Shirong Gao
Graphic Designer, Illustrator
San Francisco, CA, USAWork Experience
University Of California, Berkeley
Principal Designer
• Lead designer on Big Give (biggive.berkeley.edu), a major annual fundraising blitz that raised $5.5 million in 24 hours.
• Partnering with editors and fundraisers to create several successful philanthropy proposals garnering donations up to $50 million.
• Illustrating the Cal Bears stickers pack on the App Store and Google Play which had 1,500 installs on release and continues to receive over 650 installs monthly.
• Working in-house on a dedicated marketing and communications team that handles over 950 projects per year to raise money in support of the #1 public university in the world.
• Partnering with editors and fundraisers to create several successful philanthropy proposals garnering donations up to $50 million.
• Illustrating the Cal Bears stickers pack on the App Store and Google Play which had 1,500 installs on release and continues to receive over 650 installs monthly.
• Working in-house on a dedicated marketing and communications team that handles over 950 projects per year to raise money in support of the #1 public university in the world.
January 2015
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Berkeley, California, United States
Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator
January 2011
- December 2014
International Food Policy Research Institute
Graphic Designer
• Worked in-house within a branding and visual arts team to provide creative solutions and guidance for over 300 IFPRI employees domestically and internationally.
• Led a team of four to launch the first communications workshop which promoted our services and how researchers can leverage our creative expertise to get their message to the public and create impact. The success of this workshop gave rise to others that followed.
• Led a team of four to launch the first communications workshop which promoted our services and how researchers can leverage our creative expertise to get their message to the public and create impact. The success of this workshop gave rise to others that followed.
May 2008
- December 2010
District of Columbia, United States
Education
Academy Of Art University (AAU)
MFA, Illustration
January 2011
- December 2013
San Francisco, California, United States
University Of California - Los Angeles
BFA, Graphic Design
September 2001
- June 2005
Los Angeles, California, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Chinese (Conversational),
Japanese (Conversational),
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
Charcoal,
Communication Skills,
CSS,
Curious,
Digital Painting,
Fine Arts,
Graphic Design,
HTML,
Illustration,
Infographics,
Ink,
Letterpress,
Mac/PC Proficient,
Microsoft Office,
Organized,
Photography,
Playful,
Print,
Printmaking,
Procreate,
Silkscreen,
Sketch,
Strategic,
Video,