JOSHUA BEAL
Media Designer
Professor
Veteran
Portfolio
About Me
Hi! I am Joshua Beal and have been a Media Designer since 2007. My range of experience has included active-duty service in the US Army as a Multimedia Illustrator and executive level roles in agency and in-house settings. In addition, I teach courses at the post-secondary and graduate levels as a Professor of Design, which involves roles as a subject matter expert and chair of thesis committees.
I am a happy husband and dad to two amazing kids. When I am not working on design projects or teaching, I enjoy outdoor recreation, especially kayaking and hikes, and building my homestead with my family.
Education
MFA - Studio and Digital Arts
Liberty University | Lynchburg, VA | 2019
Graduated with High Distinction
MBA - Finance
American Military University | Charles Town, WV | 2010
Graduated with Honors
BA - Liberal Arts
Evergreen State College | Olympia, WA | 2002
Dual AAS-T - Graphic and Web Design
Peninsula College| Port Angeles, WA | 2015
Skills
- Graphic Design 95%
- Branding 95%
- Web Design 90%
- Photography 90%
- Publishing 85%
- Video Production 80%
- Animation 80%
- Adobe Photoshop 95%
- Adobe Illustrator 95%
- Adobe InDesign 95%
- Adobe Acrobat 95%
- WordPress 90%
- Weebly 90%
- Adobe Dreamweaver 85%
- Adobe Premiere 85%
- Autodesk Maya 75%
- Adobe After Effects 75%
- Adobe Animate 75%
Military
Service dates: 16NOV2006 – 15JAN2013
1st Deployment: Joint Special Operations - Philippines
SEP2007 – MAR2008
- Created media materials in support of Department of Defense campaigns
- Managed warehousing and conducted multiple missions for shipping print products for dissemination
2nd Deployment: Joint Special Operations - Philippines
NOV2009 – JUL2010
- Trained over 150 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to develop multimedia campaign materials and developed the training materials for these classes
- Created an archive management system and wrote the associated Standard Operating Procedure
3rd Deployment: Special Operations Command - Pacific
FEB2011 – NOV2011
- Administrative and financial management for deployed personnel
- Forward operating media management