Summary of Qualifications
- Advanced skills with digital graphics and illustration in both raster and vector formats.
- Invented a Javascript GUI for building interactive seat maps that customers use to buy tickets for live events.
- Experience with Tailwind, Alpine.js, Laravel, Livewire, Blade, Filament, Eloquent ORM, React.js, Angular, Node.js, Vue.js, MongoDB, MySQL, Apache, and REST APIs; Jira, Git, SVN, UNIX shell; Linux, macOS, and AWS; C, C++, XML, XPath, HTML, CSS, SVG, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, SQL, JSON, Python, Markdown, Bash, RegEx, ActionScript, Objective C, R, POV-Ray SDL, XSLT, and LaTeX; Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier, InDesign, Audition, Lightroom; Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, GIMP, Inkscape, Audacity, Toon Boom, Blender, Maya; drawing tablets, scanners, and DSLR cameras.
Education
Diplomas:
Bachelor of Arts
in Art cum laude
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
2012-2014
Associate of Arts
in Art magna cum laude
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio
2011-2012
Certificates:
“Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Developers”
LinkedIn
2025
“Building a Complete MEAN Stack Application”
Board Infinity
2025
“Learning Vue.js”
LinkedIn
2025
“Figma Essential Training: The Basics”
LinkedIn
2024
“React Essential Training”
LinkedIn
2024
“Building RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express”
Board Infinity
2024
“Career Essentials in GitHub Professional Certificate”
GitHub
2024
“Frontend Development using Angular”
Board Infinity
2024
Work Experience
Full-Stack Web Developer
iTickets
Cullman, Alabama
2022-2024
- Write complex Javascript GUIs for both customers and admins for choosing reserved seats.
- Expand schema and write migrations for a production MySQL database.
- Develop new features and page designs for Laravel website using TALL technology stack.
- Train technicians on use of administrative seat map GUI.
- Develop new features and improvements for seat map GUI (both administrative and front-facing).
Lead Designer
iTickets
Gahanna, Ohio
2017-2024
- Develop and implement brand direction across a broad range of media.
- Create new brand and marketing assets for web, print, email, and social media.
- Train personnel on design concepts, tools, and processes.
- Collaborate on UI/UX direction.
- Draft UI/UX recommendations for both technical and at-a-glance communication.
- Write, record, edit, and produce instructional videos showing software UI.
Other Experience
Graphic Designer
Center for Applied Plant Sciences
Ohio State University
2013-2014
- Design web theme, create assets, and implement CSS on top of Twitter Bootstrap.
- Design and create promotional poster.
- Used Gimp, Inkscape, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG.
Contract Graphic Designer
Aerial Image Solutions
Westerville, Ohio
2020
Matthew Carr
Columbus, Ohio
2016
Compass Home Services, LLC
Columbus, Ohio
2010
Scott Tanis
Columbus, Ohio
2006
- Design logos and ads based on brand name and concepts, and produce final assets.
- Sketch variations for client to choose from, and iterate successively from client feedback.
- Used Gimp, Inkscape, SVG.
Contract Illustrator
Gabriel Markley
Pataskala, Ohio
2011-2016
Grant Neilley
Columbus, Ohio
2013
Amy Nicole Taylor
Nashville, Tennessee
2013
- Consult on story continuity and research story world.
- Produce illustrations in consistent style with consistent character likenesses.
- Used Gimp, Inkscape, SVG, drawing tablets, scanners, DSLR cameras, graphite on paper.
Entrepreneur
Malex Media Network, LLC
Pataskala, Ohio
2004-2011
- Assist in web design, and produce theme assets.
- Maintain and enhance extensive backend content repository with hundreds of XML documents.
- Produce final illustrative graphics to support ongoing content management strategy.
- Used Gimp, Inkscape, POV-Ray, XML, HTML, CSS, SVG, drawing tablets, scanners, DSLR cameras, graphite on paper, ink on paper.