University Communications

Harrison joined Creative Services with extensive experience in cinematography. He has served as DP on several independent films and received 2 ADDYs and an Adobe Design Achievement Award for the video short Fingerfight. His prior experience includes SCTV in Summerville, West Virginia, and East Tennessee State University and ABC affiliate WKPT, both in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Ryan joined University Communications in September 2017. As senior creative director, he leads strategic design efforts for University leadership, developing high-impact and visually compelling creative collateral that aligns with the University’s branding and strategic goals. He oversees the creation of creative assets for University-wide use in addition to supporting the Chancellor and senior leaders at […]

Jennifer Howe has been a part of the University community since 2014. In her role as director of campus and community communications, she strategizes, oversees, executes and assesses the effectiveness the University’s internal and operational communication needs, including crisis communications. She also provides strategy and executive support, including speechwriting, for the Office of the Provost. […]

Monica Hughes currently serves as the Director of External Relations for The William States Lee College of Engineering, providing strategic communications leadership to help elevate the profile, brand and reputation of the college. A business professional with three decades of experience, she brings broad insight from her past roles supporting a wide scope of organizations, […]

Christy Jackson is the deputy chief communications officer and executive director of strategic communications, working with a team of professionals who execute the University’s media relations, issue management, crisis communication, campus and community communications, and content development and storytelling efforts. She joined UNC Charlotte as the first director of communications for the Division of Business […]

Larry studied Marketing and Communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a Defensive End for the Tar Heels football program. He spent most of his early professional career with iHeartMedia (2004 – 2015), working his way from an Intern to the Marketing Director and Digital Content Coordinator for the Raleigh […]

Allie Kuenzi provides strategic oversight to the creative services team as its senior director. She previously served the University as the director of social media. Allie graduated from Clemson University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Communications, and has since crafted the digital presence of sports teams and non-profits in the Charlotte […]

Kat joined University Communications in 2017. She is skilled in concept-to-creation photography and enjoys using her creative outlooks to bring a new spin on photographic creations. Her photographic duties include images for the university website and magazine, marketing photos for departments across campus and portraits. Kat is responsible for the online Digital Assets Management service […]

Ngoc joined the Creative Services Team with University Communications in October 2022. He has over 15 years of experience as a graphic designer and visual artist in the printing/sign industry – creating a wide range of marketing materials, producing and installing signs and graphics on a diverse variety of architectural and three-dimensional surfaces, and designing […]