Objective

Designer with ten years experience in brand development, visual identity, communication, and graphic design. Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialization in graphic design and printmaking. Primarily academic admission design and freelance work for a wide range of Texas-based non profit organizations and businesses.

Work Experience

September 2022 - Current

Graphic Designer, Brand Management

St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School | Community Engagement | Austin, TX

• Create and oversee visual and branding guidelines that amplify the newly merged St. Michael’s Prep, a PreK-3 – 12th grade private catholic school.

• Design admissions, donor relations, and marketing collateral and stationery pieces for various print and digital mediums.

• Create event flyers for print, social media platforms, email newsletters, and all other forms of communications which St. Michael’s Prep utilizes.

• Shoot and edit video/photos of events for marketing material and documentation.

• Collaborate with outside agencies, vendors, internal teams, volunteers, and printers to complete projects.

January 2019 - August 2022

Graphic Designer I

Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Office of Marketing & Communications | Kingsville, TX

• Created media and graphics for university website, email, and social media platforms.

• Designed university marketing collateral, brochures, templates, and flyers for various print and digital mediums.

• Collaborated with departments and colleges through brainstorming to finalization of product or event advertisement.

• Student Organization Marketing Liaison. Trained students on logo usage, university brand compliance, and graphic standards.

• Design and Marketing Advisor for “The Javelina Express,” a student publication. Mentored students about Adobe InDesign, publication layout formatting, and ADA compliance.

July 2017 - June 2018

AmeriCorps High School Advisor

University of Texas at Austin | Department of Diversity & Community Engagement | Pharr, TX

• Advised students to consider, plan for, and apply to universities and colleges.

• Attained a 96% college acceptance rate for 389 graduating seniors.

• Completed data entry to evaluate and measure student progress.

• Scheduled 1-on-1 student meetings, presentations, and college rep visits.

• Organized college trips to Texas State University & UT Austin.

2014 - 2016

Graphic Designer

Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Student Health & Wellness Office | Kingsville, TX

• Created designs for campus events, promotional items, and t-shirts.

• Worked closely with the Office of Marketing & Communications to comply with University’s graphic standards and logo usage.

• Coordinated with vendors and printers to complete projects.

• Assisted Student Health & Wellness sponsored student programs and events.

EDucation

2012 - 2016

BFA Graphic Design

Texas A&M University-Kingsville | Kingsville TX

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign • Illustrator • Photoshop • Animate • After Effects • Lightroom • Premiere

Asana

Blackbaud

Canva

Cascade

Google Workspace

Docs • Sheets • Slides • Forms

Languages

English • Spanish

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel • Word • PowerPoint • TEAMS

Operating Systems

Macintosh • Windows

Procreate

SlingStudio