Visual Information Specialist                                  Sept. 2024-Feb. 2025

National Park Service - Natchez Trace Parkway                                               40 hours/week

• Provide visual and audio production services to all park divisions using nationally established guidelines and industry standards.

• Plan the visual aspect of printed materials such as handouts, bulletins, flyers, and other similar material which is produced by a printing process.

• Design and display visual communication aspects of speeches, briefings and training materials through the use of photos, slides, posters, and other appropriate means utilizing Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator.

• Maintain and develop web pages (intranet/internet) utilizing CommonSpot and social media sites (i.e., Facebook, Instagram).

• Participate in the development of public affairs programs with management officials, selecting the means of communication to be used, and determining where emphasis should be placed and resources should be used.

• Develop a Publications Plan to inventory and detail the consolidation and redesign of superfluous or outdated publications.

• Create and maintain a digital image archive utilizing a variety of Canon cameras, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Lightroom Classic.

 

Freelance Photography                                          Nov. 2023-Sept. 2024

Self-Employed                                                                                                               15 hours/week

• Maintain social media platforms and audience engagement on socila media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

• Create original content for all social media posts across Facebook and Instagram.

• Coordinate arrangements with clients for planning, physical set-up, ad logistics of portrait, product, and event photography.

• Shoot and edit photography utilizing Nikon D3400, Adobe Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Photoshop.

 

Photography Instructor                                           Feb. 2023-Dec. 2023

Orble PTY LTD                                                                                                                          15 hours/week

• Engage groups of 1-12 students of different abilities and backgrounds in learning photography course objectives

• Develop criteria for testing and other instruments to evaluate student proficiency

• Implement, maintain, and develop records for instruction consistent with course objectives and student goals

• Participate in student retention and recruitment efforts

• Possess interpersonal skills when interacting with students in class, answering questions before meet-ups, and with other photography hosts

 

Project Manager                                                      May 2022-Jul. 2022

IUP-TV and WIUP-FM Internship                                                                                       40 hours/week

• Make decisions and provide advice that influence basic content and aesthetic character of final multimedia projects for clients

• Operate and maintain audiovisual equipment including video cameras and 55mm digital photographic equipment to film 3 individual 40-minute interviews and one 3-person 30-minute interview session utilized in the "Journalism 50th Anniversary Legacy" video
• Dictate team roles and positions to a team of 12 interns to ensure efficient and effective filming procedures in and out of the studio, resulting in film schedule wrapping 1 hour early
• Lead a team of 12 interns to effectively manage the schedule of 5 multimedia projects and meet hard deadlines
• Effectively train team members to utilize media software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Premiere Pro to support production projects

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Graduate Assistant, Jeremy Waltman                         Aug. 2021-May 2022

Indiana University of Pennsylvania                                                                                   20 hours/week

• Create and edit a 6-minute "making of" video for the promotion of the game Weatherworn

• Edit feature film screenplay for The Veteran to provide critique for content, clarity, and structure

• Coordinate filming plans and actor contracts for a 5-person crew and 2-person cast for feature film The Veteran

• Research prop companies for cost, quality, and aesthetic for feature film The Veteran

• Design original prop beer can logo for use in feature film The Veteran utilizing Adobe Illustrator

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Content Development                                             May 2020-Jul. 2020

IUP-TV and WIUP-FM Internship                                                                                       40 hours/week

• Research public domain films to air on local television channel broadcasted by Comcast television network

• Develop original packaging for public domain films airing on local television channel including discussion panels, game shows, and double features
• Edit together 15-minute package videos for distribution on official YouTube channel and feature-film length movies to air on local television channel broadcasted by Comcast television network
• Develop 5-7 minute A/V scripts from public domain holiday stories and original content
• Record voice over lines utilizing home equipment and Audacity for use in 5-7 minute audio production

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Co-Producer, Sketch-o-phrenia                                Jan. 2019-Mar. 2020

IUP-TV                                                                                                                                        20 hours/week

• Produce 2-3 30-minute sketch-comedy style episodes per semester for distribution on official social media platforms such as YouTube and Facebook as well as local television channel broadcasted by Comcast television network

• Organize props & out-of-studio filming locations for 2-hour filming blocks twice a week

• Meet with producers to critique episode quality and collaborate on episode crossovers, resulting in a more effective and collaborative workspace

• Oversee all aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production to create an efficient filming process that resulted in Sketch-o-phrenia Season 8 to receive the "Most Improved" award

• Electronically edit and process materials into cohesive product by manipulating video image size, frame speed, and computerized automatic editing equipment

• Develop 2 30-second commercials per semester for official social media platforms and local television channel broadcasted by Comcast television network