Experience

• Freelance at Nikki Dawes: Design & Illustration

  June 2012 - Present

• Graphic Artist at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  Little Rock, United States of America

  October 2014 - November 2019

• Awards & Honors at present

  June 2010 - Present

  2010
  
  •Arkansas Lieutenant Governor’s Artist Showcase

  2015
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 2nd place – Graphics (2014)

  2016
  
  •Great Plains Journalism Awards: 1st place – Special Features (2015)
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 1st place – Graphics (2015)

  2017
  
  •Arkansas Press Association Better Newspaper Editorial Contest: 2nd Place – Graphic Design Portfolio (2016)
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 2nd place – Graphics (2016)

  2018
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 2nd place – Graphics (2017)

  2019
  
  •Art of Exandria, group show, Nucleus Art Gallery
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 1st place – Graphics (2018)
  
  •Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association: 1st place – Non-traditional News Item (2018)
  
  •Great Plains Journalism Awards: 1st place – Magazine Illustration, Arkansas Life (2018)
  
  •Great Plains Journalism Awards: Finalist – Newspaper Graphics/Illustration (2018)
  
  •Great Plains Journalism Awards: Finalist – Multimedia Graphic (2018)
  
  •Society of Professional Journalists Arkansas Pro Chapter Diamond Journalism Awards: First Place – Multimedia (2018)
  
  •Society of Professional Journalists Arkansas Pro Chapter Diamond Journalism Awards: Third Place – Specialized Website (2018)
  
  •Arkansas Press Association: First Place: First Place – Graphic Design Portfolio (Nikki Dawes & Kirk Montgomery, 2018)

  2020
  
  •Arkansas Press Women 2020 Communication Awards: First Place – Graphics and Design, Honorable Mention – Graphics and Design (2019)
  
  •Great Plains Journalism Awards: Finalist – Newspaper Graphics/Illustration (2019)

  2022
  
  •Interview in ImagineFX Issue 214