Samantha Fasen

Freelance Graphic Designer

Oakland, CA, USA
I would call myself a Creative first, Artist / Designer next. After studying art for many years in college, I was moved to jump head first into the design world after graduation, by teaching myself the programs of Adobe Suite and offering my design services as a freelancer. I’m eager to take the leap into bigger, full time projects and apply my creative skills to a career more focused on design.

Work Experience

Freelance

Graphic Designer

• Conceptualizing and developing contemporary digital collage
• Completed projects: Vectorized artwork, contemporary digital collage, event marketing, landing pages, stickers, lettering, menus, layout, business cards, promotional takeaways and apparel
• Designing various projects from concept through production and maintain vendor and client relationships
• Able to meet the needs of the client
January 2012 - San Francisco, California, United States

Freelance

Video Editor and Producer

• Filming, editing and producing video from concept to completion
• Processing, editing and polishing supplied footage
• Adding title and end credit sequences
January 2015 - Oakland, California, United States

Temescal Associates

Office Manager and Consultant

Compile blogs, update websites, oversee event project marketing campaigns, maintain office correspondence and financial records.
August 2019 - Oakland, California, United States

Taylor / Monroe

Operations Manager

• Managing the flow of the business across all employee and customer relations
• Oversee scheduling of all customer appointments as well as employee schedules
• Compile and calculate employee payroll and quarterly review statistics
• Order all retail products and office materials
• Curating and promoting company events and
• Designing all promotional event material; print and digital
• Designing marketing collateral; business cards, menus, signage, digital marketing
• IT problem solver; hardware/software setup and maintenance
• Professional and courteous client relations
February 2018 - March 2020 California, United States

Taylor / Monroe

Coordinator and Event Designer

• Curated quarterly art shows, managed all art sales, artist outreach and correspondence
• Designed event collateral
• Photography for marketing material
• Filmed and edited promotional videos
• Compiling stats for quarterly performance reviews
• Scheduling/confirming appointments
• Organizing daily deposits and cash
November 2009 - January 2018 San Francisco, California, United States

SoAnti Gallery

Curator and Event Organizer

• Organized multiple group art shows
• Recorded all sales and operations, paid artists
• Constructed website and established small business foundation
• Point of contact for/ managed 15 people
• Social media promoter
June 2013 - June 2014 San Francisco, California, United States

Education

San Francisco State University (CSU)

Bachelor of Arts- Art History

August 2009 - June 2011 San Francisco, California, United States

El Camino College

Associate of Arts - General Education

August 2005 - June 2008 Torrance, California, United States

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro , Asana, Final Cut Pro, Google Suite, Lightroom, Microsoft Excel, Millennium, STX,