Illustrator/graphic designer
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Illustrator/graphic designer

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Illustrator / Visual Artist / Concept Artist

I’ve been working in the Design Industry for many years.
My expertise is in Designing, Concept Art, and Printing.

Strengths in the following areas: Layout | Color | Composition | Design recreation | Drawing | Concept Art | Art Direction | Versatile

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Graphic Artist / Concept Art / Art Director / Layout and Production Specialist
Bonanza Press – Woodinville, WA – Jan 2018 to Mar 2020

*Created concept art for games.
*Developed ideas.
*Generated symbols, icons, and fonts according to each theme.
*Designed layouts.
*Make flyers for the Sales Department.
*Color composition, and typography.
*Designed artwork for posters, banners, catalogs, and other print media.
*Build and proofed games.

Illustrator and Graphic Designer
Freelance – Sep 2017 – Dec 2017

*Designed logos.
*Created business cards, flyers, brochures, and T-shirt design.
*Chalk Art for Safeway.

Graphic Design and Production Specialist
FastSigns - Seattle, WA – April 2017 to Aug 2017

*Designed logos, banners, signs, brochures, business cards, and whiteboards.
*Create computer-generated vinyl, and full-color graphics that were weeded, cut, applied and mounted to a substrate.
*Lead the production responsibilities of the team. Including: laminating, weeding, sanding, painting, and perforating.

Graphic Design and Print Production Specialist
Ricoh - Bellevue, WA – Aug 2016 to April 2017

*Designed brochures, printed presentations, and brochures for Russell Investments.
*Color correction for Russell Investment.
*Print proof, quality checked, and color correction for Amazon.
*Ran high volume copy machines and performed binding and finishing work.
*Delivered projects to pre-determined client locations.
*Printed large-format designs for companies like Amazon, Starbucks, and Seattle Children’s hospital.

Graphic Design and Print Specialist
Office Depot - Issaquah, WA – Mar 2015 to Aug 2016

*Printed from small to large scale using a variety of surface and paperweight.
*Designed layouts created business cards, brochures, obituaries, flyers, banners, and posters.
*Color correction and quality checked.
*Lamination, mounting, stamps, binding, padding, mailing and shipping services (UPS and USPS).
*I was in control of the print department, also included customer service, store recovery, and online research.

Graphic Designer
Master House Studios - Miami, FL - Mar 2006 to Sep 2011

*Created flyers, posters, magazine ads, postcards, brochures, and business cards.
*Met with clients and provide excellent service.
*Traveled to different locations in order to study the market and the competitors.

MHS Subdivision:
-Besitos Gordos: designed logo, magazine ads, and digital ad.
-Exhibit Support: created business cards, greetings, and Christmas postcards.
-TBW: designed business cards, and flyer ads.


DIGITAL SKILLS:
Mac and PC: Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver (working knowledge), QuarkXpress (working knowledge), Corel Painter 12, Corel Draw, MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Fiery, Onix, Photography.

TRADITIONAL SKILLS:
Watercolor, Oil Painting, Graphite, Pen and Ink, Gouache, Markers, Acrylic, Sculpting, Chalk/pastels, Cut Out Paper, Typography.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Illustration
The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, FL 2011 to 2014

Associate in Advertising Merchant
IUTV Caracas, Venezuela 2002 to 2006

AWARDS
Cum Laude
December 2014
Graduated with Honors from Ai Fort Lauderdale.

LANGUAGES
Bilingual English – Spanish

ART SHOWS
Pancakes and Booze
Seattle – October 2018

RAW
Seattle – December 2019