Krista Esse Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Az, Us

Self employed graphic designer and illustrator, with experience and skills in packaging design, motion graphics, digital and print design, email and web design. - Expert at creating designs that align with and follow strict brand guidelines - Skilled at working with both print and web design, and often works on designs for web, email, brochures, books, posters, logo designs, packaging design, and social media collateral.- Very comfortable with creating layout designs, packaging design, motion graphics, illustrations, and always teaching myself something new.- Utilizes all aspects of the Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Portfolio and AfterEffects, G-Suite, Asana, SparkAR, Procreate, and Shogun.- Current and past clients include: Graza, Little Sesame, Canopy, Talea Beer Co, Starday Foods, OXB, Shy Bird, Stuffed Cookies, Via Carota Craft Cocktails, and Northern Arizona University.

Worked in collaboration with the Marketing team as a graphic designer and illustrator to put out marketing materials to promote and bring awareness to the brand. - Designed a variety of print and digital assets, including bottle designs, packaging inserts, tote bags and other merch, event flyers, social media assets, blog, website, and email designs, and other materials.- Created designs for major brand collaborations such as a cake box and landing page for Graza x The Caker, a mini cookbook created in partnership with best-selling author Jess Damuck called Drizzle Freak, custom bottles and merch for Graza x Ggiata, and more! - Worked consistently on expanding available brand assets by creating and managing an illustration library with 100's of food and beverage, brand character, seasonal, and other spot illustrations that stay consistent with brand guidelines to present new and exciting designs, especially for brand collaborations and social media. - Successfully balanced a rotating workload of 10-15 design projects at any given time- Routinely used a project management software system to track and report project statuses and updates, upload and collaborate on design proofs, manage workload and resolve issues.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Worked as a graphic designer and illustrator on a freelance and contract basis, and accepted work from a variety of clients. - Notable clients I created work for are: Graza, WyoTech, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, Northern Arizona University, Keep It Wild, Hood Love Company, and NiMarcos Pizza.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Worked on a team to authentically connect with our Imperfect Foods audience on Instagram (430k+ followers), Facebook (344k+ followers), Twitter (18.2k+ followers), and helped in launching and curating the Imperfect Foods TikTok - Pitched, developed, and created on-trend content for use in paid advertising and within our organic Tik Tok, Instagram and Twitter feeds.- Designed graphics such as the companies first ever branded Instagram and TikTok filters, as well as graphics for use on social pages. - Facilitated community by responding to all comments and DMs sent to our Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and LinkedIn accounts.- Managed the companies reputation by addressing all positive and negative reviews on Google My Business, Trustpilot, and Facebook Reviews. - Boosted social engagement through Give and Take engagement strategies of interacting with other businesses and influencer accounts. - Collaborated across departments to assist in projects for Growth, Brand, Customer Care, and more.- Utilized all aspects of the G-Suite, Sprout Social, Asana, Wordpress, all social media platforms, and the Adobe Creative Cloud.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Worked as a part of two teams simultaneously, the Social Media team and the Customer Care team, demonstrating an ability to thrive within a constantly changing schedule.- Connected with our Imperfect Foods audience and created community in the comments and DMs of our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts.- Investigated and solved customer issues via email, live chat, and phone support.- Consistently met and exceeded metrics, as well as actively looked for opportunities to get more involved by signing up to mentor newer employees.- Utilized all aspects of G-suite, Zendesk, and other internal programs.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

Worked on a Marketing team with designers, photographers, and copy writers to put out marketing materials for the University to maintain the professional reputation of the school as well as to recruit new undergrad and grad students.- Successfully balanced a rotating workload of 10-15 design projects at any given time- Prepared a variety of skilled designs for print and digital media, including postcards, fliers, posters, displays, product packaging, brochures, annual reports, advertisements, and other university publications and materials.- Skilled in working with both pre-press (printing) specifications and digital design requirements, and experienced in preparing hard copy mock-ups for internal and client review.- Routinely used a project management software system to track and report project statuses and updates, upload and collaborate on design proofs, manage workload and resolve issues.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

- Responsible for creation of all digital and physical marketing materials, as well as running all social media accounts- Kept the RUL calendar and Eventbrite page up to date- Created and sent mass emails through Constant Contact- Other duties as assigned such as creating agendas and facilitating safeTALK trainings.

Flagstaff, Arizona Area

Worked as the sole graphic designer for the Health Promotion department of NAU, and created all deliverables- Created all physical and digital designs for the department relating to health topics such as Nutrition, Stress, Safe Sex, and more. - Successfully managed a rotating workload of 5-10 projects at any given time while working on a part time basis

- Tooks calls, answered emails and amazon messages, and live chatted with customers from UGG Australia, Hoka one one, Teva, Sanuk, and Ahnu. - Learned a lot about how to deal with tense and uncomfortable situations and be able to diffuse them

36710 Vista Del Lago Street

- Worked for Jess Snell of Rockin' B Clothing doing clothing alterations and repairs, repairing beadwork and holes, as well as cutting fabric and organizing patterns.

Visual Communication, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Visual Design Lab, Botany Club, Food Recovery Network, Graduated with HonorsDuring my time at Northern Arizona.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Social And Behavioral Sciences

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude, Presidents ListWhile I attended Antelope Valley College I majored in Social and Behavioral Sciences..

High School Diploma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Drumline, Art, Drama, Yearbook, Volunteer Work