Elmo Rosa

Senior Graphic Designer

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
I’m a Graphic Designer with a 17 year experience serving the tourism, sports and cultural industries.
I love my job.
If there's anything I can be helpful, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Work Experience

MysticInvest Holding

Graphic designer

I am part of the Marketing and Design Team at MysticInvest Holding, a conglomerate of companies operating in the travel and tourism sector in areas such as river and expedition cruises, tours and attractions, hotels and resorts, space tourism and real estate.
• Design and graphic management of the elements that make up the visual identity of the companies that are part of the group.
October 2019 - Porto, Portugal

Self-Employed

Graphic designer

Work in collaboration with several clients, specially publishers.
• Design projects for everything that concerns the graphic universe of the book
(covers, interiors, inserts, promotional material etc).
• Design for visual identity and brand management projects.
March 2004 - Present Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Rio 2016 Organizing Comittee For The Olympic And Paralympic Games

Graphic designer

Work developed at the Rio 2016 design team, together with Branding and
Look of the Games teams.
• Concept, development, artwork finishing and delivery of the graphic system and elements that constituted the visual identity of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
• Concept and graphic project for medals, licensing products, uniforms among others.
• Design and mapping of the venues look itens and their wayfinding system, as well as the confection of their kit of parts workbooks.
July 2013 - September 2016 Brazil

Record Publishing House

Editorial designer

Work at the in house design department.
• Design of book covers from every sort of genre, written by national and foreign authors.
• Record Publishing Group is the biggest publishing conglomerate of non-didactic books in Latin America. At that time, it edited hundreds of new publications per year.
August 2006 - June 2013 Brazil

Contra Capa Publishing House

Editorial designer

Work at the in house design department.
• Responsible for the graphic project and design of the books – covers and interior, as well as all the design of graphic material used to promote them.
November 2005 - July 2006 Brazil

Record Publishing House

Intern

Work at the in house design department.
• Responsible for the graphic project and design of the book covers, as well as all the design of graphic material used to promote them.
March 2004 - November 2005 Brazil

Dinâmica Design

Intern

• Responsible for the design of packaging for the food industry, in particular for the Sendas and Mais em Conta brands.
• Conception and design of branding projects for several clients.
April 2003 - October 2003 Brazil

Education

FBAUP

Mestrado em Design Gráfico e Projetos Editoriais

October 2019 - Porto, Portugal

Universidade Federal Do Rio De Janeiro

Bachelor of Graphic Design

March 2000 - September 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Languages

Portuguese (Native),
English (Fluent),

Awards

Jabuti Award

Best Book Cover - Finalist

2018

Jabuti Award

Best book cover – 3rd place

2012

Getty Images Brazil Award

Best book cover – Finalist

2011

Getty Images Brazil Award

Best book cover – Finalist

2010

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Illustration,

Courses

Nov 2010 - 'Is it possible to touch somebody’s heart with design?' workshop, managed by Stefan Sagmeister.

Oct 2010 - 'Editorial design: the book course', managed by Evelyn Grummach.

Mar 2009 - 'The multiple universe of design' cycle of lectures, managed by Gringo Cardia, Victor Burton, Fred Gelli, Guto Índio da Costa and Fabrício da Costa.

Jun 2008 - Stencil workshop from SENAI-RJ, managed by Eduardo Denne.

Apr 2007 - 'Graphic Diary' creativity unblocking course, managed by Renato Alarcão.