Janae Wright

Professional Experience

Baltimore, MD

Giants Food October 2020-Present

Cake Decorator/Baker

Anita Parker

Freelance Graphic Designer January 2019 – February 2020

Consulted, recommended, and designed images for t-shirt designs, fliers, and logos

Baltimore County Public Schools Baltimore, MD

Long-term Substitute Art Teacher September 2019 – February 2020

Created lesson plans and provide instruction for various courses, that include Digital Arts, Fundamentals of Art, Sculpture, Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Banking and Credit courses.

Evaluated student performance and grade students’ classwork, homework, assessments, and projects.

Collected and analyzed information on students learning progress based on documented lessons

Collaborated with teachers to collect information on students tests scores

Proofread students essays and reports

Baltimore City Public Schools Baltimore, MD

Art Teacher September 2017 – June 2019

Taught knowledge and skills in art, including drawing, painting, typography, page layout and art history and communicated with parents on pupil progress.

Provided instruction to help students develop skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign

Provided individual and small-group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students with varying intellectual and artistic abilities, and to accommodate a variety of instructional activities.

Evaluated each student’s performance and growth in knowledge and aesthetic understandings, and prepare progress reports and report cards

Planned and presented art displays and exhibitions designed to exhibit students’ work for the School and the community

Maintained professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the school and/or

via self-selected professional growth experiences.

Proofread students essays and reports

Synthesized students graded work to determine students final grades for report cards and meetings with parents

Jada Holley

Freelance Graphic Designer December 2017

Consulted and provided recommendations to the client regarding the best graphic options for marketing their specific event.

Designed invitations and promotional items for client’s event.

LaFaith Network

Freelance Graphic Designer August 2016 – September 2017

Created designs for apparel and greeting cards.

Managed multiple projects for the client and met or exceeded the deadlines given for each project.

Royal Hearts Event Planning, LLC.

Freelance Graphic Designer June 2016 – July 2016

Consulted and provided recommendations to the client regarding the best graphic options for their event to ensure the event goals were met visually.

Designed a flyer for the grand opening of Royal Hearts Event Planning, LLC

Live My Health, LLC.

Freelance Graphic Designer June 2016

Consulted with client regarding graphics to use for the Let’s Talk About Stress workshop.

Designed a flyer to promote Live My Health, LLC’s event Let’s Talk About Stress workshop.

Eligibility Analyst February 2015-August 2017

Cigna Healthspring

Analyzed, design and prepare application/system specifications for Information Systems solutions which address business needs and methods for testing and installation

Developed familiarity with application data and data stores across the HealthCare business and develop expertise in logical data mapping to be applied on Integration projects.

Analyzed and revise existing system logic and documentation as necessary

Coordinated with other IT areas (e.g. business analysts, development team)

Seek out, include, analyzed and document business and user requirements, and translate into proper system requirement specifications

Functioned as subject matter expert for system related issues

Senior Graphic Designer Arthur McMillian February 2013 – January 2014

Conceptualized and created the design for children’s book Sarah’s First Christmas

Led in the design, development and implementation of layouts and graphic of storybook

Supervised all graphic materials to ensure highest quality for client

Produced high quality drawings for page layouts in Photoshop CS6

Bakery Clerk September 2010-January 2013

ShopRite

Dr. Blackwell-White & Associates

Medical Biller May 2009-August 2010

Baltimore, MD

Analyzed and documented business and user requirements, and translate into proper system requirement specifications

Updated patient accounts in medical billing databases

Organized patients’ physical medical records

Verified customer insurance carrier

Handling inbound and outbound calls from customers and employees

Provided additional office support as needed

Education

Towson University Towson, MD

Bachelor of Science, Art and Design Degrees Awarded: December 2013

Bachelor of Science, Advertising Dates of Attendance: 9/2010-12/2013

Art Exhibits

Contributing Graphic Artist at Exittheapple Artspace June 2016

Displayed artwork at the Let’s Talk About Stress event helped by Live My Health LLC.

Contributing Graphic Artist at Mica Place May 2016

Exhibited digital paintings at Mica Place for Ova Con Conference

Additional Skills, Abilities, & Certifications

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and Corel Painter.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)

Sketching

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