Kayla K Almon

Graphic Designer and Social Media Manager

Wahiawā, HI, USA
I am excited to join the work force again when we (my husband and I) move back to the mainland to Charlotte, NC Fall of 2014! Although the move is not a set in stone yet, I am actively searching for job opportunities and sending out my resume.

I have over 2 years experience as a Morris Communications employee with positions ranging from Daily Deals Fulfillment to Internet Marketing Account Manager that included overseeing/managing digital marketing strategy for multiple client's social media accounts. My job also involved client reputation management across directories, customer service, product delivery, training clients on social media platforms and helping them to understand best practices.

Specialties: Photoshop | Illustrator | Photography | Graphic Design | Writing | Media Campaigns | Online Reputation | Online Marketing Campaigns | Social Media Manager | Customer Service | Project Manager | Graphic Design for Social Media | Creative Writing

Work Experience

Heritage Academy

Summer Design Internship

This was a design internship for the summer/fall of 2010. I volunteered to design the school's 12 page newsletter.

• Designed 12 page newsletter
• Designed mail-­out
• Met with directors to discuss ideas/problems/solutions

Heritage Academy hired me to do an eight-page newsletter for the Summer of 2010 for their anniversary. It was the first newsletter I had really done as a designer and it turned out very well. The school was pleased.
July 2010 - September 2010 Augusta, Georgia, United States

Morris Communications

Part-time Contracting work

Graphic Design/Managed and Fulfilled the Daily Deals program at the time.
Manage/designDailyDeals
• Helped with Deal Reports
• Miscellaneous design projects
January 2011 - August 2011 Augusta, Georgia, United States

Morris Communications

Full Time - Internet Marketing Account Manager/Graphic Designer/Management

• Social Media Management
• Graphic Design for Social Media
• Managed (up to 20) businesses Facebook, linked in, twitter and foursquare.
• Ran mobile campaigns
• Helped businesses with Google analytics and suggestions for SEO
• Started blogs
• Wrote posts for social media, designed posting calendars
• Discussed with the client about current and upcoming events/promotions in their company to keep social media relevant
August 2011 - March 2013 Augusta, Georgia, United States

Education

Augusta Technical College

Associates Degree in Graphic Design

October 2007 - December 2010 Augusta, Georgia, United States

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Illustration And Drawing, Microsoft Word, Photography, Power Point, Social Media Management,

Certifications

CrossFit Level 1 Trainer

• Planned monthly WOD schedules with team

• Set goals for the group

• Coached groups of (up to) 15-20

• Demonstrated/explained proper form and technique on power lifts, Olympic lifts, gymnastics skills and scaled movements and workouts accordingly, based on ability and fitness level

• Designed logo for the Affiliate

• Coordinated shirt order for the gym, this included
- finding a company to print our shirts
- gathering shirt size/color/style from clients
- made sure the company had the shirt style/color/sizes in inventory
- coordinated payments for shirts and made sure all payments were in before the order was placed
- created and sent out all invoices through PayPal so clients could make sure the order was correct
and make any necessary changes