About

Hi. I'm Heather Lose, a creative communications professional with a passion for graphic design, marketing and storytelling. My career has centered around publications, radio, photography, and branding. I’m adept at matching message to target audience, and I believe that form follows function, always.

Nashville Tennessee is my hometown. As a wide-eyed young adult, I spent a few formative years working in graphic design, radio and the recording industry in Los Angeles and Nashville before finishing my first degree.

My BFA is in visual communications and photography, from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. While in the Windy City, I was an assistant producer for celebrated photographer Sandro Miller, working on lots of award-winning ad campaigns and his beautiful personal work. I then traveled down to Southern Illinois to earn my MA in Professional Media Practices from the Journalism Department at the School of Mass Communications and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

I’ve been a radio deejay on and off since the late ’80s and I love the intimacy of this communication tool. My design strengths include print production, editorial design, branding, typography, and logo design. My writing skills come into play almost daily, and I enjoy creating social media messaging.

I co-founded the Nashville Community Darkroom in 2013 and, more recently, the freeform community radio station WXNA 101.5 fm, where I was the founding President of the Board and am an eternal cheerleader.

Currently, I am the Editor-in-Chief of The Tennessee Conservationist magazine. Please go buy a subscription! I was asked to add to my duties for the State of Tennessee and am now also the Art Director for Tennessee State Parks. I love telling stories about Tennessee’s beautiful natural spaces and being part of our resourceful Marketing team.

Recently, my husband John and I bugged out of the Nashville Circus to a wilderness preserve on the Cumberland Plateau. We enjoy hiking, chasing waterfalls, and finding community in our new, beautiful and wild neighborhood.

You can reach me at heather@heatherlose.com. Thanks for stopping by!