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✨ I'm a designer who connects enchanting stories and vital information to the communities that care about them.
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Education
Relevant coursework: Managing Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction, Agile Development, Telecommunications for Managers, System Analysis for Managers, Big Data Analytics, Applied Database Management
Work in progress: Multimedia:Web Development, IT Project Management, Business Intelligence Systems
BFA in Multimedia and Graphic Desugn
3.94 overall GPA, Summa cum laude graduate of the McMurry Honors Program
Activities and Societies: soprano for the McMurry Chanters (university choir), member of Kappa Pi International Art Honors Society, design editor for The Galleon 2019 (prose and poetry anthology)
2018-2019 Scholarships: Choral Music Scholarship, Don and Claudine Carver Chanters Scholarship, Stroman Family Endowed Scholarship, Martin Trust Honors #1, Trustees Honors Scholarship, Art Studio Space from 2018-2019
2017-2018 Scholarships: Martin Trust Honors #1, Dodge Jones Foundation Endowed Honors, J.B & Hazel Roach Fine Arts Scholarship, Trustees Honors Scholarship, Choral Music Scholarship
Relevant Coursework: Brand and Portfolio Development, Desktop Publishing, HTML & Web Design, Illustration (Logo & Packaging Design), Information & Communication Technology
Transferred, Honorable Dismissal
B.S. in Clothing Technology
B.S. in Computer Science
Activities: Home Economics Club, Speech and Dramatics Club, USAPintor
University of the Philippines Rural High School Graduate with honors
Work Experience
• Develop effective and engaging learning content using industry-leading development tools.
• Create and maintain learning material for a given customer group, which can include online learning, job aids, videos, graphics, and performance support tools.
• Research and present practical applications of generative AI tools on the learning & development process.
• Work closely with subject matter experts to gather requirements and ensure accuracy of the content. Provide feedback and suggest improvements, as needed.
• Design over 200 newspaper layouts monthly for twelve local communities.
• Compose special section tabloids, sports programs, school posters and quarterly magazines.
• Retouch multiple photos using Photoshop to the appropriate resolutions and editorial print quality.
• Check and correct AP style writing standards in certain stories provided
• Coordinate with other designers, managers, and editors under tight daily deadlines for quick revisions as needed.
• Attend regular update meetings with the creative supervisors and fellow colleagues remotely.
• Process and set up layouts and adjust ink/toner, paper, and color settings for envelopes, flyers, letterheads, newsletters, cards, and other business, and direct mail marketing materials using Fiery Command Workstation.
• Troubleshoot minor print issues and malfunctions and maintain digital equipment regularly.
• Confer with supervisors and project managers to provide quality products to B2B and B2C clients.
• Quality control before, during, and after print production.
• Facilitate paint parties of up to 50 people through a step-by-step guided process.
• Aid in preparation and clean-up of a Painting with a Twist- style art class.
• Encourage a fun and creative experience for children and adults attending.
• Demonstrate proper use and care of art equipment.
• Build logos, illustrations, large format signs and banners for individual customers and local companies.
• Arrange multiple layout jobs that best use vinyl material using Mimaki RasterLink and Gerber Edge Plotter.
• Print, laminate, cut, and add substrate to production material.
• Cross- train in customer service to help out with overflow orders.
• Review technical drawings and verify for any errors or incompatibilities in structure dimensions
• Maintain and sort accurate records of valuable information in the company system database
• Utilize 2D CAD and nesting softwares to create nested layouts for production
• Construct bills of manufacturing within the company’s ERP system
• Scan documents and print files when needed
• Facilitate general gallery duties such as hang and place artworks for featured art exhibitions, maintain professionalism in various gallery spaces throughout the exhibition period, prepare hors d’oeuvres for art events, delegate further work to fellow gallery assistants.
• Design posters and digital banners for student art exhibitions, visiting art demonstrations, workshops and similar events.
• Uphold a friendly and engaging atmosphere during receptions, art sales, and other events held within the university art department.
• Document gallery contracts, borrowed frame inventories, and art supplies regularly.
Encourage an enjoyable and artistic experience for summer camp kids. Guide children to and from classrooms. Provide needed materials for their daily activities. Assist professors with teaching creative software use and basic art projects. Instruct children with the proper use and care of art equipment
Volunteering
Redesigning and debugging a website for a D4G client, An Easier Mile. Working with a team of three, in a span of three to four weeks.
Global ARMY Song (GAS) is a global fan project that unites diverse communities through their shared love and appreciation of BTS and ARMY (their fandom).
November 07, 2020 - APPP Clothing Swap
November 21, 2020 - APPP Holiday Mini Market
modelled for weekly figure drawing program in the gallery, provided artistic critique to fellow artists, students, and creative enthusiasts, and encouraged a friendly and supportive learning environment during these night classes
under Patty Rae Wellborn and Manny de los Santos
In the spirit of the Children’s Arts and Literacy Festival, I've worked as a caricature artist for the CCA for past three CALF events. I draw kids in a playful, happy manner depending on their wishes, whether they want to be illustrated as a superhero, a mermaid or just their real, amazing selves. It's remarkable to meet families of diverse background coming together to enjoy a weekend of childlike fun.
March 2017- May 2017 under Debbie Lillick
- completed 70 hours of gallery internship in partial fullfillment of the ARTS 3390 Gallery Practices coursework at McMurry University.
Writing
Projects
As part of my university's honors program requirements, I created a full honors project and thesis called “Promoting the Message: Diversity And Inclusivity Of Art And Creative Thought On The University Campus” studying the effects of multiculturalism and graphic design on visual culture, the role of university galleries and museums, and the argument between censorship and creative freedom.
In this final project, I created five logos, and animated them in a way they can be incorporated within the university galleries especially when art with sensitive subject matter is being displayed.
Side Projects
A collaborative project between 13 creative members of the Studioblr (Studying/Student Tumblr for creative fields) community during the summer of 2017. As a designer in the team, I was responsible for putting together the layout for the contents page as well as one of the articles published and edited by the content writers. This project started from mid-July and published on September 15, 2017.
Speaking
April 27, 2019
An academic talk presenting my senior design project, "Promoting the Message".
Exhibitions
May 6 - 25, 2019
If I Should Stay showcases the musings of a wandering girl: my love for my heritage, my determination as I balance those that I deems important in my life, my questions while learning and understanding the world as I grow of age, and my impulse to move forward to the next phase of my ephemeral existence. It investigates my observations of the truths and fallacies of this interwoven world.
The senior art show also features my honors project and thesis, discussing arguments on censorship and creative freedom in art and design as well as offering a new, innovative method of assessment and awareness guiding gallery goers and exhibit art enthusiasts into having a more enjoyable viewing experience.
April 29 – May 3, 2019
February 16 – March 16, 2019
January 28 – February 22, 2019
November 12 – December 06, 2018
October 1 – 26, 2018, September 28 – October 25, 2017
Annual homecoming student art show showcasing recent works by McMurry art and design students.
January 30 – February 28, 2018
Annual juried student art competition
Awards
First place in Digital Art for "Folks of Old Magick"
Second place in 2-D Digital Art for "Halo-halo"