SUMMARY:
- A Product Designer or Software Engineer position, designing user experience & user interface (UX & UI) and programming for mobile applications.
- Master of Adobe Creative Suite with over 10 years of experience designing in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign
- Native mobile application engineering and programming for iPhone with Swift & Xcode, with one app published in the iOS AppStore
- Java development with Eclipse & Netbeans
- Web development with HTML & CSS
- Exposure to many other technologies: Android Studio, React Native, JavaScript, SQL, REST, SOAP, Git, and prototyping and wireframe tools such as Balsamiq
- Passion to grow and learn new technologies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, San Diego, CA
Illustrator & Quality Assurance Tester
Responsibilities:
- QA tested over a thousand illustration files for monthly software releases & maintained monthly production schedule for our team
- Produced illustrations according to automotive manufacturer specs using Adobe Illustrator and AutoCAD software
Confidential, Henderson, NV
Lead Graphic Designer
Responsibilities:
- Moved into the role of Lead Graphic Designer within 3 months of being hired
- Designed graphics for hundreds of high-profile projects, including: catalogs, brochures, packaging, direct mail pieces, emails & magazine advertisements
- Maintained website database by photographing new products, updating product descriptions & writing news stories
- Created email marketing campaigns & managed customer email lists
- Managed a small team of graphic designers & technical writers
- Produced a 400-page print catalog for 10,000 skus as the sole designer, using templates populated with web data to automate large portions of the design
Confidential, Henderson, NV
Graphic Designer
Responsibilities:
- Using Photoshop and Illustrator, developed graphics for packaging, websites, branding and marketing materials
Confidential, Cerritos, CA
Graphic Designer & Marketing Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Designed graphics for a variety of projects, including: catalogs, brochures, packaging, product manuals, magazine advertisements, promotional signs, & web graphics
- Communicated with magazine advertising and print company representatives to research costs and coordinate projects
