Laura

Rothhaar

adezyr@r.postjobfree.com

419-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

Seeks to create excellence and produce a clean, functional, and meaningful final product. Skills include graphic design, social media content creation, photography, and writing.Passionate about creating purposeful designs and visuals. Strives to capture a client’s story and tell that in a creative, engaging way.

Quick learner and able to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Enjoys collaborating with others to create quality content and has stellar communication and interpersonal skills. Accomplishments

• Six articles published in Practical Homeschooling Magazine, Cadet Quest, Girlz for Christ, and The Sounding Board Newspaper at Grace College.

• Photographer for Roots magazine on Grace college campus, a bi-annual publication. 125+ photos were published.

• Manage social media for River Jordan Camel Dairy, a local farm, taking photos for their Facebook and Instagram pages, editing and adding captions.

Grace College Academic Experience

Photographer for Roots Magazine, 2018-2020

Photographing student life, such as events, activities, and portraits for specific spreads in the magazine, working as a team designer, and working on pre-press design. Magazine is published bi-annually, and each edition contains 25+ spreads. 125+ photos have been published in the magazines.

Reporter for Sounding Board Newspaper, 2019-2020

Published three articles in the student newspaper, the Sounding Board, which is a student-led newspaper which covers events on campus, in the community, and general news. Published articles that covered campus and community events and required interviews and photos.

Literary Magazine Inkspot, 2019-2018

Published two poems.

Education

BS in Visual Commuincations Design

Minors in Photography and Creative Writing

GPA: 3.8

Grace College, Winona Lake, IN

Graduation May 2020

Skills

Advanced

• Adobe Creative Cloud software,

including Illustrator, InDesign, and

Photoshop.

• Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,

Pinterest, Youtube, and other social

media platforms

• Canon camera gear and equipment,

such as lenses and lighting

equipment

Intermediate

• Website platforms, such as Wix and

Wordpress.

• Microsoft Office Suite

Beginning

• Video shooting, Final Cut pro video

editing and Garage Band audio

editing

Other Work Experience

Social Media Manager at Local Farm Business, River Jordan Camel Dairy, Milford, IN, 2019-2020

Photographed the farm, camels, and products, editing the photos, creating social media captions, and creating finished posts for Instagram and Facebook. Also included updating products on website and writing for their blog. Starbucks Barista, Whitehouse, OH and Warsaw, IN, 2016-2020 As a Starbuks barista, responsibilities include taking customer’s orders, running register, making drinks to customers’ satisfaction, and cleaning the kiosk regularly, creating connections with coworkers and customers in order to communicate and keep things running smoothly.

Volunteer Graphic Designer at Warsaw Community Public Library, Warsaw, IN, 2019- 2020

Designed a welcome brochure and several informational rack cards. Assistant Photographer Lindsey Brown Photography, Whitehouse, OH, Summer 2019 Carried equipment, found locations, chose wardrobe, set up shots, and assisted with shooting. Primarily natural light photography outdoors. Photographer for Reach Co-op (a Small Homeschool Organization), Bowling Green, OH, 2018-2019

Photographer at two formal events in the spring of both 2018 and 2019. Photographed students throughout the evening. Also 4 high school senior sessions for this organization.

Subway Sandwich Artist, Maumee, OH, Summer of 2018 and 2019 Worked as a team member running cash register, making sandwiches to the customers’ satisfaction, cleaning the kitchen, and prepping food. Freelance Writer, 2018

Published three articles in total. Article in Girlz for Christ magazine covering an interview with a female intern at Created Equal, a pro-life organization. Another article in Practical Homeschooling Magazine covering an interview with the founder of Reach Co-op a small homeschool organization. Published short story in Cadet Quest, a magazine for boys ages 8-14.

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