Resumé

EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer, Infographics
First-Class Transportation, LLC
Jun 2008 - present • San Francisco, California
Create transportation-focused infographics based on provided case studies and one-page reports or data, to be published monthly in the company's e-newsletter. Skills include the ability to encode lengthy wordy data into visually-engaging and relevant infographics, and technical skills to create illustrations and 3D elements as needed in the designs.


Graphic Design Associate (Contract Hire)
Williams Lea, Inc. (client site: Goldman Sachs)
Dec 2012 - Mar 2013 • San Francisco, California
Author visually engaging infographics and presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, Photoshop and Illustrator for a large corporate banking institution. Internalize client feedback professionally, and implement changes while adhering to brand guidelines. Managed workload effectively, prioritize and allocate time to maximize productivity while maintaining standards of quality.
Skills: Illustrator, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Infographics, Presentation graphics, Background knowledge of MS Excel and Word, and creation of charts and graphs.


Graphic Designer (Contract Hire)
Colour Drop
Sept 2011 - Dec 2012 • San Francisco, California
Graphic design and print production of large format posters, books, brochures, and business cards, using InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Coordinate with third party offset print vendors, and handle own client invoicing. Clients include: San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Symphony, Paragon, Sotheby's, and Discovery Channel's Mythbusters.
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Digital Printing, Offset Printing, Foam Core Printing, Lamination, Bindery, Customer Service


Designer (Contract Hire)
Soma 365 Studios | Marketing and Advertising
Sept 2010 - Sept 2011 • Nicasio, California
Designed DVD covers, inserts, and book layouts; publish mobile content weekly; add intro, outro, lower-thirds, and watermarks to video footage; optimize images, compress videos, uploaded web content; prepped files for offset press and digital printing; tracked the quality of work throughout the design and production process.
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, ePub publishing, mobile content publishing, WordPress, video-editing, After Effects, Flash, DVD Studio Pro


Graphic Designer (Contract Hire)
AMB Designs
Jun 2008 - Sept 2010 • San Francisco, California
Concept, design, and production of motion graphics, web banners, Flash headers, animated financial graphics, Powerpoint presentations; and produced marketing and print collateral including brochures, event programs, flyers, book layouts, and posters. Clients include: KQED, AT&T, Creative Arts Charter School, Shelton Capital Management, Coverage Ink, ASA Gold and Precious Metals Ltd, and Citizen Group.
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Cinema 4D, After Effects, Flash, DVD Studio Pro

Graphic Designer (Contract Hire)
Eveo Inc. | Pharmaceuticals industry
Nov 2007 - May 2008 • San Francisco, California
Designed, animated, and edited various assets for pharmaceutical-related marketing. Designed webpages in Photoshop and Illustrator, animated web banners in Flash, and contributed to the video production process by adjusting and syncing animations and transitions, color correcting video footage, rotoscoping in After Effects, and compiling and editing video footage using Final Cut Pro.
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Flash

Projects by Aileen Mitchell