Professional Development Access Now: Will You Be My Ally? AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC ARTS CONFERENCE Advancing Cultural Competency Certificate SIX-MONTH TRAINING FOR SUNY GENESEO STAFF Communicating With Empathy LINKEDIN LEARNING COURSE Introduction to Human-Centered Design IDEO COURSE (LEADER) Skills Adobe Creative Suite (9 years) ILLUSTRATOR (9 years) PREMIERE, AFTEREFFECTS (8 years) PHOTOSHOP, INDESIGN (6 years) Print/Digital Visual Design (8+ years) Marketing Logistics/Production (5+ years) Editing of Academic Writing (3+ years) Data/Content Management (5+ years) +1-585-703-7456 / austinmilesretzlaff@gmail.com Austin Miles Retzlaff B.A. (interdisciplinary major in design and writing) from Hampshire College (transferred from Oberlin) 2015 - Wrote/produced an interactive novel involving multimedia graphics, animations, videos, and photos. - Won Sandol Stoddard creative writing award. Took courses at Smith College and UMass Amherst. Work Experience Creative Consultant Freelance/Self-Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/20 - present - Provide multimedia content strategy and production for diverse international arts/music clients. - Managed social media strategy for musician MXU, increasing Instagram engagement by 300%. - Edited/animated videos, designed graphics, and wrote PR copy to promote MXU’s music releases. Board Chair for 540WestMain (540westmain.org) - an antiracist education non-profit . . . . . . 1/19 - present - Designed new hire onboarding assets and marketing content/brand for Gentrification Conference. Communications Assistant for Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute (roclifemed.org) 8/21 - 5/22 - Created/implemented new brand guidelines/content strategy for a plant-based medical non-profit. - Led design of new website layout, Strategy Guide, Annual Report, infographics, and social content. Graphic Designer for Campus Auxiliary Services (at SUNY Geneseo) (geneseo.edu/cas) 7/17 - 8/20 - Designed marketing graphics, managed websites/digital signage, and led video editing/animation.