education
Carnegie Mellon University, December 2007
B.F.A. with Honors, Communication Design
experience
DESIGNER: Sun and Ski Sports
Houston, TX: June 2010–present
Design advertising and marketing materials to support retail chain with 27 stores nationwide. Design a variety of materials including billboards, magazine and newspaper ads, point of purchase graphics, direct mail, t-shirts, and flyers. Manage billboard schedule and production.
Sugar Land, TX: December 2009–April 2010
Collaborated with art directors and copywriters to develop and design advertising campaigns. Designed a variety of materials including identity systems, print collateral, and websites.
Berkeley, CA: April 2008–March 2009
Designed and produced a variety of print materials, such as employee publications, company newsletters, identities, packaging, etc. at small graphic design firm.
Houston, TX: June 2010–present
Design advertising and marketing materials to support retail chain with 27 stores nationwide. Design a variety of materials including billboards, magazine and newspaper ads, point of purchase graphics, direct mail, t-shirts, and flyers. Manage billboard schedule and production.
Key Accomplishment:
- Seized initiative to design new branding guidelines to bring consistency and clarity to brand image. Proposed a strategic update to brand positioning in order to energize and expand customer base.
Sugar Land, TX: December 2009–April 2010
Collaborated with art directors and copywriters to develop and design advertising campaigns. Designed a variety of materials including identity systems, print collateral, and websites.
Key Accomplishment:
- Designed a website that highly impressed the client with its unique way of prominently displaying their product photography to effectively communicate their line of business.
Berkeley, CA: April 2008–March 2009
Designed and produced a variety of print materials, such as employee publications, company newsletters, identities, packaging, etc. at small graphic design firm.
Key Accomplishments:
- Developed the visual language of a large rebranding package and produced numerous components from stationary to Word templates to e-mail banners.
- Redesigned employee magazine for large car factory to help them connect with their employees and improve morale.
software skills
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, AfterEffects. Microsoft Office.
HTML. Familiar with Fireworks, Quark Xpress and CSS.
activities
Relay For Life: 2004–present
Participated in annual fundraising event that benefits the American Cancer Society as a team captain, team member, assistant logistics chair, and event chair.
Carried Olympic torch in San Francisco relay for the Beijing Olympics.
American Insititute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Member: 2004–present
Participated in annual fundraising event that benefits the American Cancer Society as a team captain, team member, assistant logistics chair, and event chair.
- Event Chair Texas Medical Center 2010–2012. 2011 event raised over $82,000 with 500+ participants. Coordinated with committee to recruit teams and sponsors, plan activities and entertainment, and organize event.
- Event Chair Carnegie Mellon University 2006–2007. Recruited 46 teams and raised over $54,000, which was more than double the previous year’s amount.
Carried Olympic torch in San Francisco relay for the Beijing Olympics.
American Insititute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Member: 2004–present