Professional Experience
Work Experience:
Freelance Work — Designer
Metro Manila, Philippines | August 2015 – Present
› Creates logos, branding, illustrations, website and mobile application designs, presentation decks, digital and print materials.
› Clients include Turnt Technologies, Eternal Works, Wright Idea Media, Levi Strauss & Co. Philippines (through Merci Dieu Marketing)
Sway Creative Labs — Designer
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | July 2014 – July 2015
› Designed logo and brand concepts, print (business cards, brochures, posters, direct mail pieces) and digital materials (billboards, websites, social graphics, banners, presentations, animations) with the creative and developer team.
› Clients include Sentara, The Port of Virginia, Great Lakes Seaway Partnership, LifeNet Health, Beacon Health Options, William & Mary School of Business, and Ferguson.
› Conceptualized and co-designed the website and other marketing materials for NEON, Norfolk, Virginia’s rising arts district.
Freelance Work — Designer
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | July 2014 – July 2015
› Created logo designs and illustrations for clients such as Photo Pulse Productions, Fireball (mobile application), and Cabbage (mobile application).
Grow Interactive — Design Intern
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | January 2014 – May 2014
› Worked with creative director and designers in conceptualizing and creating the logo for an internal project. Designed the desktop and mobile app interfaces.
› Worked with creative team and developers to produce needed assets for both internal and client-based projects. Edited and prepared photos.
› Developed concepts and presentation decks for internal projects.
Vinylmint — Design Intern
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | June 2013 – August 2013
› Designed marketing materials such as shirts, posters, banners, infographics, and business cards, and helped manage company’s media presence.
› Created the logo for company’s networking event, Drinks Downtown.
› Collaborated with creative director, designer and developer in creating wireframes and layouts for the company website.
Competitions and Other Experience:
Best in Show: Dominion Enterprises – HackU-2
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | February 6 – 7, 2014
Co-Designer: Created assets for mobile game, Neighborhood Watch, with team.
Second Place: Hack Virginia – University of Virginia Hackathon
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States | November 22 – 23, 2013
Front-end Developer & Designer: Created mobile app, Halfway, with team.
Best in Show: Dominion Enterprises Hackathon 6
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | October 03 – 04, 2013
Designer: Designed the mobile application, Instacycle, with team.
Code for America’s National Day of Civic Hacking
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | June 01, 2013
Designer: Collaborated with designers and developers to build and pitch the identity and website for the Norfolk Arts District.
Start Academy & Start Norfolk 3
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | February 22 – 24, 2013 & March 22 – 24, 2013
Designer: Developed pitch with team during student and professional event.
Skills:
› Photoshop
› Illustrator
› InDesign
› After Effects
› Lightroom
› Flash
› HTML5 and CSS3
› Drawing and Illustration
› Writing
› Photography and Video-Editing
› Microsoft Office
› Mac & PC Environment
› CorelDraw and Corel PhotoPaint
Education:
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | 2010 – 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts — Graphic Design
Minor in Art History
Summa Cum Laude
Dean’s List (All semesters, 2010 – 2014)
Organizations:
AIGA
2013 – Present
Code for America
2013 – 2015
ODU Student Art League
2012 – 2014
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2011 – 2014
Lectures Attended:
99U Local: Manila
Metro Manila, Philippines | September 16, 2015
HTCxWatson Social Enterprise Conference
Metro Manila, Philippines | September 4, 2015
Fonts are Forever
by James Edmondson
Virginia, United States | March 5, 2015
Social Media Trends
by Dean Browell
Virginia, United States | January 30, 2014
Annual Arts Conference: The Business of Art
Virginia, United States | January 25, 2014
Kern & Burn
by Jessica Karle and Tim Hoover
Virginia, United States | September 13, 2014
UxNorfolk Series: Mobile Web Experiences
by Luke Wroblewski
Virginia, United States | June 27, 2013
Designing a Year
by Matt Muñoz
Virginia, United States | January 17, 2013
Awards and Recognition
Featured Project in Packaging of the World: Creatures of Habit
May 4, 2015
“Creatures of Habit” is featured on a curated gallery website of package design.
Robert A. McCullough Endowed Prize in Graphic Design
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | March 28, 2014
Annual award given to exceptional design student, selected by design faculty.
Old Dominion University’s 6th Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | March 28, 2014
Exhibited book cover, “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline”, selected by faculty.
Old Dominion University’s 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | February 7 – 8, 2014
Exhibited “Unplayed Piano: Song Lyric Book”, selected by design faculty.
Old Dominion University’s 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | February 9, 2013
Presented research, “Marina Abramovic: Questioning Liberty”, selected by faculty.
International Student Scholarship
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | Fall 2010 – Spring 2014
Norfolk Federation of Teachers Award
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | Fall 2011