I am a graphic designer specializing in digital and print design, brand development, and marketing design.

Profile

Experience

Production Designer

Kotis Design | Nov 2021 - May 2023

  • Created design assets and prepared layouts for a range of branded applications, both print and digital, ensuring seamless artwork integration.

  • Developed custom templates and design archives for clients, promoting collaboration among designers and reducing response times.

  • Facilitated communication between clients and coworkers, translating design visions and clarifying format requirements.

  • Organized team-building events to boost morale and encourage the exchange of expertise in a collaborative graphic design environment.

  • Improved workflows by sharing updates and creating instructional videos for the team.

  • Maintained a high proportion of positive customer reviews

Lead Production Artist

Stickermule | Dec 2015 - Mar 2020

  • Supervised a team of Production Artists and trained new hires, while sharing day to day duties with the team.

  • Created print production files, adapting customers’ design ideas and assets into print-ready files for specific products, and helped other production artists with this process.

  • Frequently answered technical questions for other designers and provided design guidance that kept customers’ needs in mind while meeting production requirements.

  • Improved customer retention and ensured high-quality products by foreseeing issues and optimizing provided artwork for use in production.

  • Trained other designers in best practices and managing customer expectations, based on years of experience with a wide variety of customer applications.

Contract Graphic Designer

Brand Agents | Jul 2016 - Present

  • Performed graphic design and consulting as needed for clients of Brand Agents, including logo design, brand management, vector recreation, and product recommendations.

  • Created additional design assets and web assets for Brand Agents’ own brand and website, keeping a consistent style.

  • Ensured customer satisfaction by matching their design vision to appropriate products and modifying artwork as needed to make certain it would be produced at the best possible quality.

Primary Skills

  • Graphic Design

  • Web and Print Graphic Layout

  • Print pre-press and production

  • Advertising and Social Media Graphics

  • Technical Problem Solving

  • Typography

  • Attention to Detail

  • Communication and Collaboration

  • Time-Management

Tools

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • Adobe Photoshop

  • Adobe InDesign

  • Adobe After Effects

  • Adobe Dimension

  • Wordpress

  • Canva

  • Figma

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Autodesk Maya

  • Blender

  • StableDiffusion/AI Art Generation

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Digital Art and Design

The Art Institute of Colorado | Graduated 2015

  • Included extensive instruction on the fundamentals of art and design, production pipelines for large projects, 2D graphics design, 3D modeling and animation, and UI design.

  • Graduated with Portfolio Par Excellence