DESIGNER WRITER
Designer, editor, creative media project manager, and educator with over 20 years of experience in print, kinetic imagery, social and interactive media. Specializes in user-centered design thinking, turn-key productions, transmedia storytelling problem solving. Extensive background in student-centered learning spaces, curriculum development, managing budgets and departmental labs and studios. Currently focused on passion projects at Radiant Hall Studios in McKees Rocks, PA.
Email : MESSAGE ME
Website : sayitwithpixels.design
Phone : CALL ME
Address : Radiant Hall Studios - West
Writing and illustrating YA graphic novel, related animation short, and more various experimental, mixed, new and traditional media storytelling artworks. Creating projects to submit to as many calls for arts possible for the appropriate target audience.
Developed curricula, managed media labs and production studios as tenured full-time faculty. Educated and advised digital media, web design and video students. Facilitated real-world projects for classroom learning and on/off campus digital media art exhibits.
Created daily news print and web ads and visual content for local audience/community.
Taught graduating seniors digital portfolio workflow and sound production to Visual Communication students.
Produced post-production deliverables for local, regional and national clientele and collaborated with producers, directors, sales, and marketing teams for various target audiences.
Studied and applied advanced user-centered communication and design thinking approaches for real world interactive projects that incorporated research and creative development, script and copywriting, media production and deliverable creation to include typographic, graphic, web/mobile, photographic, videographic and animated content to sell products, tell stories, create interaction within the target audience, raise funding and more.
Introduced to human-centered communication and design thinking approaches for real world projects that incorporated research and creative development, script and copywriting, media production and deliverable creation to create typographic, graphic, web/mobile, photographic, videographic and animated content to sell products, storytelling, create interaction within the target audience, raise funding and more. Achieved second seat in senior media arts graduating class and honorable mention for photographic series displayed in the senior photography & film show.
Design Thinking; human-centered approach to problem solving
Turn-Key Project/Campaign/Event planning & management
Productive interdisciplinary team member
Profit & Non-Profit client support
Various media-based vendor collaboration
Apple/MACbook pro exclusive devices & PC cross-platform interaction
Screenwriting & Copywriter & Editor-proof-reading, MLA & AP formats & more
Analog and Digital Photography/Digital Video Camera & Studio equipment operator
Digital Video and Animation - Producer & Editor: Analog and Digital
Film Producer & Editor Graphic & Logo Design-Daily, Quarterly & Annual Publications
Interactive & Mobile Design - UCD/UI/UX
Adobe Creative Suite Computer Lab hardware & software management
Black & White and Full-Color Document & Photographic Print Management
Audio Recordist & Editor
Scanners & other image capture devices
Microsoft Office
Social Media Content creator/editor
Google Suite
Indie Comics, Artbooks, Graphic Novels, Yoga, Cycling, Travel. High School Yearbook Photographer and Photography Editor, High School Photography Club President, Lettered in Band and Swimming (MVP), College Art and Literary annual contributor and cover designer.
References available upon request.
