Summary
Graphic Designer with 6 years of experience creating impactful digital and print designs for marketing, branding, and visual communication. Known for combining creativity with strategic thinking and technical skills to produce effective visual solutions. Currently pursuing additional skills in full-stack development with a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Computing in order to transition into a role that integrates design, development, and user experience.
Employment History
University of Arizona Fast Copy
Graphic Artist & Wide Format Specialist
January 2024 - Present
- Use Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop to create a variety of design projects to meet customer and business needs.
- Assist in managing and maintaining ticketing systems such as Monday.com and Airtable.
- Assist customers over phone, email, and in person with questions related to pricing and production of print and design projects.
- Prepare files for wide format and small format printing including bleed, trim, fold, and die cut lines.
- Print and finish wide format projects.
Taylor Hamilton Designs
Freelance Graphic Designer
January 2021 - Present
- Recieve and interpret ideas from clients to write creative briefs outlining project goals.
- Accurately price digital and print design projects for estimates and final payment.
- Create estimates and invoices for all design projects using Stripe.
- Build and manage customer portal and project schedule in Notion.
- Build and manage payment portal using Stripe.
Signarama
Graphic Designer & Printer
October 2023 - January 2024
- Design signage using creative briefs and ideas provided by manager and customers.
- Print and cut signage orders on a variety of media using Roland wideformat printer and plotter.
- Maintain Roland printing equipment.
- Assist in pricing signage orders accurately.
- Train new employees on design, print, finishing, and pricing.
Fusion Sign & Design
Prepress Graphic Designer
June 2023 - October 2023
- Design signage based on creative briefs provided by sales team.
- Assist in maintaining wide format printing equipment.
- Assist in printing and finishing processes.
- Assist sales team in accurately pricing signage projects.
- Place orders with vendors for print supplies and resale products.
Literacy Connects
Graphic Design Assistant
August 2021 - June 2023
- Use Adobe Creative Cloud to complete digital and print graphc design projects based on internal requests.
- Assist in developing marketing and social media strategies to promote the development of the organization.
- Assist in implementing systems and processes to improve marketing department operation.
- Implemented an internal marketing request form to steamline marketing department processes.
Education
University of Arizona
Bachelor's Applied Science - Applied Computing - Software Development
August 2024 - May 2027
Pima Community College
Associate's of Applied Science - Digital Arts - Design
August 2020 - May 2023
Skills
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Figma
- Visual Studio Code
- Microsoft Office Suite
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- Python
- Trello
- Monday.com
- Airtable
- Notion
- Stripe