Experience

November 2000 – present
Digital Media Services Manager, Kalamazoo Gazette – Kalamazoo, MI

  • Project manager: 47″ web width conversion, Mactive MI Group database migration, XpanceX ad management software deployment.
  • Other projects (team member): G.K.M. (Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon) central ad production project/workflow, Ad Watch upgrade with Asura + OPI integration, Press conversion: from Goss letter-press to MAN Roland off-set Regioman, Mactive database installation.
  • Print quality consultant: Kalamazoo Gazette: 2009 America East Print Best of Show.
    Print quality manager: Kalamazoo Gazette: 2007 America East Print Quality Blue Ribbon Newspaper.
  • Systems / IT roles + responsibilities: Manage + develop advertising, ad creation, classified + production software workflow which includes: Mactive, PageLayout, Xpance, Asura, NewsWay, OPI + E-Tear by Presteligence.
  • Commercial printing technical consultant.
  • Interactive media advertising and marketing design, coding and administration.
    See examples here.

January 2004 – December 2005
Adjunct Professor, Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, MI

  • Instructed Digital Media for the Fine Arts, Spring 2005. Students learned basic computer skills working Adobe Photoshop, iPhoto, iTunes, Microsoft Office, Safari, iCal, Address Booke + Cacaphony.
  • Instructed two sections of Electronic Imaging I, Spring 2004. Students learned how to use Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Freehand + Cacophony.

April 2002 – April 2003
Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

  • Instructed Introduction to Computers, Spring 2003. Students learned how to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress + Sound Edit 16.

Education

2001 – 2003
Masters of Fine Art, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI

1996 – 2000
Bachelors of Fine Art, Western Michigan University – Kalamazoo, MI

Additional Training / Education

September 2008 – December 2008
Intro to Interactive Design, Kalamazoo Valley Community College – Kalamazoo, MI

January-April 2008
Web Page Coding, Kalamazoo Valley Community College – Kalamazoo, MI

January 2007
Managing Projects, M-Tec / Kalamazoo Valley Community College – Kalamazoo, MI

January 2006
Mac OS X Support Essentials, Apple – Chicago, IL

Exhibitions / Performances

Group / Solo

2009    Tiny Studio, Kalamazoo, MI
2006    50 States Group Show, University of Texas Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX
2004    Prints + Collages: with Jill Jepsen, Davidson Gallery, Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, MI
2004    WMU School of Art, Faculty Show, Multi-Media Room, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2003    MFA Thesis Show, Work Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Clay+Ink: with Jill Jepsen + Collin Matthes, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Compromises, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Works in Progress, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Earplay, Media Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Exchange / Exchange, Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2002    Printmaking Group Show 2002, Rotanda / South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2001    Sound Prints, Horizons, 83.3 WCBN, Ann Arbor, MI
2000    Vandalism, Rotanda Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2001    Printmaking Group Show, Rotanda / South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2000    Western Michigan University Student Show, Multi-Media Center Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
1999    Painting Group Show, Rotanda / South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
1999    Printmaking Group Show, Rotanda / South Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
1998    Western Michigan University Student Show, Multi-Media Center Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI

Juried

2004    Muskegon Muesum of Art 76 th Annual Regional, Muskegon Muesum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2004    Three Rivers, 2004 Regional Fine Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
2003    Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Area Show 2003, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2003    Western Michigan University Student Show, Multi-Media Center Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2002    Surfacing: Work of Emerging Artists, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion, MI
2002    Western Michigan University Student Show, Multi-Media Center Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
2001    Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Area Show 2001, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
2001    PRINT, The Ann Arbor Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2001    Western Michigan University Student Show, Multi-Media Center Gallery, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI