Resume
PROFILE / SUMMARY
- Experience in print and web / interactive design, including art direction and layout design for magazines, brand and corporate identities, websites, advertisements, brochures, manuals, posters, catalogs, and multimedia products.
- International experience with academic, commercial, and nonprofit clients in Europe, the Caribbean, and the US.
- Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.
- Effective team player, contributing knowledge, ideas, and support to the group, and responsible and reliable in individual assignments.
EDUCATION
AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
2020-Present: Member of GBH Community Advisory Board
WORK
November 2007 – Present
Graphic Designer
Freelance
Boston, MA
Offers graphic and web design services, including editorial design, packaging, newsletters, annual reports, front-end website design, interactive applications (for CDs or Internet), logos and corporate branding, collateral materials, posters, promotional campaign materials, etc.
September 2021 – June 2022
Art Teacher for Elementary and Middle School
Cambridge Montessori School, Cambridge, MA
- Designed standards-based, developmentally appropriate art curriculum for students in grades Pre-K through 8.
- Provided students with exposure to diverse artists and artistic movements.
- Utilized Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) pedagogy in a choice-based environment to instill creativity and responsibility, combined with Project Zero’s Studio Habits of Mind, to help students develop the eight dispositions needed to think like artists.
- Engaged with families through online student portfolios, YouTube video demonstrations, social media, and a bilingual (English/Spanish) website with an array of resources for outside-of-school support of student learning.
- Created innovative remote learning opportunities that extended classroom practices into the home.
August 2006 – November 2007
Graphic Designer
Ceaco / Gamewright
Watertown, MA
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 websites and training applications for several UW Departments.
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 and corporate identity programs for several companies.
- Designed Graphic User Interfaces (GUI) for several websites and interactive media.
- Designed exhibition spaces for companies exhibiting at Havana’s International Fair and Havana’s Construction Fair.
Developed marketing communication materials, including logos, art exhibition catalogs, advertisements, websites, and interactive media.
