Resume

Experience

Newport News Shipyard

Designer 2 — 2020 - present

Designer 1 — 2019 - 2020

Responsible for assigned engineering products and services to support Aircraft Carrier Overhaul and Fleet Support Programs. Take on leadership roles within my section and department such as the data administrator in addition to modifying numerous outdated files to have better learning capabilities for newer designers. Mentor less experienced designers within my department and above all, Learn and Develop as a Structural Designer.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Design specialist — 2014 - 2019

Lead creative designer within a specialist group. Worked with large format printers, small plotters and foil printers for specific creative designs. Using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects to effectively complete the tasks at hand. Collaboration with marketing, Culinary, Operations and a Zoological team to utilize my design talents for theme park digital and print material.

Within the department, I utilized SharePoint for creating a tracking system of jobs based on departments and priority level as well as utilized user experience inside the park with updated navigation signs and locator icons on digital maps. In 2018, I took part with a “Deep Dive” team that attended the park as guest. We then visited company events, restaurants and experiences within the park to see how we can best work on guest experiences.

JASE Group LLC

Creative Designer — 2013 - 2014

Collaborate with customers as a UX designer to seek their desired creative needs for web sites. Create website mockups,
design elements and wireframes.

Education

Kecoughtan High school

Class of 2010

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

AA - Graphic Design

2012 - 2014

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

BA - Graphic & Web Design

(Online) 2017 - 2019

Certifications

Google UX Designer

(Online) 2022