Vijay Rathinasamy

Fairfax Station, VA, USA
Hello, I am a BA graduate from George Mason University who hails from Fairfax Station, Virginia.

My objective is to obtain employment in the graphic design field to maximize my tangible and practical skills and create timely, well-made solutions to clients’ design requests. My Behance portfolio will serve as a testament to this goal.

Work Experience

Didlake Document Imaging

Document Clerk, Occasional Graphic Designer Assistant

Responsibilities include preparing documents for scanning and uploading into the cloud and/or hard drives for the benefit of several clients around the DMV area. Additionally helped with various graphic design requests from prior workplace as needed.
January 2018 - September 2023 Manassas, Virginia, United States

The UPS Store

Graphic Designer, Retail Clerk

Responsibilities included creating design and print solutions for various clients along with answering to packing, shipping, and miscellaneous needs of customers in regards to delivery logistics.
October 2016 - January 2018 Woodbridge, Virginia, United States

GAMA International

Graphic Design Intern

Created both digital and print material for the promotional benefit of GAMA International and its affiliates, including projects related to such diverse areas as the GAMA International Journal and the LAMP Conference.
September 2014 - October 2014 Falls Church, Virginia, United States

FastSigns Fairfax

Video Design Intern

Created motion graphics and video content for a digital kiosk unit for a client in real estate. Also worked on a few minor design projects for promotional material and assisted in sorting completed orders.
September 2013 - October 2013 Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Education

Sessions College For Professional Design

Certification in AfterEffects

Completed an online course in AfterEffects to expand on my skills in Adobe Creative Suite and as background work for the FastSigns internship.
August 2013 - September 2013 Tempe, Arizona, United States

George Mason University

BA Graphic Design, Minor in Japanese Studies

August 2008 - May 2013 Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Languages

German (Advanced),
Japanese (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Creative Suite 6, AfterEffects, CSS, Drawing, High-Logic FontCreator, HTML, Illustrator, Indesign, IOS, Lettering, LibreOffice, Mac OS X, Manga, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Photoshop, Typography, Wikis,