ashi franke

Providing graphic design services to the Central Arkansas area and beyond. Services include logo and brand development, print design (posters, flyers, layouts, billboards, business cards, tee shirts, CDs, social graphics, email templates, etc.), and web design (basic user interface design, website, app, and program elements, basic website design). All work is created for full customer satisfaction, and completed in a timely manner.

Provide excellent customer service and carry out sales transactions. Keep customers informed of all sales. Contact customers with late fees, and collect fees. Manage store during weekends and weekday evenings. Open and close store. Maintain store appearances and restock all items. Balance registers and resolve customer issues. Stay informed of all movie releases and be able to advise customers on what to rent.

Design the bulk of National Park Technology Center’s print and web media- including posters, flyers, brochures, logos, presentations, and social media elements. Manage social media for the college, and share important information on events, deadlines, and scholarship opportunities. Photograph students and events on campus. Assist in the instruction of high school juniors and seniors, primarily in the Advertising and Graphic Design classroom. Monitor and instruct students if their teacher is absent and a substitute is unable to take their place.

Provide excellent customer service and carry out sales transactions. Balance registers, maintain store appearance, take inventory, participate in loss prevention activities. Educate customers on new music releases, sales, and opportunities. Stay current on music and fashion trends.

Planning, development, and implementation of the Venture Center’s brand identity and design needs. This includes but is not limited to sketching concepts based on programs and goals, rendering vector logos in both color and grayscale, working with the Venture Center team to create marketing packages (logos, posters, flyers, layouts, social graphics, email templates, etc.), and creating supplemental designs as requested.

The BA in Web Design and Development program is designed to cater to both traditional university students as well as working professionals in multiple fields. Careers in enhancing the web user’s experience are on the rise. Responsive web sites and mobile apps are efforts that are being undertaken by many industries and disciplines today, from healthcare to retail to virtually any industry which has a need to communicate with its stakeholders. As such, opportunities extend to recent graduates, those seeking a professional upgrade or certification, or employees seeking to “reinvent” themselves with new skill sets. This is an interdisciplinary program designed collaboratively by faculty from the Department Art (CALS), Rhetoric and Writing (SSC), Mass Communication (SSC), Information Science (EIT) and the Information Technology Program.

The A.A.S. in Visual Media Arts with an Emphasis in Graphic Design is intended to prepare the student to enter a career as a graphic designer in a professional setting. Students are engaged in a curriculum made up of a general education core (15 credit hours), a visual arts core (15 credit hours), and a graphic design emphasis (30 credit hours).