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San Jose, California, United States

● InDesign-specific projects● Marketing materials● Layout design● UI UX Design● General graphic design

Dallas, Texas, United States

● Consult with different clients to design and redesign apps and websites. ● Work with clients to strategize social media integration on the web to enhance marketing campaigns. ● Develop high-fidelity wireframes, clickable prototypes, and conduct usability tests. ● Create user journeys, customized icons, and an overall delightful user experience and deliver on time and in-budget constraints.

Plano, Texas

● Create a student-centered curriculum with corresponding stories and created hands-on craft projects using Adobe CC.● Designed a creative classroom for a delightful experience to retain information.● Implemented testing for the first time for ages 4- 6 with a passing rate of 91%.● Adapted to a virtual classroom on Zoom and Webex. Used PowerPoint and illustrator to create animated storytelling techniques.

Los Angeles, California

● Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to design an app using UI/UX Design in Adobe XD, develop written content and illustrations for the app, prep handoff to developers. ● Create layout template and style guides, copyedit content using Adobe InDesign.● Create and execute the email marketing campaign content and layout.● Design a Learning Management Sytem.

Hollywood, California, United States

● Conducted user surveys with freebies upon compilations.● Managed social media account for the local GNC.● Collaborated with partners to identify opportunities, assisted with executive communications, including writing and executing pitches, key messages, and communications materials. ● Designed T-shirts, banners, pens, shaker cups, and media assets using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.● Designed print materials such as advertisements and coupons for publication in Valpak and PennySaver using Indesign and Photoshop.● Represented the local store in annual conventions for promotional events.● Promoted and managed special sales days with companies including Jym, Ghost, and Bang energy drinks.

Daegu, South Korea

I spent almost a year living in Dague, South Korea, near Kyungpook National University in Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. ● Tutored KNU international Ph.D. students to help pass the TEPS test. (Test of English Proficiency developed by Seoul National University). ● Taught beginner to advanced students, focusing on vocabulary, grammar, and conversational English. ● Discussed current events and pop culture to engage students and familiarize them with anglophone culture.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Worked in multiple departments in the hospital, including:● Hearing and Speech focusing on cochlear implants in young children and the elderly. ● Diabetes Care Center focusing on support groups for newly diagnosed patients and providing them with educational materials on a healthy lifestyle. ● Comprehensive Cancer Center focusing on support groups for patients and close family members.Office management work includes answering the telephone, making appointments, checking in patients, greeting visitors, filing charts, preparing rooms for support group meetings, creating educational materials, etc.

Los Angeles, California

● Complete pagination and production from start to finish of two publications: the Sacramento Daily Recorder and the San Jose Post- Record.● Used InDesign to create the layout of the editorial sections for publications.● Managed columnists and writers for publications.

Los Angeles, California, United States

● Used Quark, Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy, and Illustrator to make data charts and illustrations as well as page design for an award-winning statewide weekly publication covering all aspects of the commercial real estate industry.

Multi-tasked as I worked as a Production Designer as well as one of these positions every semester Copy Editor, Opinion Page Editor, and Staff Writer.● Paginated pages using InDesign and Photoshop.● Worked in collaboration with both the production and writing side of the organization. ● Designed elements of front-page and high-profile pages, created ads as needed● Implemented weekly staff editorials, added a news peg to opinion pieces, and put forth important issues affecting the community.

● Wrote articles and briefs for a daily publication as needed. ● Worked closely with editors and fellow reporters.● Helped research with local beat reporters including food, holidays, and highways.

Moved up in position every semester Editor in Chief, Managing Editor,Page Editor, Reporter.- As Editor, the Corsair won general excellence in the JACC Southern California competition after several years.- As a Front-Page designer, I won 2nd place in the JACC State competition as well as 3rd Place the the previous year.- Implemented a design training course for new editors for the first time at the Corsair — improving overall quality and team building.- Led staff meetings regarding critiques, gave instructions, reviewed all photos, articles, graphics, and pages before final production.- Assigned stories, designed pages, paginated pages, copy edited, and wrote articles.

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Society of Professional Journalists(SPJ), MSA, Daily Sundial, SCENE Magazine

Nano Degree, User Experience Design

Learned tools and skills in UI/UX design to pass a series of projects incapsulating the basic principles of User Experience Design.

Certification, Healthcare Admin

Courses in the Healthcare Management Program at the UCLA School of Public Health.

Aa, Journalism