SALES & MARKETING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Jun 2015 - Present)
+ Manage online sales: maintain relationships with our key contacts to ensure our brand and products are represented in the upmost manner
+ Work directly with showrooms and design firms across the USA and Canada to ensure they are up to date on who we are and what our capabilities can provide them
+ Brand and product recognition and retention via marketing, sales, website, social media management
+ Product design and development
+ Build brand and product awareness within the Design-Build community across the USA and Canada
+ Catalog design and distribution

FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER (Jan 2012 - Oct 2012):
+ Worked with Illustrator & Photoshop to create email blasts to further product marketing & brand recognition
+ Social Media—Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest—to further product marketing & brand recognition
+ Search Engine Optimization

INTERN (Jun 2012 - Aug 2010)
+ Shadowed the Graphic Designer to learn the basics of online cataloging, website coding, & the making/designing of catalogue pages, technical information & marketing materials
+ Shadowed the Industry Line Head to learn the entire production process of light fixtures
+ Worked with MS OX Excel to update order history & finances within the corporation

+ Designed brand identity in coordination with founders
+ Communicated effectively & efficiently across team to ensure time line
+ Coached new healthcare company in the importance of brand development and awareness

+ Confirmed work ethic as efficient, informative, inquisitive, & meticulous
+ Developed verbal & written communication skills with high end clients
+ Team branding & work flow

I graduated in 2013 from Santa Clara University with my BA in Studio Art, emphasis in Graphic Design. Upon graduating, I used my network to forge relationships and gain knowledge of real-world-thinking. Through my search, Dana Wright-Wasson (author and consultant) became my good friend and mentor. I became her book layout designer, working with she and her team of creatives, to publish "We've Got to START Meeting Like This!"​. Since then, she has gone on to create "Meeting in a Box" and I look forward to what she produces next!

+ Social media & blog outreach—Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Twitter—to further product marketing & brand recognition
+ Compiled the "best of" projects and submitted via Tumblr to the Small Agency Awards 2013
+ Compiled contact information of potential clients and networking opportunities within the Bay Area
+ Compiled contact information for potential event sponsors; edited the copy for the sponsorship handout, to be reused for all future events

+ Explore with Me Docent Program—through Santa Clara University's Art & Art History Department
+ Lead tours of the de Saisset's current temporary exhibitions
+ Toured using Visual Thinking Strategies style—encouraged visitors to engage in active looking and to share their thoughts with the group

GRAPHIC DESIGN EDITOR (Jun 2011 - Jun 2012)
+ Oversaw the Designers’ design & layout of yearbook pages—none of which are processed for print until perfected
+ Worked with the Editors to ensure communication & cooperation is occurring amongst whole staff
+ Developed goals to help reform the workplace
+ Planned, organized, & directed staff members, while working besides the other editors

GRAPHIC DESIGNER (Sept 2012 - June 2011)
+ Cover design
+ Layout design and content writing

+ Worked with Photoshop & pen tablet to develop illustrations for book of short stories—Monkey Wisdom & Other Stories
+ Worked with author, coordinating storyline with illustrations
+ Met strict deadlines through a series of weekly meetings

+ Assisted retail personnel with lighting design for architects & interior designers
+ Conducted industry line research & assisted customers with needs
+ Developed customer relations & gained basic knowledge of retail of high-end decorative lighting

+ Designed Halloween 2012 & Valentines 2012 cupcake liners
+ Halloween liner is now the copyrighted property of CupcakeCreations to be used for print & sale

+ Taught English to primary & elementary school girls
+ Facilitated art exchanges with the primary school girls through Paintbrush Diplomacy (http://paintbrushdiplomacy.org/)
+ Developed cross-cultural communication through home stay

+ Learned the basics of retail management & how proper store displays are created at the MOCA Shop
+ Learned the involvement of the museum’s Marketing Director & Art Curator
+ Performed extensive & community-based research
+ Worked as front desk hostess & as security/surveillance during museum events
+ Oversaw art pieces & presented information on artists to the public, at art openings
+ Developed organizational skills when filing bills & taxes, loading/unloading exhibitions, etc.

I am an alumna of Santa Clara University, receiving my Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, with my emphasis in Graphic Design in 2013.