Designer and Web Content Writer

Alicia Lyons

Lexington Park, MD

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Welcome to the Man-Tears Creative Solutions online portfolio.

My name is Alicia Lyons and I am a graphic designer, digital copywriter, content strategist, web designer, branding and marketing guru, and WordPress enthusiast. I currently dabble in all of these realms but my major focus is rebranding. I am aim work in all of these fields in the future.

I strongly believe that it is not the quality of the product that makes the business, but the quality of the company's branding. There are many fledgling companies out there with great products that are suffering because they do not know how to use the web to their advantage.

To effectively market a company, a business must have the full package:

- A solid brand and logo

- A professional website

- Well written web content

- A marketing plan that includes social media and meets the demands and capabilities of the business

A rebrand may seem like a tall order, but with the right designer it can become a quick, easy and cost effective process that will turn the business around.

Check out my portfolio.

I can be contacted at mantearscreative@gmail.com. I look forward to working with you.
Education
- BS Digital Media and Web Technology
  
  University of Maryland, University College
  
  2011 - 2014
  
  Graphic Design Digital and Print Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign Web Design Programming: HTML, Java Script, Flash, CSS, WordPress, Macromedia Dreamweaver Other Applications: Visual Basic, Python, Digital Photography, Digital Video, Branding, Marketing
- BA(HONS) Acting
  
  Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
  
  2002 - 2005
  
  Classical trained actor, playwright, and screenwriter
Experience
- Web Designer / Graphic Designer
  
  Threatford Common
  
  Lexington Park, MD
  
  Apr 2014 - Present (10 years 7 months)
  
  New WordPress site including front end design
  Web Content
  Graphic Design
  Logo Design
  Full branding package (defining brand, color scheme, marketing messages, marketing media)
- Web Designer / Graphic Designer
  
  Random Aperture Photographry
  
  Honolulu, HI
  
  Mar 2014 - Present (10 years 8 months)
  
  HTML5 Website with portfolio option
  Logo package
- Web Specialist
  
  St. Mary's College of Maryland
  
  Saint Marys City, MD
  
  Jun 2013 - Present (11 years 5 months)
  
  A three person team responsible for the maintenance and redesign of a full scale college website.
  
  Duties Include: Front End design of new WordPress site
  Written content for more than 100 pages
  Fulfilling the photography needs of over 1,000 photos by either taking pictures or contacting
  photographers.
  Develop new branding packages (logos, messaging, overall brand based on goals and audience type)
  Content Strategy
  Information Architecture
  Graphic design and logos and icons
  Social media marketing plans
  Development and testing
  Create visual, video, and written marketing material
  Maintain more than a 1,000 page website
  Respond to tickets from users
- Graphic Designer
  
  Free Range Technologies
  
  Lexington Park, MD
  
  Mar 2014 - Apr 2014 (1 month)
  
  Logo design package (new logo, samples for different marketing media such as: website, business cards, letterhead, negative version)
- Graphic Designer
  
  DesignCoder.Net
  
  Lexington Park, MD
  
  Feb 2014 - Apr 2014 (2 months)
  
  Logo design package (new logo, samples for different marketing media such as: website, business cards, letterhead, negative version)
Skills
On Coroflot

@mantearscreative, member since 2014
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Alicia Lyons

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)