NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Washington, D.C.
National Geographic Education | Contractor: Interactive timeline design mock-ups, icons,
illustrations, media wrappers for the web site. Dec. 2009–Feb. 2010

National Geographic Magazine | Art & Graphics Intern: Researched story ideas, developed and
produced graphics and diagrams; created an animation for the online edition. Oct.–Dec. 2009

WEB DESIGNER for the College of Fine Arts (COFA), Ohio University
Responsibilities: Updated and redesigned the official college site and its sub sites using HTML and CSS.
Main goal was to create user-friendly pages, make interactivity easy and clear, improve overall look.
Sept. 2008–June 2009

DESIGN INSTRUCTOR/GRADUATE TA for the School of Visual Communication, Ohio University
Responsibilities: Taught an Introduction to Publication Design course for undergraduate and graduate
students using InDesign, with focus on typography, color theory, content and understanding a potential
audience in projects such as brochure, newsletter, magazine, CD cover, poster and newspaper designs.
Jan. 2008–June 2009

WEB DEVELOPER Soul of Athens web site Member of the site’s production team.
Main responsibilities included developing design theme, creating site’s content pages using CSS/HTML
and Drupal, research and implement interactivity features. Soul of Athens is an annual award-winning
online publication about Athens County.
April 2009–June 2009

ART DIRECTOR (freelance contract) Tengri magazine (circ. 23,000); Almaty, Kazakhstan
Responsibilities: Design and layout of the inside and cover pages, edited and toned photos,created
infographics, illustrations; prepared pages for pre-press and controlled the printing process.
Sept.–Dec. 2006

LEAD NEWS PAGE DESIGNER Evansville Courier & Press(circ. 74,000 daily), Evansville, Ind.
Responsibilities: Designed A1, Local and Sports front pages, designed cover and photo pages for two
weekly newspapers, contributed to the Features desk and budget meetings, released pages for print.
July 2005–June 2006

PHOTO EDITOR College Heights Herald (circ. 10,000 twice a week); Bowling Green, Ky.
Responsibilities: Managed 10 staff photographers, edited, sized and toned images, editorial meetings,
occasional contribution to the design desk.
Jan. 2005–May 2005

GRAPHIC DESIGNER for Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.
Responsibilities: Designed logos, brochures, posters for the university departments, created illustrations
and layout for the Western Scholar magazine.
May 2003–May 2004

THE MOUNTAIN WORKSHOPS
Multimedia team assistant (audio recording and editing for the web site); Lebanon, Ky., 2004
Picture editing participant (editing/layout of the workshop book); Bardstown, Ky., 2003

APPALACHIAN CULTURAL PROJECT
Multimedia participant (audio recoding and editing), 2004
Photojournalism participant (documentary of Air Medical Crew), 2003

OHIO UNIVERSITY School of Visual Communication, Athens,
Ohio Master of Arts in Visual Communication with focus on Interactive Multimedia, 2009

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY Bowling Green, Ky.
School of Journalism and Broadcasting Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism and Graphic Design, 2005

DESIGN: Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Quark Pagination System (QPS)

WEB: HTML, CSS, Flash, Dreamweaver, basics of XML, AS2 and Drupal (CMS)

AUDIO/VIDEO: ProTools, FinalCut, Avid, audio/video editing

PHOTO: Photoshop, PhotoMechanic, Bridge, Canon SLR film and digital equipment

OTHER: Microsoft Word, Excel, PageMaker, freehand drawing/illustrations, fluent written/oral Russian

Alexia Foundation 2008 winner—Award of Excellence
Nuclear Warfare documentary photo project proposal

Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors—First Place
Page One Design, Evansville Courier & Press, 2005

Best Use of Photography, POYInternational—First Place
Photo and design staff, Evansville Courier & Press, 2005

NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) Best of Photojournalism
Honorable Mention (picture editing) Photo and design staff, Evansville Courier & Press, 2005

KPA (Kentucky Press Association)—Second Place
Informational graphic, College Heights Herald, 2005

KIPA (Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association)—Second Place
Informational graphic and Sports front page design, College Heights Herald, 2005

Graduate scholarship from the School of Visual Communication, Ohio University
Fall 2007, Winter/Spring 2008, Winter/Spring 2009

Graduate scholarship from the College of Fine Arts, Ohio University
Fall 2008, Winter/Spring 2009

National Press Photographers Foundation’s Reid Blackburn scholarship
For photojournalism portfolio 2004

Robert J. Wurster Scholarship, 2003