CV
Career History
I am a junior-level visual designer who loves experimenting with colorful, clean, and friendly aesthetics. I have experience in branding, visual communication, and a strong understanding of user experience and interface design. I am intuitive, creative, adaptable, and incredibly tech-savvy!
Media Assistant
December 2020 – Present
Conduct design research and create social posts, content designs, and templates for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
Adopt Asana and Miro for creative team collaboration.
Design and develop marketing materials for print and web in the form of promotional flyers, brochures, infographics, bulletin boards, hero images, social banners, and digital signage.
Train others in the process of designing and creating effective and visually interesting social posts using Canva.
Design a new on-brand visual identity system for the 2022 International Festival.
Create animated presentations instructing international students on how to navigate university processes such as admission.
Promote the office through social media and related platforms and increase engagement.
Program Support Intern
August 2021 – May 2022
Assist with the conceptualization and implementation of new processes.
Participate in office-related written communication, correspondence, acknowledgments, and letters to students.
Collaborate with leadership on interview efforts for the 2022-2023 Peer Advisor team.
Train employees on the updated procedures for submitting transfer credits for reevaluation.
Conceptualize and create new resources for the office, including physical guides that explain university processes such as class registration, dropping classes, performing course swaps, and how to check in to virtual drop-in hours.
Prepare a series of PDFs in an accessible format to be uploaded to Academic and Career Development’s website in their Academic Tools section.
Peer Advisor
November 2020 – May 2022
Support students through the process of searching for courses, building a schedule, enrolling in classes and making schedule adjustments (adding and dropping classes), and complete withdrawals from the university, as needed.
Troubleshoot obstacles to student registration, including the release of holds and submission of course permission requests, providing information on on-campus resources, and directing students to them, as appropriate.
Assist students with the completion of SAP Appeal forms, Passport Agreements, Transfer Course Evaluation forms, and other university documents that require advisor recommendations and approval.
Assist students with the general navigation of university technology, including email, One, iGPS, AdRx, Canvas, and various university websites.
Maintain comprehensive and accurate records of student meetings in the Advising Records (AdRx) system.
Front Desk Assistant
October 2020 - November 2020
Monitored the front desk area: greeted visitors, and answered the multi-line telephone.
Compiled information packets for prospective and newly admitted students.
Utilized Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel for pulling of admissions data and creating data reports.
Monitored recruiting progress through data pulls working with the Director and admissions committee with assistance in recruitment efforts.
Prepped materials, compiled databases of contacts, and entered prospective student information into the contacts management system.
Graphic Design Intern
February 2018 - June 2018
Prepared images to coincide with social and blog posts and created design work for print and university projects.
Conceptualized and designed print materials such as flyers, brochures, journal covers, and digital graphics presented before prospective and current students, award recipients, and event attendees by producing layouts, selecting colors, fonts, and tracking down appropriate images.
Effectively communicated with the office chair and staff about design material, appropriate sizing, and information.
Print Designer
March 2018 (Commissioned)
Collaborated with the project manager to develop and implement an illustration for an accompanying written work.
Applied color theory and lighting techniques in drawings and illustrations to add excitement, focus, and depth.
Transformed ideas into a high-quality broadside distributed across campus.
Worked with the client to gather and define requirements, establish scopes and manage project milestones.
Selected appropriate type and designed a layout complementing both the written work as well as the original illustration.
Managed design conceptualization, milestones, and client feedback.
Organizations
Throughout my career, I have had the honor of participating in several organizations that aided me in my professional development. As a result, I have become a confident leader in my fields of specialization.
Game Developers' Group at IUPUI
President
Aug 2021 - May 2022
Game Developer's Group @ IUPUI is a student group that promotes both professional and hobby game development. The club hosts workshops, talks, game jams, and more that teach students how to make games. More than just a student group, they are a community of like-minded individuals who all have a passion for game creation.
Work in Progress Group
President
Oct 2021 - May 2022
The Work in Progress Group is a fun classroom environment after-hours for students to collaborate, ideate, study, and brainstorm. Each meeting, both finished and unfinished games, projects, and other classwork can be peer-reviewed, critiqued, and analyzed by fellow members. The club also celebrates the work of students as a whole to encourage continuing self-confidence and self-improvement.
Informatics and Computing Student Council
Vice President
Jan 2022 - May 2022
The Informatics and Computing Student Council (ICSC) at IUPUI is the student governing body of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI). ICSC oversees and funds School of Informatics and Computing student organizations.