EXPERIENCE
WISH – Communications Designer
OCTOBER 2023 – PRESENT | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Generated and designed assets for internal tools partnerships, website assets, email, social media, banner ads, print-based collateral and other tasks as needed for a variety of teams/marketing partners. Produced pixel-perfect creatives that clearly communicated value propositions and helped build and reinforce Wish’s brand identity. Executed production heavy work with templates including changing of assets, editing existing materials including digital banners, social statics, and more.
JANIE AND JACK – Web Designer
SEPTEMBER 2022 – JUNE 2023 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Translated business and marketing objectives into designs that were clear, compelling, visually exciting, easy-to-use and emotionally engaging. Produced design specifications, scenarios, and design prototypes for e-commerce website, email campaigns, and online marketing. Worked closely with copywriters and business partners to design original layouts on a tight schedule, Worked with web production to assure all creative assets adhered to proper responsive standards for email and site.
OLD NAVY – Associate Graphic Designer
MARCH 2021 – AUGUST 2022 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Developed innovative design solutions for marketing materials: digital emails, promos, signage, and site banners. Designed weekly campaigns using templates, style guides, and toolkits, with an understanding of brand standards. Reviewed and approved mechanical files produced by production artists. Juggled multiple projects, independently managed workload, and delivered work on time.
GAP INC. – Associate Web Designer / Production Artist
JUNE 2019 – MAY 2020 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Developed innovative design solutions for marketing materials: digital emails, promos, and site banners. Ensured creative assets were prepared, error-free, optimized, and sliced for production adhering to web production quality standards. Assumed ownership of projects from hand-off through launch date. Maintained integrity of the creative concept through project launches. Acted as a technical liaison between the design team, production, and web development. Maintained personal daily and weekly production schedule to ensure assets were delivered on time. Assisted in quality control of design deliverables.
GAP INC. – Associate Email Producer
AUGUST 2018 – JUNE 2019 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Prepared, optimized, and sliced email assets to create Movable Ink build-ready files. Built error-free email content adhering to quality standards. Made necessary edits to the creative in order to reflect marketing campaign needs. Tested email content for display and functionality on multiple email clients, both on desktop and mobile devices. Communicated with digital producers and designers to ensure email builds met deadlines. Assessed processes and communication methods of delivery schedule to identify improvement areas and worked with manager to implement change where needed.
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA – Contract Web Designer
MAY 2019 – NOVEMBER 2019 | VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
Conceptualized a redesign for the parish website to improve user interface and user experience by creating wireframes and digital mockups in InDesign. Used knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript along with feedback from the pastor and parish office staff to code the website with an understanding of the parish’s needs. Organized, planned, and facilitated a usability testing period with parishioners of various age groups on multiple devices, desktop, tablet, and mobile, in order to identify areas of improvement for the website. Updated the website based on user feedback and trained parish office staff to maintain the website moving forward.
BONDED BEGINNINGS – Contract Graphic Designer
MAY 2018 – SEPTEMBER 2018
Designed brand identity for the postpartum doula service, starting from concept to production while keeping in mind the client’s needs and guidelines.
FAMILIES IN CHRIST JESUS COMMUNITY – Contract Graphic and Web Designer
AUGUST 2014 – MARCH 2018 | VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
Designed various collateral, including banners, flyers, brochures, t-shirts, and jerseys. Redesigned regional community website for a better UI/UX by creating wireframes and digital mockups in Sketch and using knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, and Wix to code the website.
MJ'S CAFE – Contract Graphic Designer
AUGUST 2017 – OCTOBER 2017 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Worked with a team to design brand identity for the restaurant. Took product shots of various food items, designed business cards and stationery, and created flyers, print menus, and menu boards.
ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO – Contract Graphic Designer
APRIL 2017 – JUNE 2017 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Designed brand identity for quarterly university-run event, Creative Outlet. Designed various collateral including SnapChat Geofilters, glow-in-the-dark t-shirts, flyers, and motion graphics advertisements for social media.
EDUCATION
ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO
MARCH 2018 | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGN
Achievements:
• Best Graphic Design Portfolio – Winter 2018
• Best Portfolio Overall – Winter 2018
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
JANUARY 2014 | STOCKTON CALIFORNIA
• Courses in Observational Drawing and Design Fundamentals
SKILLS AND ENDORSEMENTS
DESIGN SKILLS
Email Design, Web Design, Brand Identity, Logo Design, Collateral Design, Editorial Design, UI Design, UX Design, Interactive Media, Motion Graphics, Mobile Design, Video Editing, Photography
SOFTWARE
Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe XD, InDesign, After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Dreamweaver, Adobe Audition, Figma, Sketch, InVision, Final Cut, Audacity, Movable Ink, Balsamiq, Microsoft Office
LANGUAGES
HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, Git