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EXPERIENCE EDUCATION

BLOT Magazine | Editorial Designer University of Idaho September 2018–present 2015–2019 – – Creates editorial design for UIdaho Student Media narrative quarterly Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Print Media publication. Featured stories include collaboration with photographers and illustrators to promote the community. Featured as the Best Periodical in the State of Idaho by Idaho Press Club (2018). INVOLVEMENT

Highline Design Co | Jr. Designer For Freedoms | Event Coordinator October 2018–May 2019 October 2018 – – Assisted a remote team on branding and identity projects for niche target Led the University of Idaho campus in markets. Mainly consistent of concepting and providing collateral from print collaboration with the 50 State Initiative to to web for brands locally and nationally. increase civil engagement with art by founder Hank Willis Thomas. Billboard was designed with community voices with art installation. UIdaho Advertising Team | Creative Strategist September 2017–May 2019 Summer Design Days | Counselor – Summer 2017 & 2018 Organized brand strategy and created marketing and communication – materials for two global campaigns. Pitched marketing campaigns as part Fostered highschool students passions in art & of the American Advertising Federation’s annually held National Student design through a week-long camp with projects Advertising Competition. in Adobe Creative Suite and more. Required CPR & First Aid training and working with minors education at the University of Idaho. Sutherland for Washington | Creative Designer September 2017–November 2018 – Designed branding, campaign literature and consulted for the Eastern AWARDS Washington grassroots legislative campaign, Matthew Sutherland, Pullman, WA. Created and managed by local college students with high success. Adobe Creative Jam | Judge’s Choice March 2018 – KUOI FM 89.3 | Program Director Collaborated with a blind peer group to design a concept-app for the theme of empathy, using January 2017–2018 – Adobe Xd. This app empathizes with the elder user who may be suffering from memory loss and can Assisted in managing UIdaho’s 24 hour student-run radio station. Duties included be used to help them regain what we think is the training student DJs in FCC regulations and equipment management. During this most important - clarity of their surroundings. time, I co-ran a weekly radio show called “The Jazzy Rabbits.”

SKILLS

Design: Adobe Creative Suite, UX/UI Strategy, Prototyping, User Testing, MS Office Suite

Languages: Basic HTML / CSS+

Collaboration: Event Planning, Project Management, Facilitating Critique EXHIBITIONS & 2019 CRYPTIDS COLLABORATIONS Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA, curated by Reinaldo Gil Zombrano (invitational) (in)tangible Bachelor of Fine Arts Exit Show, Ridenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho. Moscow, ID.

Identity Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

2018 For Freedoms Collaborative Installation With Visual Arts Community members, University of Idaho Administration Lawn.

INK! Print Rally 2018 Emerge Gallery, Couer d’Alene, ID.

From Matrices Emerge Gallery, Couer d’Alene, ID. Curated by Reinaldo Gil Zombrano (invitational)

“Print Combine!” Reflections Gallery, Moscow, ID. (Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance) (invitational)

Trade Show CUB Art Gallery, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Hodge Podge Reflections Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

2017 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition Ridenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. (Juror: David Herbold, UI MFA Alum, sculptor and ceramics artist)

2016 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition Ridenbaugh Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. (Juror: Zach Mazur, Assistant Curator, Museum of Art/WSU)

PRESENTATIONS & The Role of Persona: Then and Now INVITED LECTURES University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. – Discussed the post-internet condition, in relation to Bergman’s film “Persona” and contemporary brand personas as part of the University’s Innovation Showcase 2019.

ART 110 Approaching Destinations Student Panel University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. – With Stacy Isenbarger, Amber Morales, Belle Wages, and Mars Cantrell

AAF National Advertising Competition Seattle, WA – “Ocean Spray: Enhanced by You” With Maria Schnepf, Taryn Hadfield, Nathan Plsekoff and other members present from University of Idaho’s Advertising Team (Team 547).

BIBLIOGRAPHY “Variety of voices showcased through political art.” UI Argonaut, Moscow, ID. October 2018 – https://www.uiargonaut.com/2018/10/07/variety-of-voices-showcased-through-political-art/

“A mixture of art and politics” The Lewiston Tribune, Lewiston, ID. October 2018 – https://lmtribune.com/northwest/a-mixture-of-art-and-politics/article_8be34f13- b0c3-5537-a0b5-730ba139b320html?fbclid=IwAR0FJnDYluH4pa7IFRRA Qeo8i7Z8gBp2aSm2LFeqpsiiQRlECmQC36pX-A0

“UI students hope to boost civic engagement with billboard in Lewiston.” Idaho Falls Post Register, October 2018 – https://www.postregister.com/news/local/ui-students-hope-to-boost-civicengagement- withbillboard-in/article_471f58aa-d937-11e8-af28-c77369591c88html?fbclid=IwAR01GgYtPM HcqCllmf1pHzgm5WzZchiAIS3L6aFyLSwVyQ2_uBnnqwUS_P0