Education

Experience

Skills

California State University, Fullerton

Bachelors of Fine Arts in Visual Arts
Summa Cum Laude • May 2011

  • SEPT 2006 to Present
    Work autonomously to keep tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

    Maintain brand standards across all design collateral.

    Bring the organization's existing brand up to contemporary standards.

    Visual and graphic design for all internal brands and outgoing communications.

    Message series logo design.

    Front-end web development and maintenance.

    Wordpress administrator.

    UX design for websites and the app including research, wire frames, and rough prototyping.

    UI design for websites and the app. Design all UI assets.

    Design all of the organization's marketing collateral for social media, websites, and print including butnot limited to: logos, signs, flags, flyers, postcards, decals, stickers, posters, letterhead, business cards,and social media profiles.

    Illustrate as needed.

    Environmental graphic design.

    Apparel and merchandise design.

    Coordinate with vendors and print shops, reviewing quotes to maintain project budgets and ensuring projects ship on time.

    Purchase all advertising products.

    Environmental, set, and stage design team lead.

    Weekly presentation deck design in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, PowerPoint, ProPresenter, and/or Google Slides.

    Coordinate with senior leadership to develop and maintain marketing and communication strategies.

    Work closely with senior leadership to ensure that website and social media platforms remain relevant.

    Work closely with the Office Manager to improve outgoing communications.

    Create animated title sequences and quote graphics in Adobe After Effects.

    Video editing and cinematography.

    Copywriting

    Google My Business administrator.

    Google Business Suite for Non-profits administrator.

    Help staff maintain network connections in the office.

    Help staff maintain work computers, handle upgrades and updates, driver installation and offer tech support when capable.

    Help train staff in use and maintenance of multifunction laser printers.

    Purchase supplies as needed.

  • FEB 2022 - Present

    Keep tight deadlines, sometimes working with turnaround times of just an hour or two.

    Apply existing brand guidelines and type to design projects.

    Maintain consistent design languages among multiple projects.

    Create advertising assets for print and digital including but not limited to: post cards, posters, banners, signs, decals, and brochures.

    Create social media assets for Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

    Create vector illustrations as needed for marketing collateral.

    Photo editing and manipulation.

    Sign design.

    Apparel design.

    Book layouts.

    Environmental graphic design.

    Copywriting.

    Front-end web design in Squarespace.

    User interface design.

  • FEB 2019 - NOV 2020

    Keep tight deadlines.

    Brand design with standards, logos and typography.

    Apply existing brand guidelines and type to design projects.

    Maintain consistent design languages among multiple projects.

    Create advertising assets for print and digital including but not limited to: postcards, posters, banners, signs, decals, van wraps, and brochures.

    Create social media assets for Instagram and Facebook.

    Create vector illustrations as needed for marketing collateral and printed publications.

    Create assets for in-house campaigns and intracompany communications including but not limited to case studies, reports, and presentation decks.

    Photo editing and manipulation. •

    Illustrate and design infographics, charts, and graphs.

    Sign design.

    Apparel design.

    Layout in Adobe InDesign and Google Docs.

    Presentation deck design in Adobe InDesign, PowerPoint, and Google Slides.

  • May 2007 - Present

    Design marketing collateral for a wide range of organizations.

    Maintain brand standards throughout design processes.

    Logo and brand development.

    Front-end website design in Wordpress and Squarespace.

    Book design and layout.

    Presentation deck design and layout.

    Design and marketing consulting.

    Coordinate with vendors to ensure orders ship on time.

    Children's illustrations, vector, digital, and traditional while collaborating with authors to best communicate the story and develop style for book sand short stories.

    Storyboards.

    Commissioned painting.

  • Create vector line illustrations of stadiums and arenas for officially licenced merchandise for: Major League Baseball, The National Football League, NCAA Division I football, NCAA Division I basketball, NBA Arenas, NHL hockey rinks.

    Keep tight deadlines, ensuring that everyone involved in the product pipeline succeeds and we can ship merchandise on time.

    Work remotely and autonomously.

    Maintain design and style standards across hundreds of projects. cription

HARD SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite • Corel Painter • Microsoft Office • Mac & Windows OS • Google Business Suite • Project Management Software • Front-End Web Design • User Experience Design • User Interface Design • Social Media Marketing • 2D Design • Illustration, Drawing, Painting • Color Theory

SOFT SKILLS

Written and Verbal Communication • Detail Oriented • Willingness to Learn • Responsible and Reliable • Critical Thinking • Adaptable • Integrity • Teamwork • Creativity • Work Autonomously