Professional Experience

RIPCO Real Estate

Senior Graphic Designer, May 2017 - Present

General Objectives
Creating innovative and fresh designs for marketing collateral, and overseeing the
creative look and feel for graphic output.

Design responsibilities include, but aren’t restricted, to:

  • Conceiving and designing brand identities for marketing collateral
    that achieves strategic and aesthetic goals for high-end and luxury brands

  • Ensuring consistent and cohesive design and formats across all
    branded collateral, from flyers to marketing packages to web graphics

  • Working with print vendors and overseeing the production of large-scale signage projects 

  • Communicating and collaborating with different departments from
    start to finish to bring the creative vision to life

  • Manage, organize, and maintain work for file storage and production

 

The Creative Group

Hybrid Designer, September 2016 - May 2017

General Objectives
Conceptualized and designed multiple creative solutions across print and web-based platforms.

Design responsibilities included, but weren’t restricted, to:

  • Creation of formats and comprehensive layouts, mood boards, manipulation of references
    for presentation purposes, and preparation of production-ready files

  • Creation of final, ready-to-ship print and digital assets

  • Creation of original art and illustrations

 

MRM//McCANN 

Art Director/Designer, August 2013 - May 2016

General Objectives
Created and managed creative development and execution, and oversaw all aspects of projects
including comps, art creation, retouching, and file release, all in the best interests of time and budget.

Design responsibilities included, but weren’t restricted, to:

  • Collaborating with copywriters to come up with multiple creative design solutions for a wide range of clients

  • Keeping designs on strategy and reflecting the current brand standards, while adhering to budget and time constraints

  • Monitoring projects through all phases of production

  • Creating layout designs for various direct mail platforms (letters, envelopes, brochures, postcards, self-mailers, etc.)

  • Managed, organized, and maintained work for file storage and production

Skills and Expertise

Art Direction

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Creative Strategy

Creative Leadership

Branding and Identity

Typography

Logo Design

Advertising

Print and Digital Design

Direct Mail

Packaging

Management

Office Suite