HELLO.
Rowan has been living and working in Burlington, Vermont for over 10 years. He is the current graphic designer for the University of Vermont Foundation. In his spare time, he also works as a freelance designer and enjoys gardening.
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EDUCATION
2012-2016
Bachelor's Degree in Art
University of Vermont
Bachelor of Arts with a minor in pure mathematics. Course work:
graphic design, digital art, drawing, sculpture and painting.
EXPERIENCE
2016-Current
Freelance Designer
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Manage a variety of clients to create everything from marketing collateral and reports to logos and branding.
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Involved in building a brand behind one of Vermont’s top cannabis businesses.
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Created graphics to be included in a multi-million dollar grant proposal to aid in the efforts in building diversity, equity and inclusion across campus.
2023-Current
Associate Director of Marketing
University of Vermont Foundation
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Managing and updating the brand for the Foundation to align with the University branding and partners.
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Shoot and edit videos that align with project goals and campaigns.
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Building and managing the multi-media studio and video equipment for running video projects.
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Creating campaign materials, graphics and branding for major gifts as well as programming and events.
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Producing major gift proposals for major gifts, projects and programs.
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Managing our graphic design internship program and interns to create more bandwidth on the team as well as fostering relationships to develop young talent.
2018-2023
Assistant Director of Marketing
University of Vermont Foundation
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Establish a print and outfacing brand for the Foundation that includes a print magazine, direct mail, reports, and major philanthropic proposals.
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Prepare photos and videos for direct mail and fundraising campaigns that propel the University and the Foundation’s goals.
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Redesigned IMPACT Magazine and annual endowment reports in a way that enticed donors to provide additional support.
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Spearheaded the creation of our online publication that goes to our alumni and donor populations.
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Team won a CASE award for the redesign of the bequest mailing campaign.
2018
Graphic Design Intern
EatingWell Magazine
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Assigned the task to create custom social tiles that were used to promote wellness through mindfullness. Recommended using animated GIFs to stand out from the competition.
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Built out a set of custom recipe book covers to be used on the website to demonstrate to potential clients the real life possibilities for their cookbooks.
2018
Photography Assistant
Ambient Photography
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Helped in the studio with lighting and data inputs.
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Set up scenes and backdrops for photo shoots that involved multiple clients.
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Organized the clients for large primary school events.
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Handled customer service and picture deliveries.
2017-2018
Graphic Design Intern
University of Vermont
Foundation
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Created graphics, email banners, and give-away items for campaigns and projects.
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Built weekly communications and a WordPress blog for the most recent graduating class to build a community of recent alumni.
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Met and coordinated with the Annual Giving team on creating artwork for their solicitations.