Lucia Guerra

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
I am a Senior Graphic / Visual Designer and Art Director with 11 years of wide-range work experience, including designing for education at USC Los Angeles, for technology, at Sage Software, Non-profit (Arthritis Foundation, Boys and Girls Clubs of America) Healthcare, working at diverse creative agencies, as well as Inhouse Corporate, and as a consultant for my own design business. I've won international logo competitions as well as design awards and have a great passion for branding development.

Recently I have been expanding my knowledge, working on projects as an Interactive Visual designer, involving information architecture, and user experience.

Work Experience

Citrix

UX / Visual Designer

September 2012 - Present Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Self

Graphic / Visual Designer Consultant

- Broad scope of experience providing creative and consulting services to a variety of industries. Services include: Corporate ID and branding strategy development,
websites, Interface Design, mobile/iPad sites, email marketing, presentations, brochures, flyers, catalogs, annual reports, direct mails, packaging, posters, maps, advertising, and photography
January 2011 - September 2012 Miami, Florida, United States

Sage

Graphic Designer

- Inhouse Corporate lead designer for three major business units, creating brochures, direct mail, posters, postcards, spec sheets, success stories, white papers, presentations, splash screens, web and UI graphics, logos, and other creative projects from concept to completion.
- Worked as part of the Brand Identity Team on the Sage Global Rebranding, designing branding guidelines manuals, guides, templates, and partner logos.
April 2007 - January 2011 Miami, FL, Remote

The Creative Group

Art Director / Graphic Designer

- Worked as an Art Director and Graphic Designer on a variety of projects;

- Clients include Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Arthritis Foundation, and Sage.
July 2007 - April 2008 Atlanta, Georgia, United States

USC - University Of Southern California

Graphic Designer

- Designed materials such as logos, publications, books, websites, brochures, flyers, t-shirts, folders, campaigns, environmental graphics, and other creative projects.

- Worked with clients advising, creating, modifying, and executing designs and solutions to visual media objectives.

- Responsible for designing the USC transportation website: http://transnet.usc.edu
May 2005 - July 2007 Los Angeles, Canada

Education

American Intercontinental University

BFA Visual Communications

1994 - 1998 London, UK and Los Angeles, Canada

University Of California - Los Angeles

Extension Couses

Extension and Online classes
1998 - Present Los Angeles, Canada

Languages

Spanish (Advanced),
English (Fluent),
Portuguese (Native),
French (Conversational),
Italian (Conversational),

Awards

USC

Excellence Award

Skills

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Muse, Adobe Photoshop, Axure, Balsamiq, Microsoft Word, Omnigraffle, PowerPoint, Quark Xpress, Adobe Indesign,