brittany fersing portfolio
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Brittany Fersing Portfolio
Contents Resume 3
Samples of my work done at Tantrum Street 4 General information about my work at Flash Photography 6
Samples of my work done at OU 7
Resume
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Brittany Fersing 972-757-5208 845 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73069// 3604 Wentwood Dallas,
Tx 75225 [email protected]
Education University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Expected Graduation: May 2015 Major in Advertising, Minor in Enterprise Studies GPA: 3.27 Work Experience Flash Photography Dallas TX Summer 2013
• Worked on graduation photos for Texas schools and other out of state schools. • Mainly used Photoshop to fix and create a better quality picture. • Took orders over the phone, or helped with photo switch ups.
Tantrum Street Dallas TX Summer 2013 • Composed email templates using Mail Chimp and other websites. • Created email ads using Photoshop and other programs available. • Came up with marketing strategies and other ideas for the products.
Geneologie Norman OK Spring 2014-current • Brand Ambassador for the T-shirt company Geneologie • Collects contact information from different organizations and sets up meetings for
Oklahoma representatives Leadership & Involvement Member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Omicron Chapter (University of Oklahoma) Campus Composites and Party Picture Chair Spring semester 2012-Fall semester2012
• Coordinated with Party Pictures Company and scheduled times for events in which there needed to be photographers. (Sorority Bid Day, Social Events, Parents Weekends, Game Days, Multicultural Events, Philanthropy events etc.)
Theta T-shirt Chair Spring 2014 • Designs T-shirts for Theta events such as socials, OU events, philanthropies, etc.
Theta Social Chair Assistant Spring 2012 • Help plan and organize date parties: theme, location, time, transportation, music,
venue, bar, etc. 5K Sponsorship Committee October 2013-November 2013
• Asked businesses and families to support 5K that benefits local charity. Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Mentor to a little sister August 2011-Current Roosevelt Elementary Norman, OK
• Once a week for an hour, spent working on homework, playing on the playground, reading, working in the classroom, etc.
Crimson Contemporary PR Committee • Help communicate to OU students about the dance class and other events.
Honors/Awards Deans Honor Roll 2012-13 HonorSociety.com Invited to Sigma Alpha Lambda
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In Summer 2013, I interned with Tantrum Street a start up technology business that developed two applications. Cartwheel Register, one of the applications offers a mobile register for the business and Skip wallet offers a mobile way to pay for consumers.
In this position I created email campaigns, which consisted of different pictures and stereotypical formats of an email promoting the apps, welcoming new customers, informing the customers of updates etc. For the pictures in these emails I used Photoshop to place hands with IPhones or IPads in different shops or locations in which these apps would be used. I had to use pictures of the app and place them on the screens because the app is not released yet.
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At Flash Photography I used Photoshop to fix graduation pictures. These pictures needed lighting fixes, blemish removals, green screen removal, etc. Because they were graduation pictures only accessible to the company I cannot share the pictures here.
At the University of Oklahoma I
have had the opportunity to expand my Photoshop skills and really work on advertisements. In Ad Copy and Layout I had to create ads for certain assignments and below are a couple of my examples.
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Writing Samples
Conformity
During passing period the long cold hallways of high school are filled with
whispers and laughter. As I walk down these halls I can see some girls’ faces standing
near my class with piercing eyes and cold glances. When I enter my class I wonder what
they were thinking or talking about. My head is then flooded with all kinds of ideas.
They’re talking about me, or they were talking about my clothes or they were talking
about my friends. It consumed my mind for the whole class until the bell rang; I came
back down to reality and walk to my next class. As I make my usual way to class I find
myself looking at all the kids walking past. It’s almost as if we have a uniform. All of the
girls had similar outfits on, the same hairstyles and the same purses. The guys all had the
same sort of look, similar mannerisms, and similar backpacks. There are only a few that
choose to stand out, but for the most part everyone looked the same. Our high school,
even neighborhood, is usually referenced as “the bubble”. Everything inside this bubble
is safe, familiar, the same. So when some kid punches another inside this bubble it seems
as if this protection, this shield is breaking down. Outside of the bubble at other high
schools or in other neighborhoods violence happens so often that it’s the norm. The
environment that you live in makes you who you are, it conforms you to be just like
everyone else in it.
Conformity is a big issue inside the bubble. Sometimes I just want so desperately
to fit in that I focus on that so much that I lose track of what is really important. This
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society causes a lot of pressure to conform into something that you’re not. Everyone is so
competitive with each other whether its looks, grades, sports, or even who’s got that
special someone. If someone doesn’t have these things they are looked down upon or
made fun of. These are the things that eat at me every day. With my looks I try not to get
those cold stares, the ones that say ‘what are you wearing’ and even try to fish for
compliments from other girls. Grades are very important to me and in this community,
where almost everyone is smart; it’s sometimes hard to keep my head above water. Since
this community is a dog-eat-dog community, all we do is look out for ourselves. When
our chance at conforming into someone who we think we want to be comes, we tear our
real friends down. Personally to me conforming into someone who I’m not by ruining
others lives just isn’t worth it to me. Sure I’ve gossiped about my friends while talking to
people I want to be friends with but taking that a step further can cause real damage.
Conformity to me has a lot more negative than positives. While conforming into someone
you shouldn’t be it can cause countless amounts of problems. The best way to fit in is to
just be whom you’re set out to be not to be who someone else wants you to be. Pretty
soon you won’t even know who you are anymore and when this happens it usually spirals
downward .I had a friend who used to be so against drinking that she hated the people
who did. As time passed she eased up to it and eventually started drinking herself to get
the attention from some guys. In the process she ended up losing me a friend, her
schoolwork dropped, and over time she just didn’t really care that much about anything.
Her parents finally found out and punished her for a long time. Once she was able to go
out again she tried to hang out with my friends and I but she had hurt me so much that I
couldn’t take her friendship back. She ended up with almost no friends, and in those
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friends I don’t know who truly likes her for who she is. Conformity turns good into evil.
It takes your morals and rips them right from under your feet until you don’t have any
anymore. My environment has turned me into someone who I’d never thought I’d be
going into freshman year. It took me and shook me till I finally popped.
We all make stupid mistakes but some will change you for the rest of your life. I
know with time wisdom comes. I know more now then I did in middle school. I even
know more now, than I did last year. With this wisdom, comes the determination not to
allow the fear of man to rule my thoughts and actions. I would like to make decisions that
are worthy of the cause, not worthy of making someone else happy. If I were to stop
thinking about these little issues, it would make my day less stressful and help me focus
on the more important things in life. Conformity is an issue that is all in our heads. My
goal is not self-centeredness; my goal is to appreciate the abilities I have and also to work
through my mistakes or shortcomings, without worrying what people think.
Verdict Story OKLAHOMA CITY—There was hardly any emotion shown on Davion Pollard’s face
when he was found guilty of the murder of Jerry Clark JR. and the conspiracy of
robbery and given life in prison with a fine of 5,000 dollars. Pollard along with 3
other men were tried on accounts of murdering Clark and the conspiracy of robbing
him.
Davion Pollard otherwise known as “Little Shorty” is associated with the
“Neighborhood 90’s“ Crip Street Gang, which has “claim” over the neighborhood
where the victim was shot. Clark, dressed in an orange shirt and an orange bandana,
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had no affiliation with any gang but was wearing the wrong color in the wrong
neighborhood.
Clark was visiting his Aunt, Mary Mason, at her house where he also receives his
mail. Mason said Clark left her house and was walking to his car parked in her
driveway. As she closed her front door she began to walk away, she heard gunshots
from outside her house and dropped to the floor.
Clark’s car came to a stop outside of Mason’s house as she dialed 911. Witnesses saw
four black males running through the streets after the shots were fired in the same
area. Investigators found fingerprints on a Chrysler 200 that led the police to one of
the defendants, Tommy Long.
Tommy Long’s confessions led to the police to find the other defendants Davion
Pollard, Sean Anderson and “Chase”. Long stated that the victim was known to be a
drug dealer and would have a lot of cash they could rob from him. They waited until
Clark got into his car and approached him while pointing their guns at him. Clark
refusing to get out of the car begins to back out of the driveway as Long and Pollard
shoot at his car.
Days after the homicide Pollard was arrested by Del City Police Department and was
armed with one of the 9mm firearms, used at the crime scene, during the arrest.
Pollard was caught from speeding while driving, which then turned into a case that
led the Del City Police to the Oakridge Apartment complex.
After long investigations and questioning the jury found Pollard guilty of the murder
of Jerry Clark JR. and guilty of the conspiracy to rob him on Friday, March 15th, at
3:30 pm. As Pollard was handcuffed and taken out of the courtroom he begins to
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mumble angrily to himself, finally showing emotion. Sentencing is set for
Wednesday, April 3rd, at 9am.
Creative Examples
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In my spare time I like to take pictures of nature and scenery.
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