Let me tell you a lil’ something about me...
Skills
Software
Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Suite (XD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Acrobat, Dimension, Aero), G-Suite, Asana
Areas of expertise
Graphic design, print design, web design, community engagement, workshop design, course curriculum development, social media strategy and management, problem identification and problem solving, brand identity systems, organizational strategy, self-initiated learning, time management, optimism
Experience
Guerrero Media
Designer
June 2019 - Present
Chicago, Illinois
- Design and art direct Profile Magazine, The Alumni Society, Next Gen Collective, other brands as necessary. I am responsible for the design of the magazine, social media collateral, general sales collateral for Guerrero Media, and all of our branded events that we host.
- Managed the reshaping the internal creative brief process, streamlining it to an online platform.
- Trailblazed the use of augmented reality (AR) and QR codes for the first time in company history. Designed and taught design workshops for multi-functional teams.
Pohla Creative Consulting
Founder
October 2016 - Present
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Pohla Creative Consulting provides design services for creative companies.
We turn daydreams and brainstorm sessions into impactful and exciting
branded collateral. Through multiple packages and options, our projects range
from digital to print and all of the in-between.
HOK
Marketing Coordinator + Designer
December 2018 - June 2019
Chicago, Illinois
- Design client-facing materials such as proposals, presentations and lookbooks.
- Strategize marketing pursuits and craft strategy
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Create unique, effective graphic design solutions for project proposals, award submissions and other projects as needed.
- Manage timelines and assignments to ensure the delivery of top quality, on-time and effective submittal of proposals, qualifications packages and presentations
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Coordinate services of outside graphics and reprographic vendors for marketing purposes
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Maintain all Chicago marketing resource materials, such as resumes, project sheets, brochures, photographs and opportunity files
Yes Packaging/Yes Print
Designer
May 2018 - October 2018
Chicago, Illinois
- Planned a new web presence and social media strategies, as well as facilitating a new brand direction and marketing strategy to integrating e-mail marketing
- structural and art design for packaging products, pre-flighting printed art files, and press checks
- Recruited and managed a fulfillment team of upwards of 15 people, maintained client communications for projects with various moving parts,
- Facilitated
vendor communication for printed deliverables.
Managed large-parcel skid air-freight shipping and orders with unique address shipment, handling lists of over 500 individual addresses.
Education
Tribeca Flashpoint College
Associate's degree, Design and Visual Communications
(2016 - 2018) (4.0 GPA)
Awards
Best Portfolio - Graphic Design and Interactive Media
June 2018
Flashpoint Chicago Valedictorian
May 2018 Flashpoint Chicago
Tribeca Flashpoint College's Presidential Scholarship
January 2018
Awarded to students who demonstrate achievement in academics throughout their tenure.
Community Building/Volunteer Experience
Chicago Graphic Design Club
2020 - current
Organizational strategy, programming strategy, programming organization, community outreach, Q+A facilitation, event planning
ADPList Mentor
January 2021 - current
Portfolio review, providing career advice for other designers, mindset mentoring
AIGA, Chicago chapter
2018 - 2020
social media content creation and management, day-of event volunteering, community outreach for the Mentor program, event photography
Publications
ISH
Winter 2018 Annual—unfin-ISH-ed
“Happy Accidents”, “A Mission Yet Completed”, “Rose of Words”, “So You Think You’re a Writer”