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POSITION: Affiliate Marketing

DEPARTMENT: Marketing & Communications

LOCATION: Main Campus, Harrisonburg | SB 106

PHONE: (540) 432-4624

Through his education and professional experience in digital media, Jon has developed a wide range of marketing and communications skills, including graphic design, photography, video production, animation, audio production, branding, and illustration. As the Director of Creative Services for EMU he oversees and develops all the visual elements that represent EMU’s brand, including print materials, websites, logos, colors, fonts, graphics, and signage. He is also the primary designer and photographer for EMU’s alumni magazine, Crossroads, and Peacebuilder magazine for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Jon graduated from EMU in 2007. He worked as a print designer, web designer, illustrator, videographer, and photographer for several organizations in Harrisonburg, before starting at EMU in March 2008. Outside of work his interests include design, music, photography, art, illustration, hiking, gardening, food and cooking.

Education
B.S. in Art and Digital Media, Eastern Mennonite University.

Honors and AwardsMerit Award, Crossroads Magazine Fall/Winter 2020, 35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards

• Merit Award, EMU Undergraduate Viewbook 2020, 35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards
• Award of Excellence, overall website design and implementation, 2011-12 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards
• Special Merit Award, World Wide Web home page design and implementation, 2011-12 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III awards
• National Wildlife Federation, Chill Out: Climate Action on Campus competition, first place in Campus Action category for Going Green in Royal Blue video, 2010
• Johnson Controls, Campus Green Scene, grand prize winner in private colleges category for EMU’s Green Scene video, 2010

Committees and task forces

1. Young Alumni Task Force
2. EMU brand id revitalization design team
3. LovEMU Day
4. Royal Awards

Professional Memberships

• College Communicators Association member
• Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III

Professional Conferences Attended

• Anabaptist Communicators conference, 2011
• CASE Conference on Marketing and Branding 2019

Trainings

• Lucidpress advanced brand template management, 2020
• Widerstand Consulting's Dismantling Institutional Racism in Your Nonprofit: From Theory to Practice, March 2021

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