Resume

Leah Stella Stephens

10 Oak Hill Cluster

Independence, Missouri 64057
leahstella@gmail.com

cell: 619.384.0310

EDUCATION
Graphic Design I & II, Penn Valley Community College, 2005
Self-taught Web Design, Html, Photoshop, Illustrator
Advanced & Alternative Process Photography, Pima College, 1995
Received B.A. in East Asian Studies from the University of Kansas, 1994

EXPERIENCE

San Diego CityBeat, Art Direction and cover design, San Diego, CA May, 2009

Lead Graphic Designer and Marketing Consultant, Beyond Toothpaste, Cardiff, CA 2008-2009
Prepress Technician, Modern Postcard, Carlsbad, CA 2006-2008

Production Artist, Stouse, Inc., New Century, KS, 2002-2006

SKILLS
Web and Graphic Design using the Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop Digital Imaging, Digital Photography/Retouching, Screenprinting Colorist, Cut-and-Paste Collagist, Video and Sound Editing, Youtube Director (channel: stellabelle)

AWARDS

Winner of Seaport Village Busker Video/Photo competition, June 2008
Second Place Ping Pong champ, Modern Postcard, 2007 & 2008
Image Award Winner, Modern Postcard, 2007
Winner of Taschen's International 2006 Schlaupelz contest
(Prize included meeting with Los Angeles writers Sven Kirsten
and Diane Hansen.)

GALLERY EXHIBITS
Postcards 2008 at: Swiv Tackle Circus, Ducky Waddle’s, Caldwell’s
Road Kill Group Show, 2005, The Late Show, Kansas City, MO
Hotel Hell, 2005, Muddy's, Kansas City, MO
Paparazzi of the Common Folk, 2004, Muddy's, Kansas City, MO
Wrongland Postcard Times, 2004, Image Point, Kansas City, MO

REFERENCES
Franceska McCullough, Sculptor, Dallas, Texas
Daphne Young, fashion columnist for Scene Magazine, Oshkosh, Wisconsin