Raised in a small town
While I was born in a slightly bigger town, a house fire when I was in the third grade had us moving to an even smaller town. I could write out the name, but I seriously doubt you know it exists. Okay, it's Shade Gap. I'll give you a free prize if you knew it without googling it.
I love to pick on where I grew up, but I tend to think being out in the middle of nowhere sort of formed my love in art. When you live in a town without a stoplight, you tend to find something to do at home. I always had a love of art, but I think the isolation helped strengthen that love.
As much as I enjoyed Shade Gap, I knew I had to venture forth and find a school to pursue my future career in the art field. I found myself drawn to York,PA and the Bradley Academy For the Visual Arts, which eventually became The Art Institute of York.
I fell in love with York going to school here so much that I ended up coming back to get a second degree. Once I finished my second degree, I knew I wanted to stick around in this quirky city, so I found work in the area and have loved it for almost fourteen years.
Employment (More On Resume below)
YRK Creative
Graphic Designer / Art Director
April 2016 – January 2020
Work on design projects as small as social media graphics to projects as big as branding and promoting entire music festivals. YRK Creative is the design arm of YRK Magazine, which I art directed and assembled.
Webstaurantstore.com
Front-End Designer / Developer
January 2016 – April 2016
Site maintenance, site development, and emailer designing.
Tower Marketing
Art Director / Senior Web Designer
August 2012 – December 2015
Originally hired to design and develop new sites, worked my way up to Art Director in charge of variety of graphic and web projects.
Education
The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania
2008
Associate in Specialized Technology / Digital Arts
The Art Institute of York – Pennsylvania
2011
Bachelor of Science / Web Design & Interactive Media
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