Education
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana
Bachelor of Arts, May 2011
Major - New Media-Journalism, Minor - TV/Radio
Major - New Media-Journalism, Minor - TV/Radio
- GPA: 3.25
- An active member of campus.
- A contributing member to the campus radio station and newspaper.
- Enjoy working with and helping people at the radio station and the IT Help Desk.
Previous Employment
CollegeKidApp April 2009 - present
Design Director
- Co-founded with Cameron Banga and Michael Phelps.
- Created "Battery Go!" for iPhone and iPod Touch.
- Design all artwork for iPhone Apps.
- "Battery Go!" reached #72 paid iPhone app in 2 days.
- Media attention from Macworld, PCMagazine, Fox Business News, Chicago Sun-Times, NBC Chicago, and the Christian Science Monitor.
WVUR, The Source 95.1 FM August 2009 - present
Program Director
- Increased returning DJs and new recruits at student radio station by 20%.
- Recruit new DJs for student-run radio shows.
- Arrange schedule for DJs and rotation clock for the automation system.
- Train new DJs on live audio equipment and production equipment.
Webmaster August 2008 - May 2009
- Maintained radio station website using Joomla!, Wordpress and Wikimedia installations.
- Managed podcasts, DJ and staff profiles and online contests and polls.
- Made banners, posters, t-shirts and other promotional materials.
The Torch, Student Newspaper August 2009 - present
Features Writer
Review new gadgets, websites and write instructional articles.
VU Information Technology May 2009 - present
Help Desk Student Consultant
- Provide first level support for students, faculty, staff and guests.
- Remove and prevent viruses, malware, trojans and spyware on student, faculty and staff computers.
- Contribute to and edit the internal wiki.
Professional Skills
- Extensive coursework involving Adobe products.
- Additional classes in web-related languages.
Software
- Photoshop CS4
- InDesign CS4
- After Effects CS4
- Premiere Pro CS4
- Audition CS3
Languages
- XHTML/CSS
- MySQL