Books-a-Printing
book, etsy, experimental typography, hamletter, internship, lulu.com, one off printing, typography
My first book, Hamletter is a project I produced based on experimental typography. I took a stanza from Hamlet, broke down the lines into words and created each word from household items. The result has been called “stunning.”
Common Groundz Cafe
experimental typography, full site design, identity design, print design, pro bono
2008
Objective
I am a designer looking for a firm interested in lifetime learners, question seekers and innovative problem solvers.
Experience
Web Consultant, VCU Dean of the Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Responsible for maintaining and building the Art History Department�s Web presence. Researched and built Web applications for the promotion of VCU Arts.
2008–2009
Apple Campus Rep, Volt Services Group, Richmond, Virginia
Promoted Apple products to VCU. Acted as a resource for support to students and faculty.
2006–2008
Music Director and Manager, WVCW, Richmond, Virginia
Managed operations on a day-to-day basis. Accomplished more in two years than what was completed in the last ten.
2006–2009
Graphic Design Intern, WAVY-TV, Portsmouth, Virginia
Summer internship at a local news station. Trusted to contribute equally with the full time employees, making on air graphics, promotional materials and identity design.
2007
Additional Experience
Objects+Methods
Lecture series at VCU with guests including Massimo Vignelli, Ivan Chermayeff and Chaz Maviyane-Davies.
2006–2009
Tasmeem Design Conference
International design conference, Tasmeem, in Doha, Qatar where I participated and presented a charette-style project on the problems with transportation in a growing city.
2008
Education
Norfolk Academy, High School
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Studied Engineering
Virginia Commonwealth University, BFA in Graphic Design
2004
2005
2009
Range of Design Skills
Adobe CS4, Web design concepts and coding, identity design, typography, Web standards, usability, accessibility, team building, the grid and commercial printing.
Technical Expertise
XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.01, CSS 2 & 3, HTML 5/XHTML 5, Processing, Actionscript 2, Blueprint and similar CSS frameworks, jQuery
References available upon request