DESIGN EXPERIENCE:

Interim Director of Communications Aug ‘08 – Jan ‘09
Crossroads Church    Newnan, GA
Advanced from the position listed below to being responsible for entire communications area. Worked hand in hand with department heads to help develop campaigns and set-designs. Managed our budget area and brought on a copywriter to assist in department.  Also continued all responsibilities listed below.

Graphic and Web Designer Jan ‘08 – present
Crossroads Church    Newnan, GA
Job duties include branding of church in advertising, web, and various other medias. Redesigned church website to a more practical, user-friendly site. Designed all sermon series “logos”, event campaigns, ministry looks, as well as anything else dealing with advertising for the church.

Director of Communications Apr ‘07 – Jan ‘08
Ridgecrest Baptist Church     Dothan, AL
Advanced from the position listed below to full-time ministerial staff. Responsible for all print, web, and video communications within the church. Responsible for coming along side other ministry staff to plan and promote events and activities. Responsible for creating various displays and heading any “creative” projects.

Media and Technology Associate Aug ‘06 – Apr 07’
Ridgecrest Baptist Church     Dothan, AL
Job duties included all advertising for church and church events, creation and renovation of logos and event advertising within the church. Responsible for assisting ministerial staff with any imaging need as requested, as well as aiding the Assistant to the Pastor with troubleshooting computer issues. Also prepare and operate the presentation software during services and special events. Began “rolling” announcements that run before and after each service that inform the congregation of upcoming events and ministry opportunities.

Graphic Designer Nov ‘05 – Apr ‘07
The Baptist College of Florida     Graceville, FL
Designed and produced all print advertising for the college on and off campus. Assisted the Director of Public Relations with daily responsibilities, as well as handling all photography. Duties included layout and design of quarterly publication (Echoes, an alumni magazine), information organization, public relations, and various other duties as assigned by director or other administration.

Graphic Artist / Founder Sept ‘05 – Jan ‘08
Ignite Communications Ministry     Dothan, AL
Formed an imaging ministry to assist local churches and non-profit ministries in reaching those they seek, through providing quality publications.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Substitute Teacher Jan ‘05 – May ‘06
Daleville City Schools     Daleville, AL
Responsible for watching, teaching, and controlling classroom during the absence of teacher.

Office and Account Manager Sept ‘06 – Feb ‘07
Best Deal Flooring     Dothan, AL
Generated new business through various marketing techniques, as well as up selling new products to existing customers. Assisted owners withv day-to-day operations, such as coordinating installs and remodels, inventory management, updating customer database, new software integrations, bill collections, and trouble shooting customer issues.

EDUCATION:

The Baptist College of FL, Christian Ed.; Fall 2001 – Spring 2007
Chipola College, Non-Degree; Summer 2001
Florida A&M University, Technical Theatre, Fall 2000 – Spring 2001
F.W. Buchholz High, College Prep., Spring 1998 – Spring 2000

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Have attended:
Photoshop Users Conf. (Jan ‘06)
Photoshop Creativity Tour (Sept ‘06)
Franklin Covey Time Management Conf. (Apr ‘07)
MinistryCOM Conf. (Sept. ‘07)
Premium Member of Lynda.com (since Apr ‘07)
Vaious Freelance Projects
Founded and Led:
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
West Nassau High School (1997)
F.W. Buchholz High School (1999)
All-America Football Honors (2000) CBS Sportsline

PROGRAMS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN:

(Adobe Master Suite CS3) Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere, AfterEffects, Encore, Soundbooth, Acrobat; (Presentation Software) Media Shout, Easy Worship; (Microsoft) Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook. Design on a WACOM Intuos 11×6.
ALSO KNOWLEDGEABLE IN: (Web design) HTML5 , Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3), WordPress, currently learning PHP and MySQL.