Iris S de Andrade
Freelance Designer
Forest Grove, OR, USAI am an artist and graphic designer with ten plus years of in-house and agency experience, remote, and freelance work who enjoys solving problems elegantly. Hard work, loud laughter, and a quirky sense of humor add up to equal a person who is happiest serving users and clients the solutions they need. I’m inspired by carefully thought out, efficient processes with beautiful results.
Work Experience
Freelance
Graphic Designer
Freelance Graphic Designer & Community Manager - I manage projects for a wide variety of clientele ranging from mom and pop businesses to government and defense contractors.
A BRIEF CLIENT LIST: The Active Joe, Beer N’ All, Hooper House, Defense Consulting Services, The Goat Path, Security Service Federal Credit Union, Aerial Yoga Boerne, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio Aids Foundation, Planned Parenthood of San Antonio, The Majestic & Empire Theater
I coordinate and manage project creation and completion, vendors, deadlines, send-off, press checks, seasonal marketing collateral, strategic social media posts, product marketing, and advertising.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE INCLUDES: Logos, web graphics, illustrations, professional communications, marketing emails, social posting, sales collateral, advertising, product creation and marketing, and newsletters
Maintenance of all media relations, communication channels, and customer interaction
Strategic development and maintenance of website and social media outlets, engagement, and traffic generation
A BRIEF CLIENT LIST: The Active Joe, Beer N’ All, Hooper House, Defense Consulting Services, The Goat Path, Security Service Federal Credit Union, Aerial Yoga Boerne, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, San Antonio Aids Foundation, Planned Parenthood of San Antonio, The Majestic & Empire Theater
I coordinate and manage project creation and completion, vendors, deadlines, send-off, press checks, seasonal marketing collateral, strategic social media posts, product marketing, and advertising.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE INCLUDES: Logos, web graphics, illustrations, professional communications, marketing emails, social posting, sales collateral, advertising, product creation and marketing, and newsletters
Maintenance of all media relations, communication channels, and customer interaction
Strategic development and maintenance of website and social media outlets, engagement, and traffic generation
February 2007
- Present
Texas, United States
AeroGrow International
Graphic Designer & Community Lead
Graphic Designer | Community Lead - In these positions, I have been responsible for cross-collaborating between the design, marketing, and customer service departments. Because of my work in social engagement, I co-authored our brand social monitoring and escalation SOP as well as our social response matrix. I trained a team of 7 and served as their point of contact for supporting all marketing objectives and organizational goals.
I design the daily marketing emails sent to customers in the US, Canada, and the UK as well as blog content creation
Took ownership of all social media accounts, community management, and social engagement
Assisted with managing influencer and partner created content as well as promoting organically created customer content
From early 2021 to early 2022 our IG follower count increased by 43K to 56.6K (an increase of nearly 25%)
I design the daily marketing emails sent to customers in the US, Canada, and the UK as well as blog content creation
Took ownership of all social media accounts, community management, and social engagement
Assisted with managing influencer and partner created content as well as promoting organically created customer content
From early 2021 to early 2022 our IG follower count increased by 43K to 56.6K (an increase of nearly 25%)
January 2020
- February 2022
Clear Channel Outdoor
Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer | Community Manager - 95% of the outdoor advertising in San Antonio came through my fast-paced, high production office.
I created our in-house art request form that was later adopted regionally and assisted with streamlining our art production process.
Design of digital and traditional billboards, outdoor transit design, bus wraps, and shelters for a wide array of local and national clients (account names available upon request)
In-house print and digital design products and collaboration with the executive, sales, installation, and operations teams
Community management on all company social media accounts and promotional event planning which lead to over a 400% growth in followers and increased engagement across all platforms
I created our in-house art request form that was later adopted regionally and assisted with streamlining our art production process.
Design of digital and traditional billboards, outdoor transit design, bus wraps, and shelters for a wide array of local and national clients (account names available upon request)
In-house print and digital design products and collaboration with the executive, sales, installation, and operations teams
Community management on all company social media accounts and promotional event planning which lead to over a 400% growth in followers and increased engagement across all platforms
March 2013
- March 2019
Texas, United States
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Advertising,
Art Direction,
Branding,
Calligraphy ,
Copy Writing,
Graphic Design,
Hand Lettering,
Illustration,
Logo Design,
Slack,
Sprinklr,
Typography,