RESUME OVERVIEW
WORK EXPERIENCE
California Bank & Trust (San Diego, CA) | Senior Art Director | 04/2021 - Current
Creative conception | Art direction | Digital & print production |Traffic & project managing | Vendor relations
Viasat Inc (San Diego, CA) | Sr. Visual Designer (Freelance) | 03/2019 — Current
Website rebrand | Digital & print design | In-house branding
(Display advertising, Event design (booth display), Internal branding/marketing, website assets and layouts)
Cart Mart (San Diego, CA) | Graphic/Branding Designer (Freelance) | 09/2019 — 04/2020
In-house re-branding | Print media: Magazine ads, POP/POS, event/store display
PACO Collective (Chicago, IL) Freelance | Sr. Art Director (Freelance) | 07/2019 —11/2019
Direct mail/print media | Digital ads | Social media
Pragmatic (San Francisco, CA) | Sr. Art Director (Freelance) |
07/2019 —02/2020
Direct mail/print media | Digital ads | Social media
Creative Clique (Del Mar, CA) | Sr. Graphic Designer (Freelance) | 03/2019 — 03/2020
Digital ads | Email graphics: static & animated | Photo retouching
Merkle Inc (Chicago, IL) | Sr. Art Director | 2016 – 2018
Creative concepting | Project directing | Direct Mailing | Digital
(Emails, Landing pages, Display, Social)
PACO Collective (Chicago, IL) | Art Director | 2013 – 2016
Creative concepting | Project production & directing | Project development & trafficking | Digital, Print, TV, OOH, POS
National Center on Physical Activity & Disability (Chicago, IL) | Graphic Designer / Visiting Project Coordinator | 2011 – 2012
Print design | Interface design | Digital animation | Program development & branding
PROGRAMS & SKILLS
Adobe CC: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XP
Microsoft Office
Adobe Workfront
Asana
Photography | iMovie
MAC OS X & PC operating systems
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Proficient
French: Intermediate
Italian, German: Introductory
TRAVELS
North America, Central America, the Caribbean, & Europe
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Chicago 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts In Graphic Design | Minor in Studio Arts Departmental Honor: Distinction in Art & Design
Studio Arts Center International 2009
Florence, Italy
Summer semester in Studio Arts
William Rainey Harper College 2006
Associates in Foundational Design
AFFILIATIONS & PHILOANTHROPY
Lincoln Park Community Shelter Volunteer 2015 – 2018
SheSays Chicago 2015 —
AIGA Chicago Chapter 2006 – 2014
UIC International Club 2009 – 2010
Illache Conference Workshop Coordinator 2007
Latinos Unidos President & Member 2003 – 2006
AWARDS/PROJECTS
Tempo Awards 2018
Marketing Work - Art Direction Craft 3rd Place
High End Package (MERKLE | SoFi)
Hermes Gold Award 2014
Heroes y Heroinas PR Campaign (PACO)
PCC: Goldent Trumpet Award 2014
Heroes y Heroinas PR Campaign (PACO)
MarCom Platinum Award 2014
Gift of Hope Summer Rebranding Event (PACO)
CRAN Project Oak Park 2011
Chicago Loop Alliance 2010
StudioLab & CLA Workshop