SKILLS
Highly driven and hands-on manager and designer with six years of business and project management and over 10 years of professional graphic/audio/carpentry design within the construction, software, and marketing industries.
Key skills include:
Graphic Design: Adobe CC 2017 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
Product Design and Review: SketchUp Pro 2018 and Autodesk Viewer
Agile Project Management and QA: Pivotal Tracker, #Slack, Basecamp; Working knowledge of JIRA
Business and Technical Writing: RFP and RFQ preparation
Content Editing: Microsoft Office Suite and Google Docs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Audio Design and Engineering: Ableton Live 9 and Adobe Audition 2017
Manufacturing and Installation: Production and installation of custom furniture, doors and structures in a variety of wood species with specialized hardware
WORK EXPERIENCE
Falconman Woodworks, Cedar Park, TX — operations Manager
APRIL 2016 - OCTOBER 2019
Managed day-to-day operations, business administration, and production and installation of custom wood products such as custom furniture, doors, and decking
Client-facing role translating ideas into viable designs
Flexible management style, ranging from a hands-off approach that encourages employee self-reliance to hands-on demonstration and individual attention that aims to motivate employees to take on responsibility for more complicated tasks
BHI Media, Austin, TX — Graphics Media Account Manager
MARCH 2015 - JULY 2016
Managed the design, quality assurance, and delivery of 3D renderings, floor plans, and marketing collateral for new home builders
Designed, implemented, and managed workflow process for long-term rendering project for Clayton Homes’s online home customization visualizer product developed by BHI Media
Minicore Studios, Austin, TX — Producer/Sound Designer
APRIL 2013 - SEPTEMBER 2014
Led daily scrum, production, and business development meetings
Assisted in the design of UI/UX mechanics and assets, gameplay mechanics, basic XNA scripting, and levels
Designed sound effects and composed background music
Developed, implemented, and managed an agile project management system and a milestone-based, custom-built hours budgeting system
INTERA, Inc., Austin, TX — Marketing Associate (Internship)
JANUARY 2011 - JANUARY 2012
Assisted in RFP and RFQ preparations including copyediting, graphic design, and document assembly
Designed marketing and promotional collateral
Introduced agile project management prototype to upper management for possible implementation
Conducted and wrote social media and web presence assessment white paper for INTERA regarding the relevance for the geosciences industry
PROJECTS OF NOTE
Historic Entry Door Rebuild at Paramount Theatre, Austin, TX — Manager and Project Technical Lead
FALL 2018 - SPRING 2019
Managed production and installation of 10 historically accurate entry doors for the Paramount Theatre in downtown Austin
Built by hand using solid mahogany to meet historical standard and replicate original build
Custom Office and Media Center Built-ins, Austin, TX — Project Lead/Designer
SUMMER 2018 - FALL 2018
Designed and managed the production and installation of two large built-ins projects in tandem for residential client with different styles requested for each
The Sun at Night (Video Game) at Minicore Sutdios, Austin, TX — Producer/Sound Designer
SPRING 2013 - FALL 2014
Managed day-to-day game production by facilitating communication between three teams of nine individuals and upper management
2D hand-drawn side-scrolling platformer for PC
Certified gold and shipped within 10 months of joining the company
EDUCATION
St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX — Master in Business Administration (MBA), Digital Media Management
2012 - 2014
University of North Texas, Denton, TX — Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA), Marketing
2002 - 2010
University of North Texas, Denton, TX — Bachelor in Applied Arts & Sciences (BAAS), Applied Economics and Sociology
2002 - 2010