EXPERIENCE

Freelance Graphic Designer | Self-Employed (2017 - Present)
• Designing marketing collateral in the form of brochures, flyers, banners, and web graphics
• Creating logos and brand identity for startup companies
• Coding and updating client websites and landing pages
• Print production and vinyl cutting services
• Vinyl Installation services
• Managing my personal Etsy shop that sells prints of self-published images

Assistant Art Director | 4Seasons Global - Chicago, IL (2019 - 2022)
• Photoshopping product mockups and lifestyle images for print and web advertisement
• Capturing and editing product photos
• Creating product videos, utilizing green-screens and camera gimbals, and edit together with Adobe Premier
• Designing and finalizing product packaging
• Assisting in developing new product ideas from illustrations

Project Manager | Cushing Co. - Chicago, IL. (2017 - 2018)
• Managing print production orders of large-scale graphic installations
• Operating industrial digital printers
• Assisting clients in designing and setting up files for production
• Coordinating installation services and managing production schedule

Production Designer | A Curated Wall LLC. - Chicago, IL. (2015 - 2017)
• Designing and editing images for studio art catalog
• Printing giclée and canvas prints for interior designers and corporate clients
• Maintaining and operating a 64” wide-format Epson 11880 printer
• Created and managed Etsy shops that sold giclée fine art prints
• Coded a new company website in HTML with responsive web design

Silkscreen Technician | Valid USA - Downers Grove, IL. (Feb 2015 - Aug 2015)
• Preparing screens to be used in mass production print runs
• Assisting press operators in loading, printing and inspecting print runs
• Managing workflows within a tightly scheduled environment

Production Design Intern | Agate Publishing - Evanston, IL. (2014 - 2015)
• Assisting production and marketing teams on creating graphics, brochure layouts, and infographics for book designs
• Designing book covers for Chicago Tribune ebooks
• Helping maintain various company web pages using HTML and CSS
• Procuring printer bids and quotes for printing marketing materials
• Proofing and spellchecking book manuscripts at different stages of production

Graphic Designer | JB Industries - Aurora, IL. (2013 - 2014)
• Assisting the Director of Marketing in creating product collateral including catalogs, brochures, product literature, social media graphics, and posters
• Helped modernize logo and corporate branding