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I was the yearbook adviser for Rhea County High School for three school years, from 2022-2025, creating Vols. 49, 50, & 51. During that time, I upgraded our dated photography equipment, raised revenue by 38%, increased the print run by 100 copies, and implemented the use of the following softwares: Adobe Lightroom, Canva, and Dropbox. Here, I represent some of my best work from these years.

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Designed via Canva, supplemented with own photography; collaborated with director to ensure poster complemented production design.

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In my first teaching role at Rhea County Academy (Dayton, TN), I taught SIX classes daily: 8th Grade ELA, 8th Grade Writing, World Lit/Intro to Lit (9th), American Literature (10th), British Literature (11th), and Health/Personal Finance (12th). I actually designed and implemented an entire ELA scope and sequence for the high school grades. During those two years, I also served as the Student Government Advisor and facilitated a large-scale fundraising initiative, where one event resulted in a $17,000 total--a record for the school. Additionally, I led the implementation of Google Classroom school-wide, assisting faculty with its use.

I then pivoted to Rhea County High School, where I taught 9th grade (World Lit I) for three years and 12th grade (British Lit) for 1 year. After my first year, I also became the Yearbook Adviser.

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Play Poster: The Glass Menagerie, Hilltop Players

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Play Poster: The Glass Menagerie, Hilltop Players

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Designed via Canva, collaborated with director to ensure poster design matched artistic vision while departing from traditional designs for a well-known play; look closely in the shattered pieces for the menagerie.

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Play Poster: Daddy Long Legs, Hilltop Players

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Play Poster: Daddy Long Legs, Hilltop Players

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Designed via Canva, supplemented with own photography; collaborated with director to complement production design.

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"Rocky Top" Celebrating the Life of Jackson Luke Myers

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A yearbook spread I designed, documenting the life of a student who passed during the school year. I collaborated with the student's parents and his youth pastor to design the page. The page received resounding approval from the student's family, friends, and all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

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"Pomp & Circumstance" Class of 2023 Graduation

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This spread from the 2023-2024 yearbook's RECAP section, along with another spread, was featured in Balfour's 2025 Yearbook Yearbook (YBYB) publication. The YBYB is an inspirational source to other yearbook advisers and staffs. Being featured is considered a prestigious honor in the Balfour yearbooks world.

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In an effort to leverage my photography skills, I started my own photography business with the slogan "Your Moment. Your Story." I specialize in theatrical, event, and high school senior photography. Follow the link to see some of my featured and recent work!

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Daddy Long Legs: Jervis & Jerusha Posters

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Click on the PDF to view some simple character posters I created for a production of Daddy Long Legs.

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Canterbury Tales Presentation & Modern-Day Film Adaptation Instructions

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After studying the "General Prologue" and two other "Tales," 12th grade students selected another tale to teach to the class, adapt into a modern film adaptation, and cast their film appropriately.

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This is the example I created and delivered in class for my students to emulate. For a better view, follow this link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGWyDsBO9I/tSbxwxdOFa4MLbIk87Cq6g/view?utm_content=DAGWyDsBO9I&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h14a9828e8d

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After reading the first three excerpts of BEOWULF, my 12th grade students were asked to create their own version of Grendel, based on their own interpretations of the monster's physical characteristics. They were required to base their interpretation on textual evidence and could represent Grendel as a drawing or a narrative description.

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My favorite student examples of the project, with their evidence charts and drawings.

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As a member of the New Threads Theatre Company's Marketing Team, I developed these graphics to introduce our company's many programs. These graphics showcase my commitment to brand consistency and excellence. (Click on the file to see the second page!)

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The Aerie, Vol. 50 celebrated Rhea County High's history with a regal Hollywood-inspired design theme. We opened with a historical section, featured here. I designed ALL of these spreads. (The red dotted lines are simply print lines--please ignore!) The spreads, in order:

1. Title Page

2. Past Yearbook Covers

3. Historical Features

4. Senior Tributes

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The Aerie, Vol. 51 documented the many changes our school experienced in new leadership, overall schedule change, and the loss of beloved traditions. Embracing a "minimalist" style for the new era, we decided to employ a "less is more" design style. Doing so actually allowed us to create an even more inclusive yearbook by featuring more students. I designed ALL of these spreads as well:

1. Homecoming Week: Monday & Tuesday

2. Job Shadow Day

3. Prom

4. Academic Top Ten

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Learning HOW to manage and lead a team of student creatives was no small task, but I learned how to streamline our production and editorial process by creating this outline. (I designed the poster to be on brand for Vol. 51's theme as well.)

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This PDF (accompanied with additional notes outline handout at the end) is a Google Slides presentation I created to review key literary concepts with 9th graders at the start of each course.

This fun, interactive presentation included highly animated slides (like slide 11 CHARACTER), in which students immediately applied the content. (Unfortunately, the slides are not animated in this context.) Many clips from Disney films were also implemented to illustrate these concepts, leading to a much more engaging overview of the concepts than a typical lecture.

For the full experience, here's a view-only link to the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12bQGwR0KCRe9OVExo_diNtMUpmt3ZQsQ5jhfURC21ks/edit?usp=sharing

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For a formal outline of my experience and skills, please see my resume.

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Play Poster: The Importance of Being Earnest, Hilltop Players

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Play Poster: The Importance of Being Earnest, Hilltop Players

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Designed via Canva, supplemented with my own photography of the two leading men, which was then adjusted via AI art rendering. I wanted to capture the "mistaken identity" theme of the play in the title logo. (Spoiler alert: they're both Earnest, hence the upside down part of the title and the color usage between the characters.) Finally, I wanted to balance the "Victorian tea party" and comedic aesthetics of the play, hence my use of colors and fonts.