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Working on the Experience Team partnering with Google Team Adrenaline and Google's Arts & Letters Team. (Essence is/was a WPP Company.)

Production designer supporting/assisting in rebranding marketing material for Merkle’s client Adobe from their acquisition of Marketo.

Production Artist (TEMP), Ops HR - WFS Non-Prod Field

Working as a Production/Presentation Designer on the D1 XCM Fixed Marketing team for the MARS Summit Event. The Mars Summit event is an annual private-invite-only academic tech event hosted by Jeff Bezos featuring over 250 hand selected scientists specializing in the robotics, space, and machine-learning field.

Junior Graphic Designer covering for a maternity leave. Working with a team of 3 designers while reporting to a creative director in the marketing and advertising department. Responsibilities were to visually design brand campaigns and set up production files for direct mail, printed booklets (such as the Journey Magazine), magazine ads, environmental branding for events, and flyers.

Maintained and designed internal and external presentation collateral. Interviewed and captured key stakeholders content. Able to synthesize content into both verbal and shared presentations. Produced visuals for marketing services assets. Designed visuals for social media and editorial content. Worked with stakeholders to concept the visuals for blogs. Sourced/edited photos. Designed event signage, large format pieces for ENGAGE’19. As well as maintenance, production, creation of keynote speakers presentation designs in PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Working on the Amazon Global Internal Communications team as a graphic designer in Public Relations - Ops.Reported to a Creative Director to design, manage, and localize the production of weekly communications, quarterly global internal campaigns, and leverage clever tactics and strategy to engage Amazon’s operations employees. Created on-brand design solutions that would meet measurable business goals and requirements. Provided design counsel and training to global internal communicators for localization. Supported the creation of internal content collateral including mass emails, leadership presentations, posters, table talkers, 24 page magazine spreads, and webcasts. Reviewed materials for design and brand standard compliance and designed/managed ad hoc design requests. I as well was a project manager for the IOC team of communicators to establish an editorial outline and structure for the development of a Wiki page along with creating and designing the Wiki page for the team. I created the FCA teams internal design style and created production assets for swag components.

Worked remotely with a small marketing team involving the development and execution of digital and printed campaigns. Responsibilities are concepting and designing independently by managing multiple projects concurrently, all with different timelines and deadlines while work collaboratively to extend concepts and creative expressions across a variety of signage formats, systems, versions, and market variations. Experienced in managing files, attention to details and a meticulous drive for collateral delivery.

[2 Week Contract: July 2nd - July 13th *extended to July 20th]Supporting two creative art directors in the creative development, branding, production, and execution of working on an array of 200 plus deliverables for environmental wayfinding graphic signage for Microsoft Tech Events in Las Vegas and Orlando, such as, Microsoft Envision, Microsoft Ready, Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft Inspire, and Imagine Cup. [Requested back for a 3 Week Contract: August 6th - August 24th]Solely working on creating environmental wayfinding graphic collateral for the Microsoft Ignite and Envision events.

Greet visitors and provide detailed information about specific exhibits artifacts historical information and functions. Conduct in-depth specialized walking tours of the Museum complex. Assist at the Information Desk as assigned by promoting the Museum and its services acting as a general liaison between the museum and public in person and via telephone and email. Provide directions to other local destinations mass transit options and restaurants.

Production Design Artist on the Microsoft World Wide Retail Channel & Device Marketing team.[Contract: March 2018 - June 2018] Online and Visual Merchandising Designer that worked closely with Leads, Producers, and Senior Designers on the World Wide Retail Channel & Device Marketing (WWRCM) team at Microsoft. My team and I concentrated on executing designed experiences for the latest games, movies, television, books, music, and devices while ensuring high production quality but mainly focusing on XBox, Commercial, Windows, and Surface products. Design responsibilities for Online and Visual Merchandising were typically spent updating and creating content for the Xbox and Surface team. Production Designers developed and maintained files such as banners, posters, shelf talkers, OWP Slip Inserts, Table Tents, Wobblers, and card assortments for VM tasks and Online tasks included creating and updating digital banners, Landing Pages and PDP material.

Design responsibilities were to create on-boarding proposal decks and presentations, as well as develop ad copy and brand assets such as flowcharts, diagrams, data visualizations, Chiron's/Lower Thirds, iconography, and infographs/ infographic timelines. This was implemented by using Adobe products, Prezi, Marketo, Tableau and working directly with the Creative Director and UX Designer to coordinate brand and identity strategy across each company that we developed assets for to define each brand's graphic architecture.

Established as a highly-trained brand ambassador who creates engaging experiences in sales by providing brand recognition with proactive consumer interaction. Implemented by data-driven research to connect brands and clients' brands direct to consumers in fresh, engaging ways by assistance in marketing events; such as, professional trade show booth hosts or transforming into a knowledgeable market manager to coordinate schedules and execution.

A highly-trained brand ambassador who creates engaging experiences in sales by providing brand recognition with proactive consumer interaction.

Coder and designer that contributed to numerous cross-divisional stakeholder's success by converting, coding and implementing fully-executed design files from using highly complex, data- driven responsive HTML templates for operational dependencies such as OEM branded promotional, triggered, and transactional direct email marketing campaigns for auto dealerships. Design responsibilities were, as well, to create branded interactive experiences by creating animation, image rollovers, carousels, and personalized recommendation engines to top email client standards including various MS Outlook platforms, major ISPs and mobile platforms under hard- deadlines adapted to agile business demands by collaborating with internal/external creative teams. To validate quality of implementation, quality assurance and troubleshooting code/UAT proofs rendering across multiple desktop and mobile devices using email testing and analytics platforms were performed by using software such as Return Path or Litmus to achieve correct rendering in all email environments.2017 Q3 Top Performer and Shining Star Award Winner of June 2017:• Increased quarterly click-through rates by up to 20% by advocating industry standards and executing proper coding techniques for direct marketing strategies in support of client's company and marketing goals, in order to achieve 2017 Q3 Top Performer.• The Shining Star Award was presented by consistently providing outstanding customer service, measured by customer success rate and positive dealer feedback.

Collaborated with various cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including the owner of the start-up, marketing director, and doctors/clinical specialists involved to develop various digital and print marketing collateral by researching appropriate clinical attributes, creating clinical posters, designing medical brochures, power point presentations, product/instructional kit designs and catalogs; to as well, composing the conception of the corporate brand identity and awareness by branding logos, designing consistent fluid medical templates, and creating brand style guides.

Working in a high volume store while providing an uplifting experience through coffee, tea, and espresso bar beverages that will enrich people’s daily lives. Knowledgeable and experienced in the processing, roasting and brewing methods of coffees. Use of good judgment in customer service by responding to and exceeding customer expectations.

The start-up's designer of publicity materials, creating powerful and effective visual representations of work and mission statement by enhancing sales acquisitions and sales retention and maintaining awareness via B2B/B2C marketing. Materials designed to be favorably received by consumers and/or clients and agencies by communicating an appealing image through preparation, planning, and creation of digital, electronic and print media from logos, brochures, signs/POP materials, to web graphics, and collateral.

Event staffing, restaurant promotions, street team gurus, postering, greeting, and being a brand ambassador. Recognized individually as an art student and have been assigned art oriented events where I have represented the High Museum and have worked for Flux Projects.