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Taguig, Ncr, Ph

Led the Creative Team supporting critical business goals• Working with Marketers in translating and leveraging data to develop insights, themes/topics into campaigns and strategies.• Liaise regularly with the Chief Communications Officer and stakeholders on areas of focus and opportunities as a business to drive global priorities.• Responsible for brand guardianship and inspiring creative innovation across Finstro - including working with external agencies.• Manage a design and copywriting team—providing internal business-critical creative assets and templates, including EDMs for Finstro.• Revamped the brand image and elevated it to meet current standards and best practices (both human and technological) to align with Marketing and Sales goals.• Work with internal and external teams to support more complex, concept-led design and production activity across all media formats - bringing best practices and consistency to all areas of our design work.• Developed and honed systems and workflows for efficiency. • Support consistent global customer experience and implement appropriate localization strategies.

My own design brand for freelance projects• Designed various projects for multiple clients.• Executed projects and deadlines in a timely and organized manner.• Independently marketed own brand through building relationships.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Designed branding and marketing assets for multiple retail brands of the NTDE Group in-house ad company (Oxford Advertising)• Heads the imagery and helps manage the content for the launch of an e-commerce brand.• Creates multiple social media posts for brands under the NTDE Group.• Devises numerous creative artworks for offline marketing of the group as well.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Applying experimental conceptualising for multiple client briefs and translating them into luxury assets.• Applying design innovation trends and presenting them to the client.• Creating motion-graphic videos for clients.• Brand improvising / conceptualising.• Copywriting for presentations and proposals.

United Arab Emirates

Working across multiple clients and executing challenging varied briefs for premium brands across the UAE.• Taking a dynamic approach to client briefs from sketch to execution.• Pitching to potential clients.• Offering complete 360 strategic content types for all social media directions.• Conceptualising content calendars and campaigns to realise client briefs.• Keeping in line with industry trends and best practices to be applied to designs across all clients• Developing and refining brand images and guidelines.• Working across several high-profile launches from implementation.• Collaborating with local influencers; filming and editing content.• Provided photography solutions for clients.• Working on adhoc requests in a timely manner.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Strategizing how the brand can market itself with analysis & learnings. Discovering how to further develop the brand image, whilst designing collaterals for the company.• Total re-branding of company image making it relevant.• Learned to develop and launched a website through WordPress.• Revamped the current website, updating to the new brand identity while being cautious of current SEO position.• Social media strategy and execution.• Setup the SEO across multiple websites.• Designed dashboards, analytics reports and templates for clients.• Managing collaterals for events and marketing activities. *Note: Also a member of the strategic and operational committee of the company to present valuable insights on innovation and future culture in brainstorming sessions.

Parañaque City, Philippines

Social Media Marketing/Advertising Company. Designing large amounts of data into simple, understandable and actionable visuals. Also involved in Web/UI design, Branding and Strategy.• Translated large amounts of analyst data into impactful visual reports presented to clients.• Involved in managing the end-to-end strategy, design, and execution of social media content across multiple clients.• Maintained the consistency and relevance of multiple brand images.• Designed dashboards and presentations to for RFPs.• Led the innovation of the use of applications - promoting best practicesand efficiency.• Designed websites and UX/UI (User Experience and Interface).

Bachelor Of Arts In Multimedia Arts, Graphic Design

Bachelor’S Degree, Graphic Design / Studio Arts

Became a Microsoft Student Partner. Have been actively attending Graduating class' exhibitions. Joined groups like Bahay Bombilya which is.