About me

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PROFILE

  • Extensive experience in both print and web design, including brand and corporate identities, web sites, advertisements, brochures, manuals, posters, catalogues, multimedia products and art direction for magazines.
  • International experience with clients in Europe, the Caribbean and the US.
  • Bilingual (Spanish and English).
  • Effective team player, contributing knowledge, ideas and support to the group, as well as responsible and reliable in individual assignments.
  • Highly proficient in both Mac and Windows Operating Systems.

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EXPERIENCE

September 2003 - Present
Freelance Print and Web Designer, US

  • Served as packaging design consultant for Bilingual Books, Inc.
  • Designed the 2003 Annual Report for Casa Latina, a non profit organization assisting the Latin American immigrant community in Seattle, WA.
  • Served as Web Master for FEFF Project, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • Created web site and logo for the online store The Pet Door Store (www.thepetdoorstore.com)
  • Created a Flash Video Animation for the Seattle Center 2003 Dayof the Dead Celebration (911 Media Arts / Seattle Center).
  • Designed web site for artist Liz Gamberg (www.lizgamberg.com).

August 2006 - November 2007
Graphic Designer
Ceaco / Gamewright
Watertown, MA

  • Art direction and packaging design for puzzles and card games.

March 2004 - August 2006
Graphic / Web Designer
Creative Services, HSAS&F
University of Washington (UW) Seattle, WA

  • Played a key role in the growth of the Department by expanding its available services to include interactive and multimedia design.
  • Produced new work documentation that improved the workflow of projects.
  • Designed promotional print campaigns for major events organized by the UW and the Health Sciences Center.
  • Designed web sites and training applications for several Departments within the University.

September 1999 - September 2003
Freelance Print and Web Designer, Cuba

  • Served as Art Director for four different magazines.
  • Created illustrations for advertisements, magazines and books.
  • Created marketing materials for print and corporate identity programs for several companies.
  • Designed Graphic User Interfaces (GUI) for several web sites and interactive media.
  • Designed exhibition spaces for companies exhibiting at Havana's International Fair and Havana's Construction Fair.

September 1996 - August 1999
Graphic / Web Designer
Staff Creativo / Trimedia S.R.L. (Italian Communication Agency)
Havana, Cuba

  • Developed marketing communication materials, including logos, art exhibition catalogues, advertisements, web sites and interactive media.

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EDUCATION

1991-1996 Bachelor of Graphic Design. Superior Institute of Design Havana, Cuba

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SOFTWARE

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe lllustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Pagemaker
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Corel Draw
  • CSS
  • Flash ActionScript
  • HTML
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Macromedia Fireworks
  • Macromedia Flash
  • Macromedia Freehand
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Power Point
  • Microsoft Excel
  • QuarkXPress

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