OBJECTIVE: Creative opportunities to produce, shoot, or edit compelling visuals.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts degree, Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa
Major: Communication with an emphasis in Digital Media May 2011
M Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design GPA: 3.5 on a 4.0 scale
Awards: Dordt College Honors Scholarship
Dordt College Basketball Scholarships
Prairie Grass Film Challenge Best of Show Runner up
Computer: Avid, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Encore, Soundbooth
SKILLS: Leadership: Dordt College Admissions Video Director of Photography Organization: Connect the Dots Coordinator; Justice Matters Event Week
Creativity: Fliers and brochures for Nonprofit Organizations and Campus events
Entrepreneurship: Created and managed summer photography business; solicited clients
Interpersonal: Peer Counselor; Resident Assistant; networking to grow client base
EXPERIENCE: Freelance Videographer and Photographer:
LARK Productions; Sioux Center, IA & Escondido, CA March, 2010 – Current
Wedding Video Production, Wedding Photography Assistant to The Lens and Pallet,
Real Estate Video Production, Contracted under Prairie Grass Productions
Creative Director: Admissions Video December, 2010 – May, 2011
Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa
Managed creative process, carried the image through production, shooting, organizing,
editing, and completion before set deadline.
Main Stage Production Crew: October, 2010 – May, 2011
BJ Haan Auditorium, Dordt College
Audio Equipment staging, equipment setup and takedown, live-feed camera operating,
final product exporting, and archiving.
Subject matter shot: Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Community and Campus
Bands, Boston Brass, community and campus events, etc.
ACTIVITIES: Ideafest presentation, Film Challenge competitions, Diamond Paper Photographer
Dordt College Chorale, Broadcasted PGFC Commercial
VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE: Heritage House, Life Light Music Festival
Medical aid volunteer, Port-au Prince, Haiti
"A voice for those who have None", Event Coordinator
INTERESTS: Photography, Videography, Graphic Design, Social Networking, and Blogging.