Education.

B.F.A., Communication Design
Louisiana Tech University
Aug 2004 - May 2009

Conferences.

DSVC National Student Show and Conference
Spring 2007 | 2008 | 2009

Nashville AIGA Think Tank
Fall 2008


Work.

Freelance: January 2010 - present

Design and develop websites and identities for various clients. Utlizing Wordpress, Big Cartel, and PHP + Smarty Template System.

NiFTyTV: Web developer/graphic designer, May 2008 - May 2010

My duties included software graphics’ concept and production, designing and maintaining all company collateral and web design/development, including design for the mobile platform. Although my immediate supervisor was the Director of Software Development, I also worked directly with the Founder/Chief Scientist, COO, Director of Corporate Strategy and Production Manager.

Web design tutor: Aug 2007 - present

Tutor students taking the HTML and Flash web design classes at Louisiana Tech.

Old World Casting: May 2007 - Aug 2007

Casted, painted, and transported decorative concrete scultures for shops in New Orleans.

Skills.

Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash
Web Development: Handcrafted XHTML + CSS3, Wordpress, JQuery, PHP + Smarty Template Engine and currently learning HTML5.
Miscellaneous: Handcrafted typography, copywriting, illustration, bookmaking, screenprinting, and I have a large repository of amazingly bad jokes.

Volunteer.

Can you define love?: An ongoing project to put people’s definitions of love online.
Grace Project: Taught art to elementary school children.

Ryan and Rachel

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