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Shaina LaNette WhitakerPrint Design Portfolio (in progress)
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My Statement
What mainly inspires me when I am trying to start a project is music. There are so elements involved with it that I can always take one aspect and work from there. For instance, there is the layout of the album that can stimulate me visually, like the color palette or the typography the designer chose to work with. Aurally, there is also the song itself that inspires me like how I hear the instruments and vo-cals working together within the composition, or the lyrics and melody that add color to the song. The main aesthetic in my pieces are bold colors in combination with a clean cut font with abstract imagery. The main inf luence on my works is Paula Scher. Her use of lines and bold colors and they way she uses typography lays the foundation for almost every piece of my artwork.
I love to produce. Whether it is putting images and text together for a magazine layout, editing videos for a short f ilm, or even putting a song to a commercial or movie soundtrack for musical effect, I love putting things together to make a whole. Ever since high school, I always approached assignments with a multidisciplinary mindset. This must be the reason why I decided to pursue a degree from a school that allowed me to combine major concentrations of Digital Media, Communications, and Music Business. I am the most skilled in writing, but the artist expressions I enjoy the most are graphic design and music.
I seem to have a skill for producing because I can follow a design guideline yet add my own elements at the same time. I can f ind that balance, which works well in my favor if I decide to become a graphic designer because I can follow the client’s requests and also add my own f lair to a project. I honed this ability while working as a graphic design intern at a high-end restaurant in Center City, and as creative services director of my college record label, and also creating various promotional pieces such as pro-grams, event posters for extra-curricular activities at college.
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Education
May 2010 Albright College, Reading, PA B.A. Communications (PR & Adver tising Track) Digital Media Music Business minor GPA: 3.65/4.0
Awards: Albright College, Reading, PA2010 Mr. & Mrs. Kelchner Memorial Prize2007 Dean’s List, Spring 2007/Fall 20072006-10 Provost Scholarship2006-10 Distinguished Joseph E. Coleman Scholarship 2006-10 Jane Miller Thorp ’49 Scholarship
Technical Skills -Can operate both PC and Mac based computer systems -Prof icient in Adobe Creative Suite. Prof icient in Microsoft Off ice; Final Cut -Prof icient in creating/managing social networking sites and knowledge of e-marketing sites such as myemma.com
Freelance Design Work
2009 Various promotional pieces Table 31, Philadelphia, PA2009 Logo design, Jesse Bermudez Philadelphia, PA2009 Logo restorations Latin Pulse Productions, AMLA Philadelphia, PA
Related Professional Experience
2008-10 Lab Attendant/Student Technician Albright College IT Services PC/Mac hardware and software technical suppor t
2009 Teaching Assistant Albright College Digital Media Depar tment, Fall of 2009, Computer Graphics Graphic Design Intern Table 31, Philadelphia, PA, Summer of 2009 -Worked with Sales and Marketing to design promotional materials for the restaurant, updated and designed menus
Director of Creative Services LION Records, Albright College, Spring 2009 -Created ar twork for materials involved with the development of record label’s recording ar tists i.e. logos, ads & album ar t
Co-curricular Experience
2007-10 Music and Entertainment Student Association (MEISA) Albright Chapter -Public Relations Director, Fall 09/Spring 10 -Designed program guides and f lyers for various MEISA events, helped run MEISA concer ts; instituted monthly newsletter
2008-09 Albright A.M. (Student Magazine) -Ar t Editor from Fall 08 to Spring 09; managed the photo library -Created layouts and wrote ar ticles for the magazine
2006-09 Student Disc Jockey, WXAC 91.3 FM Albright College Radio -Held position of Treasurer and Asst. Librarian from Fall 08 to Spring 09 -Broadcasted a radio show for several semesters; controlled a soundboard
Extra-Curricular Experience 2008-10 XION Step & Dance Team -Secretary Fall 2009 to Spring 2010
2006-08 Women’s Choir
2007-09 Albright College Gospel Ensemble Related Courses
Computer Graphics Communications SeminarDigital Illustration & Design Public SpeakingWeb Design Music Business I & IIWriting for PR & Advertising Music MarketingResearch for PR & Advertising Demo to DistributionDigital Video/Filmmaking Music Law & Ethics
Professional Organizations
2007-10 MEISA
2008-10 Grammy U (Student division of The Recording Academy)
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LION Records Logos
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1. The Reflection (Intro) - 1:29 2. Ay Mam
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MICHAEL JACKSON
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Come kick off the first night of
October with MEISA’s showing
of the number one hit music
videos of the late Michael
Jackson, aka the King Of Pop!
Thursday, October 1st
A lbr i g ht C o l l eg e
K l e i n L e cture Ha l l
7: 00PM FREE ! ! !
Po p c orn $1
MJ Impersonat ion contest
Dress up as Michael Jackson and have the chance to win
the Michael Jackson #1’s DVD that will be shown tonight!
Who knows? You might have to do the Moonwalk to get
the top prize!
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MICHAEL JACKSON
#1 s
presents:
Come kick off the first night of
October with MEISA’s showing
of the number one hit music
videos of the late Michael
Jackson, aka the King Of Pop!
Thursday, October 1st
A lbr i g ht C o l l eg e
K l e i n L e cture Ha l l
7: 00PM FREE ! ! !
Po p c orn $1
MJ Impersonat ion contest
Dress up as Michael Jackson and have the chance to win
the Michael Jackson #1’s DVD that will be shown tonight!
Who knows? You might have to do the Moonwalk to get
the top prize!
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MEISA Albright Chapter Logo
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© 2010 Shaina LaNette
