Hello!

Design is in everything that I do. I also have a technical mind and love learning new tools. This makes me an effective liaison between designers, technical/IT staff, and coworkers outside of those bubbles. I am especially proficient at understanding complex ideas quickly and explaining them in a way everyone understands, either verbally, in design, or in writing.

As I mentioned, I love learning, I learn quickly and I eagerly come up with new projects and ideas on flexible mediums that are tailored to the audience and situation the solution I make addresses. This has resulted in projects such as developing apps, bus advertisements, flash cards, instagram filters, tiktok stickers, new packaging, rebranding, and custom-cut mailers. I am constantly finding methods to make what I do more efficient. Truly an eternal student, I started gathering skills when I taught myself HTML at 9 and I haven't stopped learning new ways to explore and create. I've worked as the lead designer at a newspaper, a graphic and web designer in a print shop, and lead graphic designer/brand manager for an in-house Communications/Marketing team with an active audience of over 60,000 people and 8,000 staff. Proudly half Filipino and half Norwegian, I love traveling, rabbits, and video games.

What I'm looking for: I can work alone with very little direction, but I prefer collaborating in a team. I really love teams with a sense of humor, I appreciate being able to laugh during stressful times. I enjoy using Photoshop, Illustrator, and inDesign, and if you have a position that allows me to create more animations in After Effects, large-scale designs, and/or  I enjoy doing a variety of tasks in my roles. If you have an open position like that, I would bring a lot to your team!

Hard Skills

  • Managing several projects at once
  • E-Commerce Certified - May 2012 from Washington State University Vancouver
  • Certified in Professional Writing - May 2012 from Washington State University Vancouver
  • On a related note, also minored in English and minored in Managing Information Systems along with my degree as a designer
  • Experienced with inserting other languages, including Chinese, Somali, Russian, Vietnamese, and Spanish.
  • Social Media management

Soft Skills

  • Personable and amiable
  • Flexible, takes criticism well
  • Good sense of humor
  • Enthusiastic
  • Excellent problem solver, I love new challenges
  • I have a critical mind that produces creative solutions
  • Equity-focused, I do my best to design for ALL of our audience
  • Patient and courteous with customers

Tools

  • inDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, After Effects, Sketch, Unity
  • HTML5, CSS3, Javascript
  • Facebook, Twitter, Instagram