Megan Sload

Freelance Graphic Designer & Photographer

Lake Charles, LA, USA
I've been around sports my entire life including 10 years in college athletics as a student-athlete, coach & other various positions on the administrative side. I enjoy pairing my passions for sports & graphic design which you will see in my work. My ultimate goal is to have a career in graphic design.

Work Experience

McNeese State University

Director of Marketing & Ticket Operations

Direct the McNeese State University Ticket Office in ticket sales & marketing. Run the ticket office for all varsity sports including, but not limited to Football, Basketball & Baseball. Market all varsity sports through the use of social media, print & all other media outlets. Create graphics for all varsity sports including game day graphics, schedule posters & newspaper advertisements. Supervise & oversee the work of graduate assistants & interns.
August 2018 - Present Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

Sload Design

Freelance Graphic Designer

Create graphics for print or social media for colleges, universities or professional teams by request. Teams include, but are not limited to NCAA Division I, McNeese State University, & the West Virginia Chaos of the Premier Development League.
September 2015 - Present Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

McNeese State University

Full-Time Athletic Study Lab Coordinator

Oversee the athletic study lab, assist with athletic academic advising, tutor student-athletes in mathematics & communicate with coaches and professors about athletes' progress. Act as the advisor for Student Athlete Advisory Committee & plan community service events for the student-athletes.
February 2017 - August 2018 Louisiana, United States

McNeese State University

Part-Time Athletics Marketing Assistant

Assist with marketing and promotion of all sports with a focus on game day operations and graphics. Create promotional flyers for each home game, access passes, advertisements for local magazines and newspapers, and assist with creating schedule posters. Create and carry out marketing plans and promotions.
July 2016 - February 2017 Louisiana, United States

Queens University Of Charlotte

Women's Soccer Assistant Coach & Athletics Operation Assistant

Women's Soccer: Assist with practice and games, game day organization, alumni relations, fundraising, social media, marketing and promotion of the program and summer camps.
Operations Assistant: Assist with marketing and promotion of men’s and women’s basketball with a focus on game day operations and graphics. Create promotional flyers and tickets for each home game. Assist with preparation of the 2016 Queens Athletics Hall of Fame including creating the program, writing the inductees’ bios, writing the announcer’s script and creating displays.
2015 - 2016 North Carolina, United States

Education

Queens University Of Charlotte

Mathematics; Studio Art Minor

Art: Digital Photography I, Film Photography I, Film Photography II, Digital Media Production, High Renaissance Art-Present, Medieval & Renaissance Art, Two-Dimensional Design Lab, Three-Dimensional Design Lab, & Fundamentals of New Media Design

Math: Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III, Discrete Math, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Modern Algebra, Probability & Statistics, Mathematical Probability, Intro to Real Variables, Independent Study on the Mathematics of Meteorology, & Senior Thesis on the Statistics of Hurricanes
August 2009 - May 2013 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, IMovie, Microsoft Office,