Education

Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana

Bachelor of Arts, May 2011
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