Vijay Rathinasamy
Fairfax Station, VA, USAHello, 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.
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,