Career Summary:

• I am constantly looking to enhance my creativity through collaboration with others, working inside the community I belong to, self-discovery and a push to better the company I work for.
• Brand Management Presentation Design Web Design
• Branding Trade Show Banners Packaging Design

Work Summary

Confidential

Jr. UX/UI Designer

• Responsibility for understanding a customer's brief and converting that into appealing, highly usable interfaces.
• Engage with the UI/UX team and/or customer early on to seek a deeper appreciation of the customers' business problem/goals.
• Develop an understanding of the end users of the website/application through secondary and primary research user interviews, traffic data . Capable of generating user personas and user scenarios.
• Create low fidelity prototypes of sites/features ranging from paper-and-pencil concepts to wireframes or interactive prototypes for internal review and brain storming.
• Capable of working directly with customers in an iterative/agile manner to dramatically improve the prototypes in a short time.

Confidential

Graphic Designer

• Creating rough sketches and layouts for marketing materials utilizing Branding guides.
• Art Direction and consulting on ongoing projects.
• Interpreting the client's needs and developing strategies to meet their needs.
• Keeping the client updated on the progress of work and any changes that need to be made.

Confidential

Contract Production Manager

• Managed and created production workflows to better manage traffic
• Researched and implemented production management processes and software.
• Interfaced between inside and outside vendors, coordinating schedules and management of company assets.
• Coordinated production schedules for various projects with various deadlines.
• Managing and planning all work through the creative department.
• Liaising between account handling, project management and digital assets
• Holding weekly status meetings and managing the daily schedule.

Confidential

Production Artist/Graphics Coordinator

• Manage multiple projects from concept to completion on time, within budget and concurrent to varying deadlines.
• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Coordinated and QC'ed the production of various artworks going to various printers both nationally and internationally.
• Report to Creative Director, collaborate with Marketing Team to ensure proper brand use, and coordinate with team onthe daily needs of multiple projects.
• Tools used on each project for each stage: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Confidential

Contract Graphic Designer

• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Provide creative conceptualization layout, design and production of work including proposals, presentations, reports, sales sheets, flyers, trade show booths.
• Report to Creative Director to ensure proper brand use, and coordinate with team on the daily needs of multiple projects.
• Created and edited digital/web design pieces in various formats.
• Created and edited POP signage from concept to production.
• Tools used on each project for each stage: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Pro

Confidential

Graphic/Package Designer

• Helped design high quality proposals, presentations, and business development materials for clients.
• Prepare sketches of ideas, detailed drawings, illustrations, artwork, or computer-aided design equipment.
• Direct and coordinate the fabrication of models or samples and the drafting of working drawings and specification sheets from sketches.
• Modify and refine designs, using working models, to conform with customer specifications, production limitations, or changes in design trends.
• Research production specifications, costs, production materials and manufacturing methods, and provide cost estimates and itemized production requirements.
• Design graphic material for use as ornamentation, illustration, or advertising on manufactured materials and packaging or containers. Provide creative conceptualization layout, design and production of work including proposals, presentations, reports, sales sheets, flyers, trade show booths.
• Report to Creative Director, collaborate with Marketing Team to ensure proper brand use, and coordinate with team on the daily needs of multiple projects.
• Designed websites, landing pages for Global business divisions, which included, embedded locations, blog pieces.
• Tools used on each project for each stage: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Pro

Confidential

Contract Studio/Production Artist

• Report to Creative Director, collaborate with Marketing Team to ensure proper brand use, and coordinate with team on the daily needs of multiple projects increasing traffic by 85 .
• Manage multiple, concurrent projects in different stages efficiently with 100 on time delivery.
• Juggled short-turnaround jobs with longer more complex projects 45 of the time.
• Verified that files are press ready, both offset and signage.
• Maintained constant contact with client to ensure accuracy and quality of customer orders, and project deadlines are met with 100 client retention.
• Manage projects from concept to completion on time, within budget: Print, Trade Publication layouts, POP Materials, brochures, photography and retouching, photo manipulation, and layouts 95 of the time.
• Tools used for each project for each stage: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Skills:

• Adobe Photoshop CS 6 Adobe Illustrator CS 6 Adobe InDesign CS 6
• Adobe Acrobat Professional 10 Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• MAC OS and PC Systems Balsamiq Axure
• HTML/HTML5/CSS knowledge and understanding of Web Standards
• Basic knowledge of Javascript JQuery Programming