RESUME and PORTFOLIO

RESUME and CV

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PORTFOLIO

PODCASTS

SHAUN & LYDIA HAPPY HOUR PODCAST

Shaun and Lydia Happy Hour is a conversational podcast that attempts to untangle the good, the bad, and the in-betweens of life. We are staunch believers in pronoia, the opposite of paranoia, and we’re here to share our journey as we rocket on a lump of dirt through the cosmos. All are invited to this happy hour, so bust out your favorite beverage and listen in on the conversation!

Featured: Episode 1: Loves and Losses of the Pandemic

Featured: Episode 4: Summer Love

Featured: Episode 11: Love is a Circle

FEST FRIENDS PODCAST

Two best friends podcasting about concerts, music festivals, and so much more! Your best friends are Shaun Johnson (@shaunsjohnson) and Nick Gandy (@bazooka_nick). We’re live music veterans who want to share our joy and excitement for concerts and music festivals with the world! We also go on tangents about a bunch of other stuff we love, like movies, TV shows, and video games.

Featured: Shaun Solocast: My Sister Passed Away

Featured: Episode 7: End of the Year and Decade Favorites

Featured: Episode 13: Bye, 2020! Hello, 2021

VIDEO

“CHON IS COMING TO THE M-SHOP: MEET VOCALIST/BASSIST DREW PELISEK”

“THERE’S MAGIC AND MAYHEM IN AMES”

TOTALLY GAMESCAST EPISODE 22 & 24

DES MOINES SOCIAL CLUB EVENT POSTERS

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PRESS RELEASES

These press releases were sent to our media partners, which includes the Des Moines Register, Juice, Cityview, and more.

September 2015 Press Release (PDF)

October 2015 Press Release (PDF)

November 2015 Press Release (PDF)

December 2015 Press Release (PDF)

January 2016 Press Release (PDF)

VARIOUS

Website Event Pages

Facebook Insights

Facebook Events

What is the recipe for happiness?

My recipe for happiness has shifted and changed throughout the years. And it will probably continue to evolve. When I was younger, I cared more about materialistic things and approval from others. As I have gotten older, happiness has been more about spending my time and money to share moments with the people I love. Sharing moments with others creates memories, which can lead to change lasting a lifetime. I see each late night hang out, each music festival, and night in watching a movie as a chance to change the course of my life… even to a small degree or two.

My recipe for happiness is to experience something with the people I love. Not all experiences are good or bad, but putting myself in those situations where I can grow and learn about myself and the world is what I seek out as I creep into my fourth decade on this planet.

I have put a lot of effort these past few years seeing the positives/good in all things that have happened to me. This is why I feel the utmost drive and need to travel and experience all the world has to offer with my wife, friends, and family.

I experienced the worst day and the best day of my life this past year. My sister died on August 20, 2019 and I got married on October 12, 2019. I often think to myself about how magnificently different those two days were for me and how close they were when compared to the rest of my life. My memories of my sister are with me each day; I often smile, cry, or both when she crosses my mind. So, are the memories of the entire weekend that Lydia and I got married. I often smile, cry, or laugh at those as well. My recipe for happiness is to experience moments, small or large, on this ever fleeting timeline of life.

Totally Gamescast: Episode 7

Totally Gamescast Episode 7: Is Netflix Afraid of Fortnite?

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Welcome to a new episode of the Totally Gamescast!

Totally Trey and the EZPZ have joined forces to bring you a weekly podcast focusing on all things video games. Streaming live on Twitch.tv/totallytrey every Wednesday, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, our focus is to bring our thoughts on the happenings in the gaming industry. After the show, we’ll play a fun game and hang out with the chat. Can’t make the live show? No worries! I cut together a video version that I post to YouTube the following Friday morning.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Machinima Unexpectedly Makes All Content Private
  • NetherRealm Studios held an event dubbed MK11 Day
  • Hideo Kojima shows Death Stranding to Guerrilla Games
  • Netflix sees Fortnite as a bigger competitor than other streaming services
  • Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console of 2018 in the US
  • Interesting 2018 games sales data
  • God of War… Shaun beat…

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EZPZ Podcast EP071: #MeToo Movement b2b

I post a new episode of my podcast each and every Tuesday! Check out EZPZ Podcast today!

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EZPZ Podcast EP071: #MeToo Movement b2b has been freshly squeezed for you, lemon heads!

Intro and outro music by the talented nwrblnd​.

In this episode, we chat about:

– Netflix’s Flint Town

– Ren & Stimpy creator allegations

– Nickelodeon’s Dan Schneider

– 515 Alive hype discussion

Starring the following lemon heads:

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@ShaunSJohnson – Twitter | Instagram | Twitch

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@5mitt4 – Instagram

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@MadCity515 – Instagram | Twitter

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@Lyddz – Instagram | @TheRetiredHuman – Instagram

 

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@TheEZPZ

Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Soundcloud

Check out nwrblnd here: https://soundcloud.com/nwrblnd

 

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Shit Just Got Real

Today was my last day at the Des Moines Social Club. I started in August as an intern during my final semester at Iowa State University. After I finished in December, I was fortunate enough to be hired on as a part-time marketing coordinator. This allowed me to help Lydia put grub on our table and in our kitty cats’ food bowls. Which is something I’ll forever be grateful of.

My experience at DMSC was more than I could have ever imagined. I got to work with some of the best people Des Moines has to offer. And I got to personally meet and work with artists of all kinds of disciplines. From regionally touring comedians to internationally touring musicians to local artists who are making Des Moines (and soon the rest of the country) a better place for everyone. I’m leaving on the best of terms and hope to visit, freelance, and volunteer whenever I can.

I’ll miss getting a call from Pete Bold asking if I can let a vendor into The Basement, then having to bug Mickey for his keys to do so. I’ll miss hearing Matt‘s stories about working with some of my favorite bands in Iowa City. I’ll miss arguing with Kristenabout Electric Forest being the best music festival, NOT Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival! I’ll miss Dani’s always-vibrant and uplifting demeanor, Bryan’s drive-by chit-chats, giving Josipa the “suh dude”, and Capes Kafé‘s amazing coffee. I’ll miss having Dena to vent to and being able to call an afternoon shopping for a Nerf basketball hoop on Amazon work (thanks, Pete De Kock.) I’ll miss chatting with Katie about our mutual love for the 🙃🙃🙃 emoji and Oxford commas. And of course working with my “big sis” Bethany to market Des Moines Social Club’s top-notch programming that Mickey continues to kick ass booking.

Special thanks to Cyndi Pederson for responding to my email inquiring about a possible internship at the Social Club back in early August. Much like Zachary, Amanda, Zoey, and Rusk have already done so, it’s now my time to leave the best artistic venue in the universe.

I’m moving on to…yes, you guessed it, Wells Fargo. Some of you may recall that after I applied to Wells Fargo a month ago, I posted a snarky #TheDreamIsDead Facebook status. Now I’ve accepted a social media position there. Isn’t it funny how life works?

I’m bummed about leaving THE artistic hub in Des Moines, but excited to move on to a company where I can further develop my professional career. The dream is not dead, the dream is just getting started.

Parting gift

DMSC Portfolio: Posters and Journal Entries

Before I was assigned any creative work, I made this BOOGAT poster. I showed my co-workers and they all thought it was pretty neat. So, I started to get assigned posters. You can tell the spacing and typography is a mess, but the photo of BOOGAT and the background worked nicely.

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The first poster I got assigned was the Timmy Williams stand-up show.

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DMSC has a hard time communicating all of their monthly events to patrons, so I made a monthly poster with all of their events.

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The poster I made highlighting the Halloween-themed events we had was probably my favorite poster I made. Spending the day brainstorming with my boss, Bethany Arganbright, about what events we could have and the event series name, “Fright Fest” was one of the best days during my internship.

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With Copywrite and Coolzey’s permission, I took some of the assets from their tour poster and made one for the show at DMSC.

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The Joshua James/MAIDS poster I made was never published because James’ manager ended up getting us a tour poster after all just as I finished it.

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The last poster I made was for the Benjamin Cartel show. It was simple but I found it the most aesthetically pleasing. Mickey Davis, our program manager, loved it and wants to use it as a template for other singer-songwriter shows.

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Greenlee School of Journalism’s Internship Coordinator Juli Probasco-Sowers made it apparent that keeping a solid journal was very important to catalog your work and see your progression as your internship moved along.

JLMC 499 Journal Entries

 

DMSC Portfolio: Copy, Press Releases, Website Events, Facebook Insights and Events

Copy

When I wasn’t creating events on the Facebook page and website, I was promoting/marketing events on our social media accounts.

First day as an intern (PDF) – I think it’s safe to say that I have come along way since my first day writing copy. I’ll lie to you and say that this post didn’t take me the whole day…

DMSC Copy Week of Monday, October 12th, 2015 (PDF) – This was an average week for the amount of copy I wrote. It still rang in with a respectable 4,000 words!

DMSC Copy Week of Monday, November 23rd, 2015 (PDF) – This was one of my heftier weeks of copy with early 8,000 words typed for events and social media posts.

 

Press Releases

DMSC’s Marketing Director Bethany Arganbright assigned to write our press releases each month. These press releases were sent to our media partners, which includes the Des Moines Register, Juice, Cityview, and more.

September 2015 Press Release (PDF)

October 2015 Press Release (PDF)

November 2015 Press Release (PDF)

December 2015 Press Release (PDF)

January 2016 Press Release (PDF)

Website Events – Building website pages for events was much harder than Facebook. I had to use the little HTML coding knowledge I had in order to make clean but expressive web pages. Here are a few screenshots of the website event pages I am most proud of while I was an intern at DMSC.

Facebook Insights – Here are screenshots of a few of the best weeks we had on our Facebook page while I was an intern at DMSC.

Facebook Events – Here are a few screenshots of the events I am most proud of while interning at DMSC.

 

 

 

The EZPZ Podcast EP020: The Glove Department


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What’s up, Internet! One thing to note before we get into the show notes: Shaun has been uploading his Let’s Plays on Fallout 4 on The EZPZ’s YouTube channel. Check those out if you haven’t yet. They are in glorious 1080p HD 60 FPS. Alright, let’s get into the show notes.

Ronda Rousey lost to Holly Holm! What a fun match to follow. The lemon heads share their thoughts on the match.

Electric Forest announced they are banning Native American headdresses for 2016. They will be looking at restricting totems, too.

He who will not be named said something else racist. What do you know?

ISIS claimed they would be issuing an attack at WWE’s pay-per-view event Survivor Series. Hacker collective, Anonymous, announced they will be shelling out attacks on ISIS.

Going back to activities/props being banned from music festivals, wubbing is something Dan does not think should be banned. Dan Is Pro-Wubbing.

Shia LaBeouf discusses how his love for himself only grew after his “Shia Watched Shia” event.

Our thoughts are with hardcore band, The Ghost Inside! They were in a horrific car accident which killed their driver and all the members sustained serious injuries.

At the time of this recording, Shaun was about 25 hours into Fallout 4. He showed Nick a few neat things in the game and they discuss some glitches and bugs Shaun’s found. Overall, Bethesda has done a top-notch job with ironing out all the bugs.

And rounding out the show, Nick wanted to discuss Justin Bieber’s antics at a skateboard park in Chicago.

Thanks for listening to the podcast! We have Alex Marean on EP020 of the show next week! Look for it soon!

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