It was in high school that I realized my love and talent for art and computers. While attending Salem High in Salem, Virginia, I was accepted into the International Baccalaureate art program to further my art direction. Around this same time, I started designing posters for a friend’s rock band. Reaching graduation in less than a year, I had no idea of which direction to take after school. Starving artist….. or something with computers. Not in love with either idea, a moment of realization set in when discovering graphic design and web design as a profession.

Soon after graduating from The School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, and now ready for the world, I started Jamey Miller Design in Salem, VA while working full time. A few years later business slowed and jobs were increasingly slim to none, so I moved to Atlanta, GA to gain experience.

While living in Atlanta for over 5 years, I had the pleasure of working with several companies large to small, holding titles such as Assistant Marketing Director, Creative Director, and even Vice President. It was in these 5 years that I gained a great deal of experience in design, knowledge of business and marketing, and several other pieces of information along the way.

Now living and working in Charlotte for 4 years as well as nearly 20 years experience, my journey continues and I am excited to see where it takes me. 

My Experience

Prem Corp - Marketing Director
As marketing director, of the parent company Prem Corp, LLC, I am solely responsible and tasked with overseeing the marketing of 5 separate companies. All 5 companies were in desperate need of updated websites, branding, and overall marketing. In just over 6 months, all 5 companies had new websites, new branding, new business card designs, flyers, sell sheets, and anything else that I could redesign.
 
Two of the companies have e-commerce websites, one of which had not made a sale in over 2 years, I took them from outdated WooCommerce/WordPress sites to newly designed and branded Shopify stores that both made several sales in their first 6 months averaging over $600/sale. The other three sites are lead-based and had no actual sales funnel set up, just an outdated contact page with a form.
 
With the Aluma-Shield.com redesign, I set them up with HubSpot contact forms, automated SMS & email responses, and landing pages that covered their major customer needs of powder coating. Next, google ads were set up and maintained closely until leads came in 2-3  times more than the previous report dates since it's the new marketing plan.
Klik Marketing - Web & Graphic Designer
Charlotte based marketing firm where for almost 4 years I have designed, developed and updated client websites using WordPress and Shopify for the majority of my website development. Other tasks include email marketing, graphic design, client interaction, photo editing, and overall guidance to co-workers and clients. Klik works with a wide range of businesses from start-ups, non-profits, & large corporations alike.
2017-2021
C Media Company, LLC - Web Designer
Local Advertising agency in my hometown of Roanoke, VA where my duties were Web and Graphic design for new and existing clients using Wordpress and custom Bootstrap HTML and CSS.
September 2014 - September 2015
FRIENDS of the Blue Ridge Parkway - Marketing Director
Overall guidance of marketing as well as the design and layout of all printed materials including, but not limited to, rack cards, business cards, signage, chapter manuals, annual reports, bi-annual magazine, etc. Re-designed main website of over 300 pages. Delegated duties for completion, working with online providers, shopping cart, blog, etc. Layout of email newsletter and other e-blasts.
April 2012-October 2013
Syclone Designs, LLC - Creative Director
As Creative Director I set appointments for potential clients, quoted design work based on client needs and budget, designed and coded website while keeping the client up to date with progress. I also performed updates on several pre-existing websites already designed or hosted by Syclone Designs.
March 2008-July 2009
PlayNation Playsystems - Assistant Marketing Director
Assist & control all areas of marketing 5 playset companies. For these companies I designed product catalogs from start to finish including design, photography, copy writing, and handling all printing preparations. As well as print design, I also handled the complete website design for many of these companies.
March 2005-December 2007