Arianna Westerfield Email & Phone Number

As a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, I work with a variety of clients to develop and create their desired art, whether it's the full gamut for a branding style guide or an illustration for a shirt or book. Some clients and their requested work include:• Clothesline Creative: assisted in-house artist with digitizing and preparing art for pre-production.• Entertainment Apparel: created new theme-park inspired illustrations for clients such as Cedar Fair.• Outlaw Custom Designs: researched and designed new vinyl decals based on current pop-culture trends.• Strange Oddities and Resonance: created five web and print-optimized illustrations for two independent charity publications.• Designed print and web materials such as logos, fliers, posters, and website banners for local businesses such as MPower Property Management, Sarasota Cuban Ballet, and Everyday Emotional Health.

Verman Kimbrough Library

Originally hired as a student worker for two positions in 2009; post-graduation in 2013, was rehired as part-time staff member of the library.• Supervised up to four student workers and managed daily shift responsibilities.• Assisted members of the Ringling community in need of research aid for personal and academic projects by educating and guiding them in focused searches for desired materials.• Educated visitors in the library’s organizational system and increased research efficiency among students, faculty, and staff.• Collaborated with library staff in curating the library’s specialized collection, and processed new publications and DVDs for use by the Ringling community, which expanded the repertoire of materials available to the college.• Assisted students and faculty with technical issues, which included working with Macs, PCs, tablets, specialized scanners, printers, and TVs.• During COVID19 pandemic, shared responsibility for increasing online outreach to students via library's social media accounts such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Continuing Studies

Originally hired as a Teacher’s Aid from June - July 2011, and in recognition of exemplary leadership skills and work, subsequently promoted during the following summers to Head Teacher’s Aid for the 2012 and 2013 PreCollege programs.• Supervised 20 Teacher’s Assistants during the PreCollege program.• Delegated monitoring responsibilities during program field trips and critiques.• Assigned out-of-class studio guidance based on pupil and staff input, which allowed for increased production from the 150 students enrolled in the program.

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Palmetto, Florida

Feld Entertainment produces live experiences centered around traveling, family-friendly entertainment, producing content for its in-house company properties alongside partnering with clients that include the likes of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, NBC Universal, Sesame Workshop, and Cedar Fair. As a product/graphic designer, I was responsible for designing both hardline and softline goods (figurines, collectibles, novelty mugs/food containers, etc. versus apparel, blankets, plush toys, etc.), printed goods (coloring books, stickers, posters, etc.), merchandise environments, packaging, and signage. Products created for the company's in-house properties were sold both online and at the shows, while client-based products were sold exclusively at the experiences.• Conceived new product ideas and designs based on initial design prompts that were either internally requested or personally proposed based on trend research; followed through from initial ideation to final production of product.• Collaborated with both internal and external branding teams to ensure brand consistency with products.• Worked with internal approval tracking system/program to receive/send feedback, provide graphical mock-ups, and ensure all necessary production information arrived at the factories while maintaining deadlines.• Collaborated with internal departments to concept product ideas as part of pitches for possible new client partnerships.A full list of the shows I worked on can be found below, organized by client:• Disney On Ice• Disney Live!• Marvel Universe Live!• Jurassic World Live Tour• Trolls: the Experience• Sesame Street Live• Monster Jam• Supercross• Arenacross• Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus

Sarasota, Florida Area

A temporary tattoo manufacturer who worked with clients such as Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros., and PepsiCo. Inc. to produce both promotional temporary tattoos as giveaways and full temporary tattoo sheets to sell.• Prepared client art for conversion into temporary tattoo using Photoshop and Illustrator while maintaining client branding.• Created a weekly press-sheet often consisting of 115+ items on a weekly basis in InDesign.• Supervised color-correction of designs under tight deadlines before shipping out press-sheet.• Attended press-checks at local printer to ensure print quality and color accuracy.• Assisted in the development of gold foil and Augmented Reality temporary tattoos.• Designed and updated company materials for website and use at trade shows.

4010 S Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Fl 34231

• Operated a cash register to process cash, check, credit card, and gift card transactions.• Provided excellent customer service for multiple patrons in-person and on the phone by listening to customer needs and utilizing knowledge of in-store and online inventory.• Assembled promotional displays on sales floor and created event displays for customer engagements.• Organized and maintained workspace and sales floor. • Later given responsibilities in the cafe and Nook department.

Financial Aid Office

• Created promotional posters and brochures for the department to ensure critical information on scholarships and loans was disseminated to students.• Facilitated transactions between students and the department by handling highly confidential student information and ensured correct scholarship and loan data was entered correctly.