 2015

• Art AND/OR Design, VisComm27*, Steamboat Springs, CO, June 2013

 • Design Fundamentals in the Global Environment, Seventh International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, Chiba, Japan, March 2013

• Graphic Design NOW: The Deconstruction of Deconstruction, VisComm26*, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2012

 • The Beautiful Messy: Handmade Elements in Post-postmodern Graphic Design, Sixth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices*, Los Angeles, CA, January 2012

*juried entrance into conference



g u e s t   s p e a k e r  |  p r o f e s s i o n a l
​

• Keep Your Creatives Creative      
​
updated each speaking engagement

   Houston AAF  (American Advertising Federation), Houston, TX, August 2020 • Virtual Presentation 

   Rio Grande Valley AAF, McAllen, TX, August 2016

   Amarillo AAF, Amarillo, TX, February 2016

   Little Rock AAF, Little Rock, AR, November 2013

   Shreveport-Bossier AAF, Shreveport, LA, October 2013• Increasing Cultural Awareness

   Pensacola AAF, Pensacola, FL, June 2017


• Global Design Thinking and How the Millennial Mindset is Changing the World      
updated each speaking engagement         

   Amarillo AAF, Amarillo, TX, June 2020 • Virtual Presentation  

   AMA (American Marketing Association) Memphis Chapter, Memphis, TN, December 2017


• Guerrilla Marketing     
updated each speaking engagement

   Corpus Christi AAF, Corpus Christi, TX, April 2021 • Virtual Presentation 

   Biloxi AAF, Biloxi, MS, October 2017 
 
​   Mobile Bay AAF, Mobile, AL, October 2017 

​   Abilene AAF, Abilene, TX January 2017

   Oklahoma City AAF, Oklahoma City, OK, May 2015

   Victoria AAF, Victoria, TX, April 2015

   Jackson AAF, Jackson, MS, January 2015

   Fort Worth AAF, Fort Worth, TX, June 2014


• XYZ: Targeting Generations
​
   Oklahoma City AAF, Oklahoma City, OK, June 2013

   Barcamp 2012, Jonesboro, AR, September 2012


• Communicate Correctly with your Medium

   Amarillo AAF, Amarillo, TX, July 2011



g u e s t   s p e a k e r  |  s t u d e n t s

• Guest Speaker, Lone Star College – Kingswood Campus, Kingwood, TX - Virtual Presentation, September 2020

• Introduction to InDesign, Guest Instructor for Introduction to Graphic Design, A-State, April 2019, November 2019

• The Confidence Strut: How to Showcase Yourself and Get the Job Workshop, Guest Speaker forA-State AIGA, A-State, April 2019, March 2020, April 2021 Virtual Presentation

• Social Media, Guest Speaker for Advanced Painting, A-State, April 2018

• Monograms Workshop, Instructor for Graphic Design Immersion, A-State Dept. of Art + Design, November 2018

• Increasing Cultural Awareness, University of Memphis, Global Strategic Communication graduate level Public Relations course, Memphis, TN, February 2018

• Online Guest Artist: 10 + 1 Tips, National University, La Jolla, CA, September 2012

• Guest Artist: How to Get a Job, Colorado State University, March 2012

• Selling the Design: the Story of a Logo, A-State, Fall 2011

• THE NEXT STEPS (Portfolio Design and Getting a Job)  Seminar Development, Instructor
   Arkansas State University, Fall 2010
   Colorado State University, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009

• Preparing Files for Press  Seminar Development, Instructor
   Arkansas State University, Spring 2011
   Colorado State University, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 as part of upper-level curriculum

• Portfolio Review, Getting a Job, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, October 2009

• Graphic Design Overview   Guest Speaker for ART105 Issues and Practices in Art, Colorado State University, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009

• Graphic Design and Advertising, The Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, 2006

 

a c a d e m i c   s e r v i c e  |  p r o f e s s i o n a l

• Reviewer, AIGA-Nashville Virtual Portfolio Review, April 2021. Reviewed portfolios with students.

• Organizer, 2021 AIGA-Memphis Regional Student Day, November 2020. Virtual to entire region, participating presenters from across the country. ​

• Reviewer, AIGA-Nashville Virtual Portfolio Review, May 2020. Reviewed portfolios and took part in online panel discussion with all participants.

• Canceled: Organizer, 2020 AIGA-Memphis Regional Portfolio Review, May 2020

• Judge, AAF District Addys, Lexington (KY) AAF, January 2020

• Invited Guest on TellItToNeil.com design educator podcast series. “Trust Yourself: Life and Career Do Work Out”, 2019. 

• Organizer, 2019 Regional Portfolio Review, May 2019. Held at A-State, sponsored by AIGA-Memphis.

• Reviewer, 2019 UCDA (The University & College Designers Association) Design Education Summit Peer Review Panel, February 2019. Reviewed 25 abstracts to be accepted for conference.
​
• Judge, AAF District Addys, Gulfport/Biloxi (MS) AAF, January 2018

• Judge, AAF District Addys, Pensacola (FL) AAF, January 2018

• Judge, AAF District Addys, Shreveport-Bossier (LA) AAF, January 2015

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• Education Director and Board Member, AIGA Memphis, 2013-present. Organized multiple Student Days, inviting students from schools throughout areas in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri.

​• Faculty Advisor, ASTATE AIGA, 2012-present. Organized ongoing monthly Guest Speaker at ASTATE. Supervised student-run Southern Student Graphic Design
Show
, competitive juried show for graphic design students in Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.

• American Advertising Federation Northeast Arkansas AAF-NEA, Education Board, 2010-2013



a c a d e m i c   s e r v i c e  |  u n i v e r s i t y

• Committee Chairperson, Undergraduate Graduation and Academic Credit Appeals Committee, ASTATE, September 2018-present.

• Undergraduate Graduation and Academic Credit Appeals Committee, ASTATE, 2016-present.

• Proxy, Undergraduate Graduation and Academic Credit Appeals Committee, ASTATE, December 2014-May 2015.

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• Chairperson, Scholarship Committee, ASTATE, Dept. of Art + Design, 2011-2016

• Co-chairperson, Scholarship Committee, ASTATE, Dept. of Art + Design, 2017-present

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• Proxy, Admissions Appeals Committee, ASTATE, May 2014

• Advising, Arkansas State University, Dept. of Art + Design, 2010-present

• Admissions & Credits Committee Member, ASTATE, Dept. of Art + Design, 2010-present

• Recruitment and Retention Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art + Design, 2014-present

• Art Education Student Screening Member, A-State, Dept. of Art, 2017- present

• Schedule Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art, 2018 – present

• Recruitment Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art, 2020 – present

• Budget Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art + Design, 2014-2016

• Steering Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art + Design, 2016-2017
​
• Recruitment and Retention Committee Member, A-State, Dept. of Art + Design, 2014-2016

• Co-chairperson, Graphic Design Professor Search Committee, ASTATE, Dept. of Art, 2014

• Art Education Professor Search Committee Member, ASTATE, Dept. of Art, 2011

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• Introduction to Adobe Spark: Post, Video, and Page, Instructor for Faculty Development, A-State, July 2019

• Monograms Workshop, Instructor for ES-TEEM-ED [STEAM] ART Professional Development for regional primary and secondary art educators continuing education credits, A-State, June 2018

• Senior Portfolio Reviews, Invited Panel, Colorado State University, 2007-10, 2014

• Arkansas Young Artist Association Guest Judge, Little Rock, AR, March 2012

• Center for Digital Initiatives Design Consultant, Arkansas State University, 2010-12

• Young at Art IX Exhibition Guest Judge, Jonesboro, AR, April 2011

• Lifeline2Art, donations of E and One, Arkansas State University, Spring 2011

• Arkansas Education Television Network Art School recruiting, Little Rock, AR, December 2011

• Coordinated job start of students with “Blues Where You Least Expect It” radio show on NPR, February 2011

• Honors Luncheon collateral design, Arkansas State University, Spring 2011

• Center for Digital Initiatives 1-week Virtual Environment instruction, Arkansas State University, Summer 2011

• 1-Night Stop-Motion Event Gallery Exhibition of Student Work Co-organizer, Arkansas State University, December 2010

• Learn. Do. See. MORE  Program Development, Arkansas State University, 2010-2012

• Art Computer Lab, Co-Manager, Colorado State University, 2008-9
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• Ad Infinitum Student-Run Advertising Agency, Founder, Faculty Advisor, Colorado State University, 2006-10


s t u d e n t   a c h i e v e m e n t s 

BRANDED: GRAPHIC DESIGN SENIOR SHOW 2020

Advertising Design Spring 2020 campaigns for the Foundation of Arts, Jonesboro

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BRANDED: GRAPHIC DESIGN SENIOR SHOW 2019


 • More available upon request


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A W A R D S 


• Addy, Silver, District, Elements of Advertising : Logo Design, Portfolio Review 2019, 2020.

• Addy, Bronze, District, Out-Of-Home & Ambient Media : Events, BRANDED: Graphic Design Senior Show collateral, 2020.

• TENN Show, 1st Place Editorial/Book. The American Dream: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure, 2014

 • College of Fine Arts Award for Outstanding Teacher, Arkansas State University, 2014

 • Honors Professor of the Year, Arkansas State University, nomination 2014

 • Middle East Studies Grant co-recipient, $6000.  Awarded by the Saudi Arabian government with Arkansas State University for “Design Biennial and Graphic Design Studies in Istanbul”, 2014   SEE WEBSITE FOR INFORMATION AND BLOG

 • Lane/Deutsch Faculty Development, $520 awarded for research, 2013

 • Addy, Bronze, District, Advertising Industry Self-Promotion, NEA 4th Annual Addy Awards collateral, 2012.

 • College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching, Colorado State University, nomination Fall 2009

 • Outstanding Faculty Member, Westwood College, January 2005

 • Certificate in Web Design, Art Institute of Colorado, 2004

 • Cause-Marketing HALO Awards, Honorable Mention, 1999 - Denver Art Museum Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibit campaign

 • Denver Advertising Federation, Bronze, 1998 - Jonathon Bond Guest Speaker Mailer, DAF



E X H I B I T I O N   R E C O R D


j u r i e d   e x h i b i t i o n s

• I Love You from Cooper-Young, iMotif Photographic Exhibition, Sohn Fine Art Gallery, Lenox, MA, January-March 2017

• To The Point and Mandala: Dark, Order and Chaos Juried Exhibition, Fred Parker Giles Gallery, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, January-February 2017

• The America Dream: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Novel​, 3rd Annual Juried Artists' Book Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, Texas December 2015

• The Scarlet Letter, Telling Stories Tenth Annual Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, May-June 2015

• Shift, Trash Talk, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, NY, April 2013

• To the Point, UnHinged, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Galleries, Brooklyn, NY, September 2013

• Di-verse, White, Black & Shades of Gray, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, March-May 2012

• Di-verse and Between the Lines, Southeastern College Arts Conference 2011: Text and Texture, SCAD Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, November 2011

• Balance Due, Words & Numbers, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL, March-April 2011

• i-DENTITY, Head First: A Call for Works Featuring the Human Head, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, September-October 2010

• sheD, Translations: Art Inspired by the Written Word, Victoria College Fine Arts Gallery, Victoria, TX, October 2010

• [post]Modern (Book Cover), Art Directors Club of Denver 2009 Student Show, The Rotunda, Denver, November 2009

• Simple Sugar (Identity System), Art Directors Club of Denver 2009 Student Show, The Rotunda, November 2009

• ‘Plead the First, Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition - Graphic Responses, Glassbox Gallery, Fort Collins and Online, Fall 2009

• by Hand (Poster), Art Directors Club of Denver 2008 Student Show, The Tivoli, Denver, CO, November 2008

• Construct (Photography), Art Directors Club of Denver 2008 Student Show, The Tivoli, November 2008

• Enjoy the Silence (Poster), Art Directors Club of Denver 2008 Student Show, The Tivoli, November 2008

• i-DENTITY, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, October 2007

• sheD, WOW (Wide Open Whatever), Core Gallery, Denver, Spring 2008

• Isms, 2007 MFA Show, Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, May 2007

 

g r o u p   e x h i b i t i o n s   
each of the following pieces were part of an invited or juried exhibition

• Faculty Biennial Show (multiple pieces), Bradbury Gallery, State University, AR, Fall 2017

​• Faculty Biennial Show (multiple pieces), Bradbury Gallery, State University, AR, Fall 2015

• Faculty Biennial Show (multiple pieces), Bradbury Gallery, State University, AR, Fall 2013

• Faculty Biennial Show (multiple pieces), Bradbury Gallery, Fall 2011

• FUNdamentalist Paper Dolls, MFA Thesis 2010 Exhibition, Colorado State University Art Museum, Fort Collins, Spring 2010

• Isms, Accidental Vestments, First National Bank Gallery, Fort Collins, Spring 2008

• The New Doubt, Accidental Vestments, First National Bank Gallery, Spring 2009

• Marshmallow for Magritte, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, May 2008

• The Love Song of  J. Alfred Prufrock, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, May 2007

 

s o l o   e x h i b i t i o n s  
each of the following had multiple pieces exhibited

• Chimera (with Joe Ford), Bradbury Gallery, Oct 16 – Nov 12 2014

• Lyric Studies, The Edge Coffee House, Jonesboro, AR, August 2010-present.

• MASS: Commandments of a New Graphic Design, The Art Lab, Fort Collins, October 2009

• e(a)ffect, Mini-Gallery, Fort Collins, CO, December 2009

• Lyric Studies, Mini-Gallery, July 2009

• MASS: Commandments of a New Graphic Design, Mini-Gallery, August 2008

 

O T H E R    P R O F E S S I O N A L    E X P E R I E N C E 


2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 9

• Designer Freelance, VHEEP, LLC, Denver, CO. Logo re-design and branding consultation.

​• Designer Freelance, Friends For Life Corp., Memphis, TN. Ongoing work for non-profit organization, including multiple logo designs and visual guidelines, posters for events, collateral, and web (CMS) design.


2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 6

• Designer Freelance, Christina Ross, Architect, Memphis, TN. Logo design; template created for use on CAD and presentation of architectural plans to clients.

• Designer Freelance, Star Control Services, based in Memphis, TN. Logo refinement; business card design.

• Designer Freelance, RoHa, Memphis, TN. Design of and press prep for personal stationery including logo mark.



 j u n  2 0 1 2 – 2 0 1 4

• Designer Freelance, Prosthetic Illusions, Littleton, CO. Logo re-design for existing company, including all visual guidelines. Collateral material development, including brochure and business card; banner designs and pre-press execution; consultation with web design company

• Designer Freelance, eighty30: a better breast prosthesis for Prosthetic Illusions. Logo and branding for new product line of prosthetics. Visual guidelines, brochure, and banner designs.

• Designer Freelance, Psionic Audio, Memphis, TN. Client consultation. Logo adjustments for Psionic Audio logo. Consultation of amplifier and guitar pedal logo work, including ideas for mod18 and Icon amps.

• Designer Freelance, Bendi Baby, Baby and Tot yoga mat sleeves design and pre-press execution; postcard design; collateral, including letterhead and business card designs.


j u n  2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 2

 • Designer Freelance, Bendi Baby, Reydell, AR. Logo design, consultation, and developed visual guidelines.

 • Art Director Freelance, Kudzu’s Bar & Grill, Memphis, TN.  Client acquisition, logo and brand re-developed, and ongoing consultation.

 • Designer Freelance, Arkansas Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS), Jonesboro, AR. Logo design, consultation, and developed visual guidelines.

 • Designer Freelance, Center for Community Engagement (CCE), Jonesboro, AR. Logo design, consultation, and  developed visual guidelines.

 • Art Director Freelance, Yummy Beer with Hops & Stuff, Chico, CA.  Label design series for special event: Norcal IPA, 60 Minute IPA, Nut Brown Ale, Chocolate Lab Stout, Wee Bit Scotch Ale, and Wedding Celebration Ale.

 • Designer Freelance, Arkansas Biosciences Outreach, Jonesboro, AR. Logo design, consultation, and developed visual guidelines.

 • Designer Freelance, Emily’s Critter Sitting, Jonesboro, AR. Logo design.

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, Downtown Jonesboro Association, Capital Funding Campaign. Branding consultant and direct mail development.   

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, Simple Sugar, Denver, CO.  Continued consultation and design, including pitch to Whole Foods.

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, American Advertising Federation Northeast Arkansas.  All campaign material for Regional Addy Awards 4th Annual Red Carpet Gala.  

 • Designer Freelance, Unique Creations, Eloy, AZ. Identity system.

 • Designer Freelance, Green Planet Productions, Denver, CO. Client acquisition and logo design.

• Designer Freelance, Center for Digital Initiatives (CDI), Jonesboro, AR. Logo design, consultation, and 

   developed visual guidelines. Also logo development for Strike 2 Quit game.

 
j a n  2 0 0 7 – j u n  2 0 1 0

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, Colorado State University Hatton Gallery. Collateral for multiple exhibitions.

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, Colorado State University. Catalog design for 16th CIIPE (Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition).

 • Art Director/Designer Freelance, Simple Sugar. Brand development, including collateral and Flash page.


a u g   2 0 0 4   -   o c t   2 0 0 6

 • Art Director, The Integer Group, Lakewood, CO. Brand development, print design for Procter & Gamble fabric care, including Tide, Tide HE, and Febreze. Campaign and store development for Safeway.

 
m a r   2 0 0 4   –   a u g   2 0 0 4

 • Art Director Freelance, Karsh & Hagan, Denver, CO. Adelphia Cable, Globus, Cosmos, Monograms, Colorado Lottery, McDonalds, Budget Truck Rental (pitch), and Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News.

 • Designer Freelance, The Creative Group, Lakewood, CO. Travelers Express MoneyGram and Nautilus.

 • Concept Director Freelance, The Winter Group, Aurora, CO. Multiple education accounts.

 
d e c   2 0 0 2   –   m a r   2 0 0 4  

 • Designer/Lead Production Artist, Sadler & Dorchester Marketing & Advertising, Denver, CO. Redesign of Comcast cable national English welcome kit. Expanded into premier Bilingual Hispanic welcome kit. Work for Bresnan and Adelphia Cable.

 
d e c   2 0 0 1   –   d e c   2 0 0 2 

 • Designer Freelance, San Diego County, CA. Design and production of print advertisements, direct mail, POS, and collateral for Pacific Track Time, Aprilia-Ducati of  Oceanside, La Jolla Golf  Co., Lisa Peirce Photographic Arts, Warrior Quest West Coast, Hardwick & Hardwick Advertising, and Synergy Printing.  


d e c   1 9 9 8   –   n o v   2 0 0 1 

 • Art Director, The Integer Group, Lakewood, CO.  Coors regional and national promotions. Full POS, print, and radio campaigns for on- and off-premise accounts.  Structural design for Coors “The Frost Brewery” in Coors Amphitheater, California and Colorado Sports Hall of Fame for Invesco Field, Denver. Coca-Cola regional POS. Denver Art Museum – television and radio commercials, print, outdoor, and promotional material. Direct mail packages and trade ad for Polk/Equifax.


j u l   1 9 9 7   – m a r   1 9 9 8 

 • Art Director, Henry Gill Advertising, Denver, CO.  University of Phoenix print ads, collateral, and television campaign, Clarus PR, Elitch Gardens, Paramount Pictures, Dairy Queen, Key Bank, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, and in-house promotional material.

• Designer Freelance, America Online. Mass mailing package design of CD.



P R O F E S S I O N A L    A F F I L I A T I O N S 


 • Member, AIGA (the Professional Association for Design) Memphis Chapter, 2013-present

         • Education Director 2014-present. Education Co-Director 2013-1014

 • Member, SECAC (Southeast College Art Conference), 2011-2013, 2018-present

 • Board Member, AAF-NEA (American Advertising Federation Northeast Arkansas), 2010-2013

 • Member, CAA (College Art Association), 2009-present

 • Education and Outreach Chairperson, Member, ADCD (Art Directors Club of Denver), 2008-2010

 • Member, NAEA (National Art Education Association), 2008-2009


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