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Alicia combines community collaboration with a knack for campaign creation, storytelling, and strategy. A creative brain and humanist heart, Alicia’s diverse experience includes yearly campaign strategies for multiple nationally recognized grassroots community-based organizations, content creation for small businesses, website design for artists & makers, and photographs that make you feel.

Her favorite things are using emergent technologies alongside traditional processes to amplify stories of courage, culture, and community. A curious creative, Alicia graduated from Columbia College with her BFA in Photojournalism.

 

Urban ArtWorks

As the Communications Specialist for Urban ArtWorks, collaborating with fellow artists is a joy. Sharing insights, brainstorming concepts, and merging individual talents contribute to the creation of impactful and visually compelling messages that resonate with our audience. In this environment, collaboration is not merely a means to an end; it is an ongoing source of inspiration that elevates the collective artistic experience. Urban ArtWorks envisions a world where all people have access to the transformative power of creating public art, this is possible because of collaboration on every level.

Stories

I love collaborating to tell stories that need to be heard. Here is a story Sara and I made about Eagle Village.

Annual Reports

I love when organizations give their community a microphone. Their stories show the ways your work has made a difference. Annual reports do a deep dive on a year of stories. Here is a story I made with Wanda for RiseBoro.

Printed Pieces

I love when photographs take on a life of their own. This is a portrait I made for Chief Seattle Club. HeadWater people placed the portrait onto “Ordinance Number 5” from 1865 which prohibited any Duwamish Nation person from being inside the City Limits after dusk. The piece became a statement when it covered the fences of the first Native housing in Chief Seattle Clubs landmark housing project ?al?al (pronounced all-all)

Portraits

Whether it’s headshots, documentary or editorial photos, making portraits is where I see people shine. This is a portrait I made of Lloyd for social enterprise Native Works.
This portrait went on to become a sticker that found its way all the way to The Stranger, Seattle.

Historical Lens

I have had the honor of creating campaigns for two organizations celebrating a legacy of work. This has involved going through historical documents, talking to elders in the community and looking through boxes of old photographs from scans with a slide machine and scanning them for digital use. This work became part of annual reports, media releases and website stories.

Experience


from food, music, theatre, travel, or art - experiences make you feel deeper. Many carry cultural history and bring people together. I love collaborating with restaurants, hotels, artists or travel experiences to create stories that show the depth and flavor of these experiences.

 

Resume

Digital media maven, storyteller and content creator with over 15 years of social media marketing experience. My work is focused on the extraordinary lives that stand in front of my camera. I bring an appealing honesty, authenticity, and an original vision to projects by focusing on empathy and community. Accomplished creative professional with a proven track record in all aspects of the end-to-end creative process ranging from concept through execution; excellent communicator and collaborator. Extensive background in photojournalism and creative writing built the foundation to serve compelling stories and concise resources. These stories strategically engage and deepen relationships with clients, customers, media, funders, donors, and volunteers. The highest priority is creating space for these stories to shine through the people who lived them.

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Experience

I have worked with nonprofits, publishing companies, influencers, individuals, creatives, business owners and social enterprises to create photographic content, branding solutions, and social media strategies. Projects include: branding, photography, ad campaigns, web design, and print marketing. 

Clients Include: Penguin Random House, Northwest Community Bail Fund, Washington Recovery Alliance, Real Change News, Chief Seattle Club, Na'ah Illahee Fund, Craft3, Cameras for Kids on Pine Ridge, Seattle Cultural Accessibility Consortium, and more.