Resume
Skills
- Responsive web design
- UX & UI Design
- User Empathy
- UX benchmarking & research
- Wireframes
- Low & High Fidelity Mockups
- Prototyping
- User flows
- Front-end web development
- HTML/CSS/SASS/JS
- CMS implementations
- Adobe Cloud
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Xd
- Figma
- Visual Studio
- GitLab
- Typography
- Information Architecture
- Inventory management
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Systems development
- Time-management
- Problem-solving
- Process Improvement
- Identity & brand design
- Brand analyzer
- Graphic design
- Publication design
- Photography
- Photo editing
- Videography
- Visual media marketing
- Email marketing
- Environmental design
- Communication
- Presentations
Employment History
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MidwayUSA Columbia, MO midwayusa.com
UX Web Designer 2022-Present
- Responsible for the design and front-end development of website pages and features utilizing usability, development, and best practices for a user-friendly website
- Front-end UX and UI web development
- Implementation, updating, and testing of CMS and HTML/CSS/SASS coding
- Benchmarking of websites and their features to understand current trends and industry-wide user experiences (Jacob’s Law)
- Understanding of website accessibility and how it relates to UI/UX and front-end code
- UX Research and data analysis of website users to define questions and develop solutions for better User Experiences
- Wireframing and high-fidelity designs of concepts and iterations based on shareholder feedback
- Drafting recommendations for new features, designs, and processes
- Graphic Design of website assets
- MidwayUSA rebrand and logo designer
- Leadership Development Candidate
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Marketing Graphic Designer 2019-2022
- Graphic design of email ads, internet ads, and printed flyer
- Received an outstanding achievement award for the design of the Fishing flyer for the Fishing category launch
- Oracle Responsys email implementor
- Email marketing designer, reviewer, and quality control
- Innovation, coding (HTML/RPL), and testing of email template designs to improve function, features, and ease of use for users and customers
- Created and coded a prime template to replace fourteen different templates, including the addition of automation code for a better user and designer experience
- CMS updates to midwayusa.com website features
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David Owens Photo-Graphy Columbia, MO (Self-employment)
Owner/Manager/Photographer/Designer 2003-2019
- Website design, WordPress implementation, and maintenance of business and client websites
- Professional portrait photography, commercial photography, and videography services
- Graphic design services
- Budgeting and payroll management of business
- Operations and asset management
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Karis Church Columbia, MO
Karis Church Intern: Pastoral Development 2017-2018
- Church & Preaching Staff
- Event coordination of various church and ministry events
- Pastoral development track
- Pastoral counseling track
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Karis Church Resident: Replant & Revitalization 2018-2019
- Co-coordinated church relocation transition
- Solution designs for the new facility and processes
- Coordination of building projects and assets, including the design of the bathroom project
- Mission outreach development
- Presentations & Public speaking
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University of Missouri Health Care Columbia, MO
Marketing Photographer & Graphic Designer 2006-2008
- Award-winning photography (Portrait, Marketing, Publication, and Surgical)
- Graphic Design
- Marketing Publication Photo Editor
- Collaborated in the design and vision of internal and external publications
- Developed and maintained image database and archive
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Quaker Oats/PepsiCo Columbia, MO
RCM Specialist & BBS Safety Leader 1997-2006
- Utilized UX processes for Behavior Based Safety program: User flows, assessments, and User Observation
- Behavioral-Based Safety program leader
- Developed job and process safety assessments and database
- Process improvement and development of operator and maintenance SOPs
- Maintenance and rebuilding of RCMs (Rice Cake Machines)
- Coordinated corporate plant visit communications and presentations
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Clayton Construction Ashland, MO
Commercial Roofing Foreman
- Project and asset management
- Team management and training
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Walmart Columbia, MO
Department Manager: Toys, Chemicals & Paper-Goods
- Asset and inventory management
- Multiple achievement awards for 1st in district sales
Voluntary Work & Leadership Experience
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Karis Church Columbia, MO
Karis Youth Ministry Leader/Youth Ministry Deacon 2017-2019
- Outreach programs: Youth programs serving the neighborhood
- Content creation for social media
- Coaching, teaching, and pastoring
- Event coordination and development
- Teaching program design
- Team management of Youth Ministry volunteers
- Mentoring of youth and volunteers
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ForColumbia 2019 & ForColumbia 2021 Columbia, MO
Site Leader 2019, 2021
- Outreach: Served spiritual and home maintenance needs of families/homes in 2019 and 2021 with teams of volunteers from multiple Columbia churches
- Needs assessment of homes and homeowners
- Construction solutions and designs
- Team management
- Application of UX principles in project management
- Site and project coordination
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Compass Evangelical Free Church Columbia, MO
Compass Mission Ministry Team Leader/Deacon 2012-2015
- Church Mission Budget management and development
- Outreach program development
- Team leadership
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Honduras Mission Leader 2013, 2014, 2015
- Led teams of 12-25 volunteers from multiple churches on week-long medical evangelical mission trips to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, partnering with World Gospel Outreach in Honduras
- Management and coordination of trips and fundraising events
- On-site team coordination and delegation
- Logistics of supplies, plans, and needs
- Recruitment, coaching, pastoring, and training of teams
- Development and design of trip guides and implementation of mission website
Degree
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University of Missouri
BFA in Fine Arts: Emphasis in Graphic Design and Photography