Resume/CV

Work Experience

Design & Communication Specialist
SEE International | October 2019 – Present
• Responsible for the design and production of promotional and marketing materials for the organization
• Conducting UI/UX research for a major initiative to redesign the organization’s websites and affiliate sites
• Assisted the Communications and Marketing Lead to accomplish major project tasks for the Communications department
• Managed vendor relationships to execute promotional material
• Executed promotional material from design to production including newsletters, appeals, digital and social assets, and physical branded material such as t-shirts, bags, and more

Visual Designer
Freelance | June 2018 – Present
• Designing for college departments, community events, organizations, and privately funded projects including flyers, posters, logos, programs, UX research and other promotional and marketing materials
• Example: Conducted UX research for a project funded by the California Institute for Rural Studies to adapt a story-centered website to better communicate the lives of Filipino farmworkers

Graduate Student Researcher
UC Davis | September 2018 – June 2019
• Assisted a design professor on a major research project, funded by the National Science Foundation, to focus on how to better incorporate creativity in graduate engineering programs
• Used Human-Centered Design, interviews, empathy maps and literature reviews to conduct research

Graphic Designer
Casa Dolores, Center for the Study of the Popular Arts in Mexico | August 2014 – July 2015
• Managed promotional material from design to production, cataloged inventory of photography and other works in the museum during events, and documented museum features in periodicals