Hello, I’m Shannon!

I am a native of Richmond, Virginia and an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I studied Journalism and Mass Comm with a concentration in Graphic Design.

Shortly after graduating from college, I developed Ryano Graphics as an avenue to work with local businesses as a freelance designer. Additionally, I have been a full-time graphic designer for 13 years in higher education, government and fortune 200 corporate environments, specializing is visual design and brand management.

I have a passion for working with small business, helping them develop and maintain their brand identity.

SPECIALTIES: print design and layout, art direction, brand development and management, logo/identity development, pre-press preparation, digital printing, offset printing and press checking, typesetting, web design, social media management, visual strategy

SOFTWARE: InDesign CC(2019), Illustrator CC (2019), Photoshop CC (2019), Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, QuarkXPress, Flash CS4, Wordpress, Tumblr, Adobe Acrobat X Pro, HTML, CSS, CrownPeak CMS

PLATFORM: Mac, PC