Brittany Fersing Portfolio

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Brittany Fersing Portfolio

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Contents Resume 3

Samples of my work done at Tantrum Street 4 General information about my work at Flash Photography 6

Samples of my work done at OU 7

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Resume

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Brittany H. Fersing 972-757-5208

[email protected] [email protected] Education University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication Expected Graduation: May 2015 Major in Advertising, Minor in Enterprise Studies GPA: 3.27 Richland Community College Online Summer Courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Spanish I Oklahoma City Community College Student- News Writing Leadership & Involvement Member of Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Omicron Chapter (University of Oklahoma) Campus Composites and Party Picture Chair Spring semester 2012-Fall semester2012

• Coordinated with Party Pictures Company and scheduled times for events in which there needed to be photographers. (Sorority Bid Day, Social Events, Parents Weekends, Game Days, Multicultural Events, Philanthropy events etc.)

Theta Social Chair Assistant Spring 2012 • Help plan and organize date parties: theme, location, time,

transportation, music, venue, bar, etc. 5K Sponsorship Committee October 2013-November 2013

• Asked businesses and families to support 5K that benefits local charity.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Mentor to a little sister August 2011-Current Roosevelt Elementary Norman, OK

• Once a week for an hour, spent working on homework, playing on the playground, reading, working in the classroom, etc.

Crimson Contemporary PR Committee • Help communicate to OU students about the dance class and other

events. Work Experience

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Flash Photography Dallas TX Summer 2013 • Worked on graduation photos for Texas schools and other out of state

schools. • Mainly used Photoshop to fix and create a better quality picture. • Took orders over the phone, or helped with photo switch ups.

Tantrum Street Dallas TX Summer 2013 • Composed email templates using Mail Chimp and other websites. • Created email ads using Photoshop and other programs available. • Came up with marketing strategies and other ideas for the products.

Honors/Awards Deans Honor Roll 2012-13 HonorSociety.com Invited to Sigma Alpha Lambda

In Summer 2013, I interned with Tantrum Street a start up technology business that developed two applications. Cartwheel Register, one of the applications offers a mobile register for the business and Skip wallet offers a mobile way to pay for consumers.

In this position I created email campaigns, which consisted of different pictures and stereotypical formats of an email promoting the apps, welcoming new customers, informing the customers of updates etc.

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For the pictures in these emails I used Photoshop to place hands with IPhones or IPads in different shops or locations in which these apps would be used. I had to use pictures of the app and place them on the screens because the app is not released yet.

Other pictures and emails were created but because of privacy issues and release dates. As of now this is all I can share.

At Flash Photography I used Photoshop to fix graduation pictures. These pictures needed lighting fixes, blemish removals, green screen removal, etc. Because they were graduation pictures only accessible to the company I cannot share the pictures here.

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At the University of Oklahoma I have had the opportunity to expand my Photoshop skills and really work on advertisements. In Ad Copy and Layout I had to create ads for certain assignments and below are a couple of my examples.  

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Writing Samples Conformity

During passing period the long cold hallways of high school are filled with

whispers and laughter. As I walk down these halls I can see some girls’ faces standing

near my class with piercing eyes and cold glances. When I enter my class I wonder what

they were thinking or talking about. My head is then flooded with all kinds of ideas.

They’re talking about me, or they were talking about my clothes or they were talking

about my friends. It consumed my mind for the whole class until the bell rang; I came

back down to reality and walk to my next class. As I make my usual way to class I find

myself looking at all the kids walking past. It’s almost as if we have a uniform. All of the

girls had similar outfits on, the same hairstyles and the same purses. The guys all had the

same sort of look, similar mannerisms, and similar backpacks. There are only a few that

choose to stand out, but for the most part everyone looked the same. Our high school,

even neighborhood, is usually referenced as “the bubble”. Everything inside this bubble

is safe, familiar, the same. So when some kid punches another inside this bubble it seems

as if this protection, this shield is breaking down. Outside of the bubble at other high

schools or in other neighborhoods violence happens so often that it’s the norm. The

environment that you live in makes you who you are, it conforms you to be just like

everyone else in it.

Conformity is a big issue inside the bubble. Sometimes I just want so desperately

to fit in that I focus on that so much that I lose track of what is really important. This

society causes a lot of pressure to conform into something that you’re not. Everyone is so

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competitive with each other whether its looks, grades, sports, or even who’s got that

special someone. If someone doesn’t have these things they are looked down upon or

made fun of. These are the things that eat at me every day. With my looks I try not to get

those cold stares, the ones that say ‘what are you wearing’ and even try to fish for

compliments from other girls. Grades are very important to me and in this community,

where almost everyone is smart; it’s sometimes hard to keep my head above water. Since

this community is a dog-eat-dog community, all we do is look out for ourselves. When

our chance at conforming into someone who we think we want to be comes, we tear our

real friends down. Personally to me conforming into someone who I’m not by ruining

others lives just isn’t worth it to me. Sure I’ve gossiped about my friends while talking to

people I want to be friends with but taking that a step further can cause real damage.

Conformity to me has a lot more negative than positives. While conforming into someone

you shouldn’t be it can cause countless amounts of problems. The best way to fit in is to

just be whom you’re set out to be not to be who someone else wants you to be. Pretty

soon you won’t even know who you are anymore and when this happens it usually spirals

downward .I had a friend who used to be so against drinking that she hated the people

who did. As time passed she eased up to it and eventually started drinking herself to get

the attention from some guys. In the process she ended up losing me a friend, her

schoolwork dropped, and over time she just didn’t really care that much about anything.

Her parents finally found out and punished her for a long time. Once she was able to go

out again she tried to hang out with my friends and I but she had hurt me so much that I

couldn’t take her friendship back. She ended up with almost no friends, and in those

friends I don’t know who truly likes her for who she is. Conformity turns good into evil.

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It takes your morals and rips them right from under your feet until you don’t have any

anymore. My environment has turned me into someone who I’d never thought I’d be

going into freshman year. It took me and shook me till I finally popped.

We all make stupid mistakes but some will change you for the rest of your life. I

know with time wisdom comes. I know more now then I did in middle school. I even

know more now, than I did last year. With this wisdom, comes the determination not to

allow the fear of man to rule my thoughts and actions. I would like to make decisions that

are worthy of the cause, not worthy of making someone else happy. If I were to stop

thinking about these little issues, it would make my day less stressful and help me focus

on the more important things in life. Conformity is an issue that is all in our heads. My

goal is not self-centeredness; my goal is to appreciate the abilities I have and also to work

through my mistakes or shortcomings, without worrying what people think.

 Verdict  Story      OKLAHOMA  CITY—There  was  hardly  any  emotion  shown  on  Davion  Pollard’s  face  

when  he  was  found  guilty  of  the  murder  of  Jerry  Clark  JR.  and  the  conspiracy  of  

robbery  and  given  life  in  prison  with  a  fine  of  5,000  dollars.  Pollard  along  with  3  

other  men  were  tried  on  accounts  of  murdering  Clark  and  the  conspiracy  of  robbing  

him.    

 Davion  Pollard  otherwise  known  as  “Little  Shorty”  is  associated  with  the  

“Neighborhood  90’s“  Crip  Street  Gang,  which  has  “claim”  over  the  neighborhood  

where  the  victim  was  shot.  Clark,  dressed  in  an  orange  shirt  and  an  orange  bandana,  

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had  no  affiliation  with  any  gang  but  was  wearing  the  wrong  color  in  the  wrong  

neighborhood.  

Clark  was  visiting  his  Aunt,  Mary  Mason,  at  her  house  where  he  also  receives  his  

mail.  Mason  said  Clark  left  her  house  and  was  walking  to  his  car  parked  in  her  

driveway.  As  she  closed  her  front  door  she  began  to  walk  away,  she  heard  gunshots  

from  outside  her  house  and  dropped  to  the  floor.  

Clark’s  car  came  to  a  stop  outside  of  Mason’s  house  as  she  dialed  911.  Witnesses  saw  

four  black  males  running  through  the  streets  after  the  shots  were  fired  in  the  same  

area.  Investigators  found  fingerprints  on  a  Chrysler  200  that  led  the  police  to  one  of  

the  defendants,  Tommy  Long.  

Tommy  Long’s  confessions  led  to  the  police  to  find  the  other  defendants  Davion  

Pollard,  Sean  Anderson  and  “Chase”.  Long  stated  that  the  victim  was  known  to  be  a  

drug  dealer  and  would  have  a  lot  of  cash  they  could  rob  from  him.  They  waited  until  

Clark  got  into  his  car  and  approached  him  while  pointing  their  guns  at  him.  Clark  

refusing  to  get  out  of  the  car  begins  to  back  out  of  the  driveway  as  Long  and  Pollard  

shoot  at  his  car.    

Days  after  the  homicide  Pollard  was  arrested  by  Del  City  Police  Department  and  was  

armed  with  one  of  the  9mm  firearms,  used  at  the  crime  scene,  during  the  arrest.  

Pollard  was  caught  from  speeding  while  driving,  which  then  turned  into  a  case  that  

led  the  Del  City  Police  to  the  Oakridge  Apartment  complex.    

After  long  investigations  and  questioning  the  jury  found  Pollard  guilty  of  the  murder  

of  Jerry  Clark  JR.  and  guilty  of  the  conspiracy  to  rob  him  on  Friday,  March  15th,  at  

3:30  pm.    As  Pollard  was  handcuffed  and  taken  out  of  the  courtroom  he  begins  to  

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mumble  angrily  to  himself,  finally  showing  emotion.  Sentencing  is  set  for  

Wednesday,  April  3rd,  at  9am.  

Creative Examples  

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