Provide graphic design and art direction for all association publications. Supervise in-house print shop, which includes two-color offset presses, copiers, and various finishing equipment. Coordinate printing with outside printers as needed.

Designs and lays out quarterly Illinois REALTOR® magazine, along with annual report, event marketing pieces, and other publications (for all departments, from Advocacy to Z...umm, well, we don't have a department that begins with 'Z'). Assists with maintaining association websites and with posting monthly housing statistics. Also designs housing statistic infographics (This is the part where my left-brain goes 'Woohoo!'). Manages all design files, and maintains the association brand and style (a.k.a. "Brand Ambassador").

As the sole on-site graphic designer at Illinois College, I worked within the Office of Marketing and Communication and am part of the Marketing and Branding Committee. I worked with all departments--both academic and administrative--to create everything from brochures to bookmarks.

-As the sole on-site graphic designer,I designed print, exhibit, and web materials for both the Library Foundation and the Library and Museum, which included everything from marketing materials to donor quarterly newsletters.
-Coordinated printing with both in-house and out-of-house printers.
-Assisted in planning, design, and installation of exhibits:
"Lech Wałęsa, Poland, and the Fall of Communism" (2012)
"To Kill and To Heal: Weapons and Medicine of the Civil War" (2012)
“Team of Rivals: Lincoln’s Cabinet at the Crossroads of War” (2010)
“'The Flames Got Us' Cherry Mine 1909" (2009)
Abraham Lincoln: Self-Made in America Learning Stations (traveling) (2007)

-Designed print materials such as volunteer recruitment brochure
-Updated and added additional animations to the museum's scrolling current events screen (Flash)
-Created an interactive and zoomable Flash map of the museum's exhibit space, working off exhibit designs and architectural blueprints, for inclusion on the National Air and Space Museum website

-Served as Assistant Webmaster of both the Historical Administration and History Departments' websites
-Redesigned the Historical Administration website and History Department faculty pages template
-Assisted History Department professors with various technology-related questions

Graduated summa cum laude; received Historical Administration Distinguished Graduate Student Award (one award per program); extensive museum studies and exhibit design curriculum; class project: "Tales Untold: The Story of Folk Art" exhibit in the Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois.

Curriculum heavy in fine arts, typography, and photography; work selected for 2009 E.I.U. Alumni Graphic Design Show, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois; one of two recipients of the E.I.U. 2006 Outstanding Graphic Design Senior.