Janet Walker
EDUCATOR / CREATIVE STRATEGIST / GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Director of Creative Services & Senior Instructor
for Advertising and Public Relations
The University of Alabama | College of Communication & Information Sciences
2021-Present, Director of Creative Services and Lecturer 2015-2021

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA

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Here, I teach and practice my craft all in the same day. As the Director of Creative Services, I create and design the College's print, digital, social, and environmental communications. In the classroom, I primarily teach graphic design basics to advertising and public relations students.

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Art Director/Graphic Designer
Communication Arts Company
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI  |  2006-2015

 

Responsible for concepting and designing innovative solutions to meet challenging communication needs, I worked with a wide variety of clients ranging from local non-profits to international corporations.

 

Adjunct Graphic Design Instructor
Antonelli College
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI  |  SEPTEMBER 2011-AUGUST 2012

 

Instructor by night, I had the privilege of teaching foundation and senior-level graphic design courses to non-traditional students. I was responsible for researching and preparing my own lesson plans, leading classroom instruction, and guiding independent studies.

 

Graphic Design Intern

Intermark Group

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA  |  SUMMER 2004, 2005

 

I interned as a full-time designer in advertising, working on a variety of accounts and developing the year-long marketing plan for a Birmingham-area theme park.

 

Editor/Designer

The Southerner, The University of Southern Mississippi

HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI  |  AUGUST 2004-MAY 2006

 

​I was responsible for the design and production of a $100,000 publication and supervising a staff of 40+ people as editor of the yearbook (2005-2006) and organizing and developing two major divisions of the yearbook as a section editor (2004-2005).