Education
Master of Fine Arts Degree
Graphic Design - 1992
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
Graphic Design and Art History - 1989
Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
Work
Experience
Creative Services Manager
General Board of Discipleship
August 2006 to present
Creative Director
Corrections Corporation of America
December 2002 to August 2006
Creative Director
Belmont University, Nashville, TN
September 1999 to December 2002
Art Director/Design Director
firebytes interactive / EdgeNet Media, TN
1998 to 1999
Senior Art Director
McGee Best Frank & Ingram, Nashville, TN
1996-1998
Assistant Art Director
Steve Diggs & Friends, Nashville, TN
1993 to 1996
Graphic Designer
Cumberland Graphics, Nashville, TN
1992 to 1993
Teaching
Experience
Adjunct Instructor of Art
Watkins College of Art + Design
2001 to 2007
Adjunct Instructor of Art
Grambling State University, Grambling, LA
1991 to 1992
Graduate Assistant in Graphic Design
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
1989 to 1992
Honors
and Activities
Nominated for
a Grammy™ Award
Packaging category, 2004
Nominated for
a GMA Award (formerly the Dove
Award)
Packaging category, 2004
Best of
Show
First
Place
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Third
Place
TCPRA Awards, 2002
National Addy
Award,
American Advertising Federation
2001
Addy
Award,
Nashville Advertising Federation
Tri-Vision PR Campaign, 1998
Addy
Award,
Nashville Advertising Federation
Clarksville Memorial Campaign, 1998
Citation of
Excellence,
Nashville Advertising Federation
Tri-Vision Ad Campaign, 1998
Addy
Award,
Nashville Advertising Federation
“ArtSmart” logo for the Nashville Institute for
the Arts, 1996
Citation of
Excellence,
Nashville Advertising Federation
“Parable of Joy” book cover for Thomas Nelson
Publishers, 1995