Experience:

Web Designer Mar 2008 to Present Rizzi Designs, East Lansing, MI

• Update and maintain client websites
• Develop creative content and design
• Extensive communication skills used with clients

Entrepreneur Feb 2008 to Present Yooper Steez, Marquette, MI

• Developed business plan, marketing, promotions, and website
• Branded shirts that have been seen across the world
• Post regular blog entries about the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Entrepreneur (for lack of a better word) Sep 2006 to Sep 2007 The Hometown Invasion Tour, United States of America

• Created, planned, and executed year-long 50-state tour
• Wrote extensive sponsorship proposal obtaining sponsorship with the Chrysler Corporation resulting in use of a 2007 Jeep Compass for the duration of the trip
• Wrote press releases to generate buzz resulting in over 40 newspaper articles as well as radio and television interviews, magazine articles and one national TV talk show
• Designed graphics for promotional cards, vehicle wrap, and website where I managed content of over 400 blog entries, 2300 photos, etc.
• Successfully executed the dream of a lifetime

Web Designer Jun 2005 to Aug 2006 Kresge Art Museum, MSU, East Lansing, MI

• Produced and remodled multiple internal mini-sites for exhibitions
• Planned layout, navigation and optimization for future use

Director of Research, Presenter Sep 2005 to May 2006 American Advertising Federation, MSU, East Lansing, MI

• Strategic planning and research AAF Postal Vault competition
• Conducted qualitative, quantitative, primary and secondary research
• Presenter for AAF regional competition

Photography Managing Editor Aug 2004 to May 2005 Red Cedar Log Yearbook, MSU, East Lansing, MI

• Administered all photography for the nations largest yearbook
• Managed, directed, and gave assignments to 12 photographers
• Communicated the working status of publication with a team of editors
• Implemented an all-digital workflow for the yearbook to convert from film

Skills Summary:

• Adobe Creative Suite 3
• Microsoft Office
• HTML, CSS, SQL, PHP, RSS, .htaccess
• Wordpress and custom Wordpress themes
• Seach engine optimization
• Social media/networking, social marketing
• Digital SLR photography
• Rubik's cubes (fastest time, 66 seconds)

Recognition:

• Photography published in JPG magazine – Issue 11 and Issue 14
• Art & Commerce column published in AdWeek Magazine – December, 2007
• Honorary Professor of Promotions in the Department of APRR; Michigan State University
• “It is my pleasure to welcome you home to Michigan after a year traveling the United States on your 50-state Hometown Invasion Tour” – Governor Jennifer Granholm
• Honorable Mention, 2004 Global Focus Photography Contest; Michigan State University

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Advertising
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology May 2006 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

• Cumulative GPA of 3.23/4.0
• Photo Communications Study Abroad Program Summer 2004, UK and Czech Republic