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California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Collaborated closely with clients, key stakeholders, and project managers to identify project and business goals, strategize solutions, and establish a clear direction to successfully meet user needs, product requirements, and objectives. • Created and built wireframes, prototypes, visual mockups, and detailed graphic user interfaces to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.• Grew revenue for a small business client by 33% within one year by redesigning their company website and adjusting brand messaging as solutions to their business goals.

• Crafted printed materials and packaging preparation for press, working with production to verify proofs and confirm file accuracy. Presented ideas, concepts, and design solutions to stakeholders and incorporated feedback into improving the design. • Created Photoshop renderings, detailed production art files, physical mockups, packaging concepts, and presentation tools for Sparkling Ice and Talking Rain products across various materials.• Traveled to manufacturing sites for press approvals and served as technical site lead during production runs by providing subject matter expertise for finished product manufacturing unit operations.

Greater Seattle Area

• Spearheaded and executed the development of new products from ideation to completion, including labels, overwraps, cans, trays, and cartons for primary and secondary packaging for regional markets worldwide.• Collaborated with internal and external partners to convert 180+ SKUs that included regulatory updates, ingredient revisions, and content changes. Completed the project four weeks ahead of schedule resulting in accelerated speed to market and significant cost savings for the operations team.• Liaised with 11 domestic and two international suppliers to ensure packaging design/development adhered to quality and compliance standards. Provided support on technical aspects of label design, color management, materials/inks, dieline templates, pre-press, in-depth printing processes, and solving on-press issues.

Greater Seattle Area

• Cultivated the in-house creative team of (2) full-time designers, (2) contract workers, and (1) traffic coordinator by providing leadership and mentorship on delivering the best packaging solution to meet project requirements, timelines, and cost objectives.• Facilitated internal reviews and check-in meetings with team members and project owners, focusing on updates to status reports and project timelines, which resultedin improving rapport between departmental teams.

Greater Seattle Area

Course Certificate, Professional Program In User Experience Design

Course Certificate, User Experience Design

Design And Visual Communications, General

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Design And Visual Communications, General

Graphic Design, General

Activities and Societies: Coalition Of Filipinos For Equal Education