Cristina Gecolea
Product Designer
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada🌈 she/her 🌿 Product Designer | Event Organizer | Brand Marketer | 🎾 Player | Join my tech community for gamers, creatives, developers, designers http://bit.ly/crissysclub
Work Experience
Freelance
Content Marketing & Web Designer
Problem-solve coaching websites for Responsive web and mobile formats to ensure clear communication and compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as proven by increased site traffic and coaching package sign-ups
Services Offered:
1. Copywriting and editing tailored to artist & Life Coach publicity materials
2. 1-on-1 consulting and guidance on Digital Branding & website re-designs
3. Ensure Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are used properly, optimizing visibility
4. Accessibility checklists and #inclusivedesign
5. Testing flow and UX of client websites, ensuring they have Responsive Web and mobile formats
Services Offered:
1. Copywriting and editing tailored to artist & Life Coach publicity materials
2. 1-on-1 consulting and guidance on Digital Branding & website re-designs
3. Ensure Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are used properly, optimizing visibility
4. Accessibility checklists and #inclusivedesign
5. Testing flow and UX of client websites, ensuring they have Responsive Web and mobile formats
May 2022
- Present
British Columbia, Canada
Dilawri Group Of Companies
Digital Marketing Intern
1. Provided Social Media listening, monitoring and analytics
2. Handled ongoing content updates on 16 Facebook Pages, 11 Twitter
accounts and 16 Google Business Pages, as well as, following up online with friends and fans of Dilawri and all its 15 dealerships in BC
3. Responded to customer service requests, queries; resolved online complaints
2. Handled ongoing content updates on 16 Facebook Pages, 11 Twitter
accounts and 16 Google Business Pages, as well as, following up online with friends and fans of Dilawri and all its 15 dealerships in BC
3. Responded to customer service requests, queries; resolved online complaints
2014
- 2015
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Education
Brain Station
UX Design Diploma
Graduated from the Winter 2022 UX Design Bootcamp (2-year diploma program compressed into 12 weeks) cohort led by educators Brad MacDonald and Lily Huang and TA's Jamie Chung and Carolyn Devlin
I learned experientially about:
Design Sprints
Design Thinking: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
Wireframing (LoFi and HiFi Design) in Figma
Moodboards, Freehand Drawing, & Prototyping with InVision
User Research: Interviews and Presentations
UI: typography, UI Libraries, Multi-Platform Design
Responsive Web Design
Product Marketing Website Patterns
Design Versioning
Sketching on Paper/Manual Illustration
I learned experientially about:
Design Sprints
Design Thinking: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test
Wireframing (LoFi and HiFi Design) in Figma
Moodboards, Freehand Drawing, & Prototyping with InVision
User Research: Interviews and Presentations
UI: typography, UI Libraries, Multi-Platform Design
Responsive Web Design
Product Marketing Website Patterns
Design Versioning
Sketching on Paper/Manual Illustration
January 2022
- April 2022
British Columbia, Canada
BCIT
Associate Certificate in Marketing Management: Public Relations
Received my PR certificate April 2015.
September 2013
- December 2014
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
UBC
Bachelor's Degree: Education and Psychology
UBC BHK is now known as Bachelor of Kinesiology
2003
- 2007
British Columbia, Canada
Languages
Tagalog (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),
English (Native),
Skills
Abstract Art,
Acrylic Painting,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Advertising,
Buffer,
Business Writing,
Canva,
Communications,
Copywriting,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Photography,
Event Planning,
Graphic Design,
HootSuite,
Illustration,
Mac (OS),
Media Relations,
MS Office Suite,
Prezi,
Public Relations,
Public Speaking,
Sales,
SEM,
SEO,
Twitter,
Web Design,
WIN (OS),
WordPress,