William Taylor Owens is a graphic artist seeking a design, marketing, or business position. He has experience in logo design, branding, flyers, posters and using Adobe Creative Suite. Owens won an award for his work in an undergraduate research exhibition. He has worked in retail, cleaning, and as an instructional designer. Owens has a Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design and an Associate's degree. He has volunteered with his church media team and several design organizations.
Creative Graphic Artist Seeks Marketing or Design Role
1. William Taylor Owens
3632 Nether Ridge Road
Zebulon, NC 27597
919 264-8598 taylorowens89@gmail.com
Focused, self-motivated Graphic Artist, seeking design, marketing, advertising or business position
CREATIVE and TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Mobile App - Zeck Project
Logo design, branding
Flyers, brochures, posters, billboard
Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)
Social Media
PROJECTS
Big South Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURS Exhibition) High Point University
Winner
Juror’s Award for exceptional art work
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AIGA- American Institute for Graphic Artists
Organized Web 101- An event class series created and taught by experienced Graphic and
Web Designers in order to enhance web design skills for interested AIGA members.
WORK HISTORY
Service Master—Raleigh, NC—May 2014-Present
Cleaner—clean industrial and commercial facilities
AICPA (the Creative Group contractor)—Durham, NC—April 2014-May 2014
Instructional Designer—Translate text into HTML, perform pilot testing and QA testing
Lowes Foods—Wake Forest, NC—July 2012-April 2014
Stocker and cleaner—Cleaned floors, stocked shelves
ColorGraphic—Raleigh, NC—Internship—August 2012-December 2012
Intern—Assisted other workers, designed and indexed annual catalog
Michael’s Arts & Crafts, Raleigh, NC—August 2011-December 2011
Cashier—Assisted customers with merchandise, scanned merchandise took payments,
assisted customers with returns
Live Nation—Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC—April-October 2008-2011
Usher—Helped patrons find their seats, answered questions, assisted with security
2. William Taylor Owens
EDUCATION
Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC—Bachelor of Arts Degree, Graphic Design; Yearbook
staff
Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC—Associate of Arts Degree
Neuse Baptist Christian School, Raleigh, NC; American Honor Society
VOLUNTEER HISTORY
Summit Church Media Production Team
Design for Good, Triangle Wiki, Raleigh Studio Tour
CityCamp NC—AIGA volunteer representative, assisted with GEO Build (similar to Angie’s
List)
North Raleigh Ministries, Raleigh, NC