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  • Adobe Acrobat

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Aesthetic sense

  • Analytical

  • Applying digital resources to design projects

  • Assertiveness

  • Attention to detail

  • Balancing artistic integrity with audience appeal

  • Choosing most effective typography for graphic design projects

  • Color sense

  • Color theory

  • Communication

  • Composition

  • Confidence

  • Consultation

  • Creating Logos

  • Creative thinking

  • Creativity

  • Critical thinking

  • Customer service

  • Deadline management

  • Decision making

  • Design

  • Design strategy

  • Digital print

  • Establishing rapport

  • Estimating costs

  • Illustration

  • Initiative

  • Integrating visual messages within social media platforms

  • Interpreting artwork for the general public

Exceptional Graphic Designer who is highly regarded for knowing what needs to be done to raise the bar on the quality and creativity of an art department, and facilitating changes for improved results. Strong passion for graphic apparel design and composition. Proven leadership and communication skills, recognized for providing clear, creative and artistic direction.

Keen sense of spotting fashion trends and integrating that knowledge into products that increase sales and profitability.

Core strengths include:


• Outstanding apparel graphic designs 


• Advanced skills in Photoshop & Illustrator


• Traditional art background


• Advanced understanding of screen-printed and sublimation printing process


• Experienced in communicating with vendors and buyers 


• Exceptional visual design and layout skills   

                                                                                       

• Exceptional time management skills, ensuring project deadlines are met.

 

• Fifteen years of experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, for brand management, typesetting, poster/ad, design, marketing, bookbinding and web imaging. 

• Good conceptual and organizational skills, with the ability work on multiple projects simultaneously, under tight deadlines.

• Talent for multi-tasking with an ability to work efficiently under pressure with strong focus on the details.

• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.

• Photo editing/retouching skills, Video Editing with and artistic eye for both.

Education

BFA // Graphic Design // Humanities

California Institute of the Arts - Valencia, CA

2003-2005

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AA Gen Ed /Graphic Design

Brooks College- Long Beach, CA

2001-2003

  • Interviewing clients about their artistic preferences

  • Layout

  • Listening 

  • Marketing

  • Modifying designs based on feedback from client

  • Multitasking

  • Negotiation

  • Networking

  • Organizational

  • Patience with customers and staff

  • Perceptive about client needs

  • Photography

  • Photoshop

  • Planning

  • Presentation

  • Print design

  • Printing

  • Prioritizing

  • Problem-solving

  • Production

  • Project management

  • Receiving constructive criticism about artwork

  • Representing figures in space with a balanced perspective

  • Strategic thinking

  • Taking and modifying photographs

  • Targeting visual communications to demographic groups

  • Teamwork

  • Time management

  • Typography

  • Usability

  • Verbal communications

  • Visual problem solving

  • Working collaboratively

  • Working independently

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