I’ve always been an artist. It was always in me.
The urge to communicate visually was present from an early age, and I was lucky to have a family that supported my love of the arts. Many of my childhood summer nights were spent drawing until the early hours of the morning.
When I reached the end of my high sch… Read More
I’ve always been an artist. It was always in me.
The urge to communicate visually was present from an early age, and I was lucky to have a family that supported my love of the arts. Many of my childhood summer nights were spent drawing until the early hours of the morning.
When I reached the end of my high school years, I moved to Joplin, Missouri, where I studied drawing on a fine art scholarship. It was during this time that I accepted my first professional job as a Website Technologist, and eventually went on to work briefly as a Software Technician.
A short time later, I re-located to Springfield, Missouri - where I changed my degree emphasis to graphic design and had the privilege of studying under some of the most talented typography and design instructors the industry has to offer. I spent the entirety of this time working first as a Website Technologist, then as a Graphic Designer and Photographer for the University’s Publications and Marketing Department.
After college, I began working in a rapidly expanding e-commerce department, which had outgrown its ability to meet its own demand for product images and graphic design resources.
Within my first year, I successfully lobbied for the space, budget and resources to create an in-house photography studio capable of meeting their needs.
Over the course of about two years, I have successfully managed to bring an entire creative department to life that had never existed before.
I now direct all functions of the department and supervise one to two employees, in addition to creating graphics and providing strategic creative insight. Read Less
