Hello, I'm Laura.
A creative problem-solver, founder of a small international marketing agency, and versatile graphic designer with front-end web development skills, branding and marketing expertise, and efficient project management skills.
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Recent Projects
Senderos
Brand development, website design and development, sales material, signs, and marketing material for real estate development in Costa Rica.
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Augeo Marketing
Static and animated social posts and other marketing material for a loyalty and engagement marketing agency.
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Committee for Children
Web & graphic design for non-profit organization during a company rebrand.
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Bamboo Energy
Educational brochures, trade show materials, case studies and web graphics for a software company in Barcelona.
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Altaris Law
Brand development, web design, print material and social media design for law firm.
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Amazon
Production and graphic design support for Amazon Home Services and Smart Home campaigns, including email design, display banners, animated gifs, and print material.
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My Experience
Founder/ Lead Web & Graphic Designer
Nomad Design House | Costa Rica | 03/14 - Present
Branding, graphic design, web design & development, marketing, art direction, plus project and team management. Clients include large real estate developments, small businesses in the tourism industry, cannabis industry startups, health & wellness brands in both Costa Rica and the U.S.
Senior Graphic Designer
Augeo Marketing | St. Paul, MN | 8/20 - 2/21, 1/22 - 5/22 (contract | remote)
E-commerce web design, HTML email design and coding, web banners, print design and branding/logos for fast-paced loyalty and engagement marketing agency.
Senior Web and Graphic Designer
Committee For Children | Seattle, WA | 3/18 - 7/18 (contract)
Web & graphic design for non-profit organization during a company rebrand. Responsibilities included print material, campaign graphics, web design and front-end development of rebranded website under tight deadline (secondstep.org). Role involved communication, teamwork and coordination with other departments as well as individual decision making and problem solving.
Visual Designer
Sublime Media | Seattle, WA | 11/17 - 2/18 (contract)
Design for web-based user interfaces and animated training videos for large corporations' e-learning courses.
Production and Graphic Designer
Amazon | Seattle, WA | 9/16 - 1/17 (contract | remote)
Graphic and production design for banners, ads, web graphics, emails and other various visual design needs for multiple Amazon teams.
Visual Designer
Gratafy | Seattle, WA | 10/15 - 12/15 (contract)
Graphic and web design for digital gifting platform. Designed static web pages, designed and coded HTML emails, created presentation decks for potential partners, PowerPoint presentations and other visuals to support lead designer.
Website Designer
NYC Restaurant | New York, NY | 4/15 - 2/16 (freelance | remote)
Designing restaurant website layouts and delivering PSD for development. Some web development using Muse.
Manager of Design and Marketing
Intelitek Corp | Panama City, Panama | 8/13 - 11/13
In-house web design and maintenance, graphic design for print material, web graphics and social media. Reported directly to CEO. Spanish-speaking office setting.
Junior Graphic and Web Designer
QuoteWizard | Seattle, WA | 2/12 - 3/13
Web graphics (banners and ads), HTML email design, coding and testing, web pages and landing pages with forms for data collection, printed collateral such as manuals, signs, brochures, and slideshow presentations.
HTML/CSS Course
School of Visual Concepts | Seattle, WA | 2013
Advanced HTML/CSS continuing education course completed.
Photo Editor/Retoucher
1stDibs | New York, NY | 4/11 - 9/11
Retouching product photos for website by weekly deadline; putting images on white backgrounds, color correction, resizing, image manipulation – managing multiple files and uploading to the server.
Graphic Designer and Photo Editor
ModaListas | New York, NY | 10/08 - 2/12
Graphic design for print and web including ads, banners, invitations, business cards, e-blasts. Photo editing and retouching for product shots and editorials. Product entry with Magento site and site maintenance.
BFA, State University of NY
Fashion Institute of Technology | 9/07 - 5/10
Illustration and Design major, Spanish language minor. Bachelor’s of Fine Arts. Graduated Cum Laude.
BFA Coursework
School of Visual Arts | NYC | 9/05 - 12/06
Majored in Illustration.
My Skills
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Sketch
HTML
CSS
Javascript
WordPress
SEO
Branding
Print Material
Websites
Landing Pages
Banner Ads
Social Media
Photo Editing
Marketing
Copywriting
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