Filip Popa

Graphic Designer | Illustrator

Vancouver, WA, USA

Work Experience

Freelance

Graphic Designer | Illustrator

• Worked with clients such as Nike, Deschutes Brewery, Boyd’s Coffee, Mura Masa
• Conducted business with international clients (Norway, Scotland, England, Canada)
• Maintained timely communication with clients for quick turnarounds
• Designed branding packages (logos with variations, social media graphics, merchandise mock-ups)
• Designed styleguides for existing brands (found colors, type studies, & rules of logo application)
• Designed print collateral (brochures, business cards, stationary, etc) for several local companies
• Built, edited, & refined presentation decks for numerous presentations
• Designed & illustrated postcards, chalkboard signage, wedding invitations, tattoos, posters
May 2011 - Present Washington, United States

Digital Collective

Lead Graphic Designer

• Worked in a small team environment, collaborating with every part of the company, from management to production
• Lead a creative team consisting of 2 other designers; giving vision, direction, and overseeing edits
• Designed, formatted and edited graphics for numerous apparel designs, web graphics, advertisements, social media marketing, and various print collateral (tags, postcards, business cards, mailers, etc).
• Brainstormed new and original ideas for creative direction in both marketing and design
December 2016 - July 2017 Vancouver, Washington, United States

Crossroads Community Church

Graphic Designer

• Collaborated with Pastors to brainstorm concepts, discuss deadlines for deliverables, & select appropriate production materials
• Reached an audience of over 5,000 people
• Designed graphics for web (social media posts, web banners, web event graphics, online weekly ebulletins, app graphics)
• Designed graphics for print ( yers, posters, banners, signs, branded items, logos for ministries/events, series graphics, t-shirts, mugs, pens)
• Negotiated with outside vendors about print speci cations and costs
• Oversaw prints for any in-house printing, laid down, and trimmed foamcore signage
• Printed 1,500-2,000 bulletins every week
September 2012 - April 2016 Vancouver, Washington, United States

Clanton Design Services

Junior Graphic Designer

• Worked with such companies as the Portland Thunder, 1964ears, Amalfi’s, & Portland Oil
• Took over communication & project management for 3 weeks while the owner was on leave
• Made decisions based on my personal judgment while responding to quick deadlines
• Designed, formatted & edited web banner advertisements
• Designed & reformatted package design elements
• Created graphics for various client presentations
• Designed several di erent apparel graphics for client merchandise
• Refined, formatted, and edited posters for print and web
July 2014 - September 2014 Portland, Oregon, United States

Clanton Design Services

Graphic Design intern

• 10 week internship designing brand identity for sportswear company, XSAND Sports
• Met with client to talk about brand direction, logo imagery, and stylistic choices
• Researched and curated moodboards for aesthetic direction of project
• Brainstormed and created over 50 unique logo concepts, from sketch to final
• Packaged and presented diverse logo concepts and creative reasoning in client meetings
• Collaborated with design director to refine the final logo and presentation
February 2014 - May 2014 Portland, Oregon, United States

Crossroads Community Church

Graphic Design intern

• Became part of a communications department team, learning project management, as well as working under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Consistantly juggled multiple projects at once
• Designed graphics for web (social media posts, web banners)
• Designed graphics for print (branded stationary, envelopes, birthday cards, flyers for different ministry events)
• Utilized large format printers, copiers, folding and trimming machines
June 2012 - September 2012 Vancouver, Washington, United States

Children Of Light Clothing

Co-Owner | Graphic Designer | Illustrator

• Designed company logo
• Designed over 100 apparel graphics to be printed on multiple formats (t-shirts, hoodies, sweat-shirts, mugs, stickers)
• Designed graphics for web promotionals on multiple social media platforms
• Joint-ran social media networking (promoted, created contests, interacted with followers)
• Set up booths at multiple concerts; sold merchandise, networked
April 2011 - October 2012 Washington, United States

Education

Clark College

Associate of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

June 2015 Washington, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),
Romanian (Conversational),
American Sign Language (Conversational),

Skills

Acrylics, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Building Presentation Decks, Digital Painting, Digital Photography, Drawing, Film Photography, MAC And PC, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Word, Painting, Sketching, Vector Illustration , Watercolors,

Publications

PHOENIX, VOL. 35 June 2015
“Dissociative Identity Disorder” P 86.