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EXPERIENCE

Inspire Placemaking Collective, Winter Park, FL -

Graphic Designer October 2024 – Present

Graphic Design Intern June 2024 – October 2024

  • Collaborating with clients in person, via video, or through the phone to discuss their needs & preferences for the project.

  • Creating and designing visual projects & concepts for clients with focus on placemaking.

  • Facilitating public engagement workshops.

  • Formatting layouts for proposals and reports.

  • Printing and binding project proposals, workshop assets, and presentation boards.

  • Creating promotional materials for social media, print, and digital mediums.

  • Creating informative social media carousels for company social media accounts.

Self-Employed, Winter Garden, FL - Freelance Graphic Designer

September 2023 – Present

  • Collaborating with clients in person, via video, or through the phone to discuss their needs & preferences for the project.

  • Creating and designing visual projects & concepts for clients ranging from logos to merchandise, websites, & social media graphics.

  • Presenting project & designs to the client for approval.

  • Revising project & designs based on the client’s feedback.

  • Preparing final designs for delivery to the client in the agreed-upon format.

  • Managing deadlines & time to ensure the client receives the final products on time.

  • Staying up-to-date on design trends and software updates.

  • Writing a contract detailing all aspects of the project, due dates, and deliverables that the client will receive.

Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL – Character Attendant

October 2022 – Present | January 2020 – March 2020

  • Disney College Program participant (ended early due to COVID-19, original end date July 30th)

  • Facilitating queue lines for character meet and greets. 

  • Ensuring the safety of character performers while interactions with guests occur. 

  • Ensuring character performers are on and off set on time & safely. 

  • Aiding character performers with costuming. 

  • Ensuring efficient character interactions by providing tools for autographs, interpreting for characters, taking photos for guests, etc. Using PASS Show Flow to ensure efficiency. 

  • Giving information & directions about the Disney parks to guests. 

  • Counting guests for each set time using a clicker. 

  • Using an earpiece & radio to communicate with coworkers. 

  • Maintaining character & show integrity when discussing character information.

Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, FL – PhotoPass Photographer

January 2022 – October 2022

  • Interacting with theme park guests to provide an individual, memorable experience.

  • Capturing photographic memories with park icons and characters for theme park guests at Walt Disney World Resort.

  • Modifying photos to the guests’ preference.

  • Printing photos for guests.

  • Creating “magic shots” to provide special photos for guests.

  • Operating a Nikon DSLR camera and a handheld system to link photos for theme park guests.

  • Squatting and repeating movements while standing for long periods of time.

  • Facilitating queue lines for guests waiting for photographs.

  • Giving information and/or directions about the Disney parks & Disney Memory Maker to guests. 

  • Ensuring efficient flow between different groups of guests to have their photos taken in a timely and enjoyable manner.

Starbucks Coffee Company, Orlando, FL – Barista

February 2021 – December 2021

  • Greeting customers, interacting & providing a quality “Starbucks Experience” for customers.

  • Taking orders via a computer system.

  • Filling orders in a timely manner.

  • Crafting custom coffee drinks.

  • Cash & food handling.

  • Stocking cups, straws, lids, napkins, plates, etc. as needed.

  • Light cleaning (sweeping, wiping tables, cleaning dishes, cleaning bathrooms, etc.).

  • Operating a computer system and providing orders through a drive-thru. Meeting drive-thru time goals.

Cultivate Coffee Roasters, Fuquay Varina, NC – Barista

May 2019 – January 2020

  • Greeting customers, interacting & providing a quality experience.

  • Sharing knowledge of our different coffees & their roasting.

  • Taking orders via a computer system.

  • Crafting custom coffee drinks.

  • Efficiently filling orders.

  • Cash & food handling.

  • Stocking cups, straws, lids, napkins, plates, etc. as needed.

  • Light cleaning (sweeping, wiping tables, cleaning dishes, cleaning bathrooms, etc.).

  • Taking inventory of stock items.

  • Bagging coffee beans for sale.

EDUCATION

University of Central Florida – Orlando, FL

B.F.A. Emerging Media, Graphic Design track | August 2020 – December 2023

Wake Technical Community College – Raleigh, NC

Associate in Arts | October 2018 – December 2019

SKILLS

  • Experience with the following programs: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe XD, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe After Effects, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Docs, Google Slides, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Figma, Procreate

  • Experience with both PC & Mac

  • Illustration

  • Photo & Video editing

  • Adaptable

  • Openminded

  • Patient

  • Reliable

  • Determined

  • Self-disciplined

  • Optimistic

  • Written & oral communication

  • Theme park knowledge

  • Experience with children

  • Experience with DSLR cameras (specifically Canon Rebel t6i and Nikon)

  • Experience with film photography & darkroom printing

  • Self-taught calligraphy/lettering

AWARDS

  • Photo of the Month for Hollywood Studios Photopass March 2022

  • Won Annual Report Booklet Design Contest Fall 2022

  • Finalist for NC Governor’s School 2017 for the French language discipline

  • Won logo design contest for Foreign Language Association of North Carolina

ACTIVITIES

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) One Walk, Fuquay Varina, NC

August 2015 – Present

Captain of a charity walk team (Sydney Rae’s Rebels) that has raised more than $20,000 for Type One Diabetes research since 2015!