Jessica Rivera
Art Director & Graphic Designer
Whiting, NJ, USAWith the degree Bachelors of Fine Arts, Jessica Rivera graduated from Pratt Institute in 2011. She has been working in communication design for the last five years. Jessica is experienced in print, web, social, hand done lettering and digital illustration. Her designs have been on T-shirts in Urban Outfitters, TV, social media and billboards in Time Square.
Work Experience
PS From Aéropostale
Assistant Graphic Designer
• Design dynamic window displays, work closely with
production & visual merchandising to keep designs
manageable for stores and stay within budget.
• Photoshoot and graphic concepting each season, in
collaboration with art director & production. Including
the creation of mood boards, illustrations, & graphic
explorations for presentations to company executives.
production & visual merchandising to keep designs
manageable for stores and stay within budget.
• Photoshoot and graphic concepting each season, in
collaboration with art director & production. Including
the creation of mood boards, illustrations, & graphic
explorations for presentations to company executives.
June 2012
- July 2013
New York, United States
B Two Design
Graphic & Web Designer
• Concepting and designing innovative websites for
various clients using Photoshop & Illustrator. Including
the creation of mood boards and wireframes.
• Maintain daily updates to various client websites.
• Create logos, business cards, brochures, illustrations &
other marketing materials that tie back to website design.
various clients using Photoshop & Illustrator. Including
the creation of mood boards and wireframes.
• Maintain daily updates to various client websites.
• Create logos, business cards, brochures, illustrations &
other marketing materials that tie back to website design.
September 2011
- May 2012
Marlton, New Jersey, United States
Marcc
Apparel Graphic Design Intern
• Concept and create Spring/Summer 2012 & 2011 graphic
T-shirt collection that focuses strongly on graphic imagery,
illustration and typography.
• Assist with editorial fashion photo shoots & styling.
• Design Spring/Summer 2011 look book.
• Maintain the Marcc facebook page with updated graphics,
copy and advertisements.
T-shirt collection that focuses strongly on graphic imagery,
illustration and typography.
• Assist with editorial fashion photo shoots & styling.
• Design Spring/Summer 2011 look book.
• Maintain the Marcc facebook page with updated graphics,
copy and advertisements.
August 2010
- February 2011
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Pace University
Graphic Designer/Communication Specialist
• Design various marketing collateral for departmental events and program
recruitment.
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships with departmental
chairs and faculty in order to understand needs, assist in gathering news
and announcements, and effectively create various communications vehicles.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by staying current with
emerging trends.
recruitment.
• Establish and maintain productive working relationships with departmental
chairs and faculty in order to understand needs, assist in gathering news
and announcements, and effectively create various communications vehicles.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by staying current with
emerging trends.
October 2013
- July 2014
New York, New York, United States
B Two Design
Senior Graphic Designer
• Concept and design innovative websites for various clients using Photoshop & Illustrator. Including the creation of mood boards, wireframes, and design.
• Remain current with emerging technologies, such as mobile / responsive
design.
• Determine the purpose and desired functionality of the website based upon current and desired target audiences.
• Project manage each job from start to finish.
• Create logos, business cards, brochures, illustrations & other marketing
collateral.
• Remain current with emerging technologies, such as mobile / responsive
design.
• Determine the purpose and desired functionality of the website based upon current and desired target audiences.
• Project manage each job from start to finish.
• Create logos, business cards, brochures, illustrations & other marketing
collateral.
July 2014
- July 2015
Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States
Ferrara And Company
Art Director
• In partnership with Copywriters and LOB/CDs, participate in creative concepting sessions in an effort to deliver industry-defining work across all media.
• Work with project managers, digital strategists, producers and account service
team members to develop strategic and creative solutions that meet those
goals.
• Translate concepts into fresh, cutting-edge and effective visual designs for
digital, social, mobile and traditional media channels while leveraging existing
assets and/or creating/sourcing new ones.
• Present concepts internally to CDs and account/sales teams and actively
participate in client calls and meetings to build and strengthen relationships.
• Conceptualize, develop, manage and execute compositions of photo shoots for a wide
variety of clients.
• Direct and manage the design output of junior team members.
• Monitor existing web, social and graphic design trends.
• Confidently juggle several projects at the same time.
• Managing projects and working within a budget.
• Work with project managers, digital strategists, producers and account service
team members to develop strategic and creative solutions that meet those
goals.
• Translate concepts into fresh, cutting-edge and effective visual designs for
digital, social, mobile and traditional media channels while leveraging existing
assets and/or creating/sourcing new ones.
• Present concepts internally to CDs and account/sales teams and actively
participate in client calls and meetings to build and strengthen relationships.
• Conceptualize, develop, manage and execute compositions of photo shoots for a wide
variety of clients.
• Direct and manage the design output of junior team members.
• Monitor existing web, social and graphic design trends.
• Confidently juggle several projects at the same time.
• Managing projects and working within a budget.
September 2015
- Present
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Education
Gibbs College
Associates Degree
June 2005
- January 2006
Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Graphic Design,
Hand Drawing,
HTML,
Illustration,
Lettering,
Photo Illustration,
Photography,
Typographer,
Typography Design,
Web Design,