Experiences
Jill Golden
Project Manager in
Corporate Communications
Jill is very upbeat and personable. She is a 2016 Digital Design & Nordonia graduate. She earned a BA at Kent State University in Public Relations and a minor in Marketing.
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"Digital Design definitely helped prepare me for my field. While public relations contains a lot of writing, there are courses where design is important. At KSU,we used Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, which I remembered how to use from Digital Design. My college classes were easy for me since I had already learned everything we covered in Digital Design.
Public Relations requires a lot of writing (which I love) but also some photography and video elements as well. Something that I've found I enjoy doing is pairing writing and design/visuals together. Many people don't have design experience so I feel it places me a step above the others since I have both.
I feel this position combines both writing and visuals perfectly for me.
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Mrs. Munro recommended I study public relations in college. Without that recommendation I probably would have never look into it. Thank you for helping me find what I love doing!"
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Mike Roth
Senior Designer
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Mike is a smart, skillful and creative guy. He is a Digital Design & North Royalton graduate. He earned a BFA at Cleveland Institute of Art majoring in Interior Design.
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Mike holds a vast collection of illustration skills, 3D Modeling, animation, and design sensibility.
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Mike enjoys finding solutions to creative challenges -With the ability to work with clients, to illustrate how we can bring the solution to reality.
"Knowledgeable when it comes to getting things built."
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He has worked with some remarkable brands including Google, Saleforce, Waymo, Dunkin Donuts, T-Mobile, and many others.
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Also, Mike plays beach volleyball with friends and likes to ride his bike a lot.
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Darrel Greene
a.k.a. "Jesty Beatz"
Songwriter/Record Producer
Darrel is a 2002 Digital Design & Nordonia High School graduate.
He earned a BA at Ohio University in Interactive Multimedia in the College of Visual Communication with a concentration in Music.
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"Digital Design helped me to develop skills that I use to this day. I have cultivated an attention to detail that helps me to preform on the highest level. My years in Digital Design gave me a competitive edge, because I was held to a real-world standard much earlier than my peers."
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Songwriter/Record Producer who has worked with Jeremiah Omarion, Jordan Fisher, Evann McIntosh and many others.
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Multimedia Content Producer for various brands.
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MTV Video Music Award (VMA) Nominated Post-Production Engineer.
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Previous clients have included: Kylie Jenner, Jordan Brand, Big Sean, Maluma, Nicky Jam--resulting in billions of views on his content.
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"My success in music has led to me becoming a contributor for ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE and ENTREPRENEUR.com"
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One of his BIG-budget music videos he produced is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wft7Lpn4ILs
One of his movie trailers that he scored:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjF0EPFfzXo
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Tanya Perez
Marketing & Digital Specialist
Tanya is a 01’ Digital Design & North Royalton graduate.
She earned her associates degree from Tri-C in Visual Communications with a focus on Multimedia and web design. 

She has over 17 years experience in design and marketing.
"Over the years I have had so many adventures… worked for amazing companies and they all have one thing in common - my passions. 

The agencies I’ve worked for focus on small businesses, artists, non profits and museums. The nationally recognized retail companies I’ve worked for are in the industries of fashion, crafts and travel. The freelance work I do is based from the relationships I’ve made over the years. I do not do any personal advertising outside of giving advice in design and marketing in FB Groups."
Some of the companies she has had the pleasure of working with over the years: Blue Robot LLC, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Literacy Cooperative, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, Parker-Hannifin, Time Warner Cable, Dots LLC, Fashion Week Cleveland, KHM Travel Group, Darice Inc., and Luxevo Vacations​.
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Dakarai Ashby
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Artist
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Dakarai is an 09’ Digital Design & Garfield Heights graduate.
He earned his associates degree from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Graphic Design.
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" I'm working full time as an Artist Assistant for a community art studio for the homeless community in Skid Row as well as, also still working as a full-time artist. I've been doing commissioned illustrations for large publications like
The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Reader's Digest etc. Being a career artist has really taken off for me over the years. I was also an Artist in Residency in Kathmandu, Nepal. I work primarily with collage art as my medium and graphic design on commission. I mostly do collage art for musical artists design needs."
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http://www.dakaraiart.com/residencies-projects
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Art Director
Nina Zivkovic
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Nina is an 09’ Digital Design & North Royalton graduate.
She earned her Bachelor of Science from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in Graphic Design.
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“Utilizing my conceptual skills along with traditional and digital mediums to convey emotion through portraits and unique layouts.”
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Nina says she has worked with “dozens of fantastical clients,” including actor, Alan Ritchson, and his team for illustrated posters and designs for their Kickstarter campaign. For Stage AE, she illustrated exclusive concert posters and utilized social media, which cultivated her freelancing career.
She gained additional connections with other actors, musicians, and filmmakers where she illustrated album covers, book covers, promo materials, and even beer label designs.
– Written by Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators
Some of the packaging design and clients Nina has worked with are Giant Eagle, Ready Nutrition, VisitPITTSBURGH, Carnegie Mellon, just to name a few, as well as various movie posters.
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Tyler Hill
Media Production Instructor
Tyler is a 2010 Digital Design & Brecksville-Broadview Heights graduate.
He earned his Bachelor of Science from Kent State University in Photography.
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“Personally, I love movies & music. I enjoy bringing movies and musical concepts into the classroom to give the students a well rounded and relevant education in the classroom. I enjoy critiquing and commenting on movies. I want to bring that to life in the classroom, and engage students in critique of other films."
Tyler Hill is a skilled portrait, commercial and music photographer. Branching into multimedia, Tyler found an interest in documentary and journalistic filmmaking and commercial video production. With a determined attitude, drive to produce quality media, and a passion that keeps him busy, Tyler wants to involve himself in as much as he can.
He strives for his personal connection with everyone in front of the camera, and working side by side behind it. Building relationships is one of the most important aspects of telling a story.
Additionally, Tyler has moved into teaching – where he can pass on his years of experience and knowledge to a new era of creatives. He loves guiding students to their goals and passions, and continues to work towards creating well rounded creatives in the industry.
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"I also love motorcycles, grilling out, the outdoors and trivia!”
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https://sites.google.com/mcjvs.edu/mediaproduction/home
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Kayla Shine
Graphic Designer
Kayla is a 2016 Digital Design & Twinsburg graduate.
She is a graphic designer based in Cleveland, focusing on aligning style and aesthetics with culture, fashion, beauty and her passion for sports. Kayla received her Bachelor’s in Visual Communication Design with a minor in marketing from Kent State University.
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Kayla also has experience Provided direct creative production support for major Cavaliers organizational events, including, but not limited to, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland Monsters, Canton Charge, and other key organizational projects and initiatives. Project work included the development, and presentation of creative drafts and ideas for marketing and ticket sales initiatives, online advertising, game program ad publications and logo development for seasonal campaigns. Kayla helped develop the creation of a new digital screen advertisements called IPTV’s for the Team Shop retail displays for Cavs games, Monster games and concerts, created a retail collaboration with the Better Halves (wives, mothers and girlfriends of Cavs
players) for International Women’s Day.
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Yvonne Dzurik
Senior Designer
Yvonne is a 2000 Digital Design & Garfield Heights graduate. Yvonne holds a BA in studio art from Coastal Carolina University
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Yvonne Dzurik is a Creative Services Manager who manages a team of Designers and Production Artists to provide creative services for Zeta Global on a project basis. Having digital, marketing and creative talent, the team is capable of quickly fulfilling in-house and client needs. Yvonne first began her career as a graphic designer for the gift and home decor market, creating packaging, product catalogs, maintaining websites and designing trade show booths. She learned that packaging products for client specific brands is an important process and involves a focus on the company’s needs and brand guidelines as well as the ability to make a design consumer-ready. This transitioned well into the email world as the desire to present a product or email in the most engaging manner is the goal, regardless of industry. As a team lead Yvonne enjoys being able to use her creativity, organization, dedication, and a desire to design on a daily basis.
Projects, clients and products may vary, but the need to meet client goals and standards will remain. Yvonne enjoys creating successful email campaigns and staying ahead of digital trends and best practices to keep the client competitive as email marketing standards are constantly changing.
Yvonne has produced work for a variety of key clients including QVC, Kohl’s, Whole Foods, Animal Planet, Dollar General, Charter and Lumber Liquidators.
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