A few years ago in an office only a few blocks away, I started at Lemonly as an intern.

As a college student, I was a stranger to the Sioux Falls design community, and I didn’t have the best understanding of advertising/design agency culture. In my internship, I was taken in by powerful creatives, and my eyes became hungry for good design, a force I knew existed, but a power I needed to develop. I soon realized that designers had different skillsets and I was anxious to understand my own.

Since then, I graduated from SDSU and began working as a designer in Sioux Falls. Over the last couple of years in the professional world, I learned that I am versatile. I love all mediums and being able to cross skillsets is one of my greatest design-oriented joys.

I returned to Lemonly as a visual designer a few months ago, and I came back with a better understanding of my skills. I may not fit into one specialty of design, but the projects Lemonly has given me so far have really accommodated my multimedia skillset.

Since I started back on this team, I’ve been a photographer, cinematographer, video editor, illustrator, animator, and snapchatter. I’ve done anything from producing a video series in which my boss answers anyone’s questions to designing an infographic on the documentary “Making a Murderer.” Each week is a little different with my project variety, which is ideal for me. It feels good to participate in almost every aspect of design working on a wide range of projects.

Take a look at some of my projects here so far:

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This was an internal infographic project. We capitalized on the popularity of the show by creating a storyline that depicts the possibility of Avery getting pardoned, while also explaining the U.S. appeals process.

Check out the rest of the IG here.

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Our beloved neon Lemonly light.

Check out how it was made here.

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I shoot a couple Snapchat stories each week to document our work culture.
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I have made four Snapchat geofilters so far at Lemonly. This was a promoted geofilter to promote First Friday in downtown Sioux Falls.
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A fun shot for our Instagram. Dwight sees all.
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This was our end of Friday celebration for Ryan’s last day.
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I film John’s vlog, “Answers to Questions,” where he answers questions relating to Lemonly, design, entrepreneurship, business, and occasionally baseball.
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Each week I create 1 or 2 pieces of Lemonly Instagram content. Most of the content consists of something I documented in the office. I can’t resist this light.
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Yeah, I’m magic.
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I needed to test the camera battery and card. Why not film a crazy timelapse?