Heather Walters
Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
From Christiansburg, Va.
From Christiansburg, Va.
As a graphic designer it is my function to bring life to the ideas of others and as an artist it my desire to create ways for those ideas to succeed.
DISC Personality Assessment:
"You have a strong inner motivation to influence people and circumstances. You thrive on competitive situations and challenging assignments. The stresses and pressures of everyday work and life are unlikely to reduce your effectiveness and enthusiasm"
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Heather Walters Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Heather Walters of Christiansburg, Va., was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines...
April, 07 2016 - Verified by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Emerging Technologies Coordinator - InnovationSpace at Virginia Tech
December 2015 - Present
Graduate Teaching Fellow at Radford University
• Work with Graphic Design department by instructing the web design & the motion graphics classes
• Teach basic foundations, principles, elements of layout design, animation and interactive motion graphics
• Instruct students on how to use Adobe software to build web sites and create motion graphics
• Assign & grade projects.
• Create course plans and syllabi
January 2014 - Present
Project Lead/Art Director at New River Community College
Oversee student interns in developing educational games for iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.
Duties include:
• Report to Project Manager
• Adhere to Virginia SOLs
• Manage student schedules
• Create and maintain goals and deadlines
• Directly oversee art interns
• Assist the artist in creating assets
• Comply with graphics standards for mobile app development
May 2013 - Present
Co-Founder/Creative Director at Lonely Monster Games
As Creative Director it is my job to maintain the look and feel of Lonely Monster Games' brand identity. Being a small startup company, I assume the role as lead designer and create much of the artwork that goes into the games.
• Storyboarding
• Concept art
• Illustrations
• UI
• Icons
• Animations
April 2013 - Present
Freelance Graphic Designer at Freelance Graphic/Web Design
• Work in collaboration with Next Level Media, LLC (Blacksburg, VA) to design websites and create
brand identities.
• Graphic Design work for mobile app projects
• Design logos, websites and branding
• Design graphics for tabletop games
• Publication Design
August 2012 - Present
