Owner and Designer at Sli Creative

Shelby Brokaw

Topeka, KS

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I graduated from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a strategic communications degree, I enjoy photography, dancing, puppies and, of course, I design.

Sli Creative is the graphic design business I started to work with clients on an individual basis. If you've got a project you'd like to work with me on or just want to know more about Sli Creative, don't be afraid to say hello!
Education
- Bachelor Journalism - Strategic Communications with an emphasis in Art Direction
  
  University of Missouri-Columbia
  
  2010 - 2013
Experience
- Owner and Designer
  
  Sli Creative
  
  Jan 2014 - Present (10 years 10 months)
  
  I work to help people reach their goals through graphic design, whether they're striving for a standout web presence for their business or planning their dream wedding. I specialize in web design, print, branding and event/wedding stationary.
- Intern
  
  MayeCreate Design
  
  Sep 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 3 months)
  
  DESIGNED: advertisements, print products, e-newsletters
  
  • Established a consistent blogging pattern for Tranquility Internet.
  • Performed copywriting for client websites and print promotions.
  • Authored WordPress guides and helped organize workshops for local business owners.
- Art Director
  
  MOJO AD
  
  Aug 2013 - Dec 2013 (4 months)
  
  DESIGNED: advertising campaigns, advertising research report
  
  • Worked with creative team to create integrated advertising campaigns for Wal-Mart and MOJO Ad.
  • Created agency and client presentations.
- Broadway Marketing Intern
  
  Starlight Theatre
  
  May 2013 - Aug 2013 (3 months)
  
  DESIGNED: playbill ads, signs, fliers
  
  • Planned and oversaw a the Under-the-Sea Preshow Festival for thousands of children attending Disney's The Little Mermaid.
  • Created materials and planned events for the newly established Center Stage Young Professionals group.
  • Authored press releases, speeches and blog posts.
- President
  
  Mizzou Ballroom Dance Club
  
  Jun 2012 - May 2013 (11 months)
  
  • Increased the ratio of beginner male dancers to females from 1-2 to 1-1.
  • Planned recruitment events, a competition trip, social dances, volunteer opportunities and performances.
  • Secured a speaker system for the club’s use through requests and appeals to the Organizational Resource Group.
- Webmaster
  
  Mizzou Ballroom Dance Club
  
  May 2011 - May 2013 (2 years)
  
  DESIGNED: website, social media profiles, ads, t-shirts, posters
  
  • Redesigned and updated the website.
  • Took photos shot videos at events.
  • Created a social networking foundation through Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and OrgSync.
- Designer
  
  The Maneater
  
  Oct 2010 - Sep 2011 (11 months)
  
  DESIGNED: Infographics, newspaper layouts
  
  • Attended weekly journalism workshops.
- Communications Intern
  
  Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.
  
  May 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)
  
  DESIGNED: ads, posters, t-shirts, magazine layouts
  
  • Reported, authored articles and designed layouts for the magazine Kansas Country Living with a distribution over 187,000.
  • Maintained communication with 32 electric cooperatives and their members.
  • Assisted in the preparation and photography of the annual cooperative meeting and youth tour to Washington, D.C.
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Assistant Professor - Educator, Industrial Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

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