Sierra Upton

• Applied performance data to evaluate and improve operations, target current business conditions and forecast needs.
• Provided direction and guidance to 2 internal teams in order to achieve shipping and accuracy targets.
• Developed and implemented daily operations plans such as forklift work designation, employee assignments and inventory corrections.
• Adjusted and reconciled order errors with store general managers and distribution centers throughout company

Responsibilities

• Applied color theory and lighting techniques in drawings and illustrations to add excitement, focus and depth.
• Incorporated design changes based on feedback from project teams.
• Planned project concepts by researching and studying information.
• Created visual concepts either by hand or with assistance of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in 2020.

Completed Projects

• Logo design for Graceview Properties, LLC in Oklahoma
• Promotional poster for Young Adults group at Victory Church in Tipp City, OH
• Commissioned ink drawing of Mabee Gerrer Learning Center in Shawnee, OK

Responsibilities

• Worked with clients to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and managing project milestones. (i.e. posters, mailers, flyers, brochures, etc.)
• Processed and printed paper promotional products on Oce', Cannon, and Ricoh printers
• Set up and printed positives and digitizing for embroidery and screen printing
• Created 100s of digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods (wide format items such as banners, yard signs, window clings, etc.)
• Created broad range of work using various design techniques.
• Built corporate brands by designing cohesive looks between elements such as logos and letterheads.

Achievements

• Designed construction catalog for JB Lawn and Stone
• Created and processed two political campaign mailers for local election candidates like Joe Gibson
• Set up and processed employment flyers for B Concrete
• Provided updates for Vandalia-Butler Chamber of Commerce's monthly newsletter

Responsibilities

• Greeted customers and provided professional and clean environments
• Collaborated with customers to sketch artistic and fresh designs for consideration to provide unique vinyl apparel designs
• Set up and printed designs through Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on Mac and Windows computers
• Operate vinyl cutter and shirt press and inventoried apparel items and vinyl supplies in back house production
• Delivered exceptional level of service to each customer by listening to concerns and answering questions via email and invoicing
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Photographed and assigned registration to incoming museum artifacts
• Balanced item protections with aesthetic standards while preparing artifacts for exhibition.
• Evaluated objects to identify repair requirements and devise optimal approaches, carefully avoiding financial or cultural losses.
• Closely evaluated artifacts, documenting characteristics, measurements and cultural importance of each piece with museum curator
• Classified and assigned registration numbers to artifacts and supervised inventory control.
• 90 hour internship that fulfilled requirements for Oklahoma Baptist University Honors Program

• Member, Dayton Society of Artists (2019-Present)
• Member, Tipp City Arts Council (2019-2020)
• Member, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (2018-2019)
• Member, Inklings Creative Writing Group (2016-2017)
• Volunteer, Grant Foreman Elementary School in Muskogee, OK (2014-2017)

• Line : Value : Shape
  • Dayton Society of Artists, September 2019
• Come as You Art
  • The Brightside, October 2019
• Quarterly Local Artist Show
  • Troy Sunshade Building, December 2019

Achievements

• Organized, promoted, and hosted solo art exhibition: To Worlds Beyond
• Completed arts honors thesis: Star Wars and Art Nouveau: A Study in the Art Nouveau Movement
• Awarded 2018 Oklahoma Baptist University Award for Excellence in Painting and Illustration
• Short Story, A Dreamer Wakes, published in The Scribblerus
• Professional development completed in Graphic Design and Illustration