Brian Valdez
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer · Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Long Beach, CAIn My Own Words
Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in non-profit organization management, action-sports, restaurant, and tech industries. Skilled in utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud software along with incorporating User Experience methodologies used in user-centric research and design. Strong arts and design professional who graduated from General Assembly and FIDM.
Work Experience
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer2020 – Present
Consult clients to review current products offered and provide design solutions to solve user needs and business challenges through in-depth user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping.
Graphic Designer
Tiger Woods TGR Foundation/TGR Live2017 – 2020
Collaborated with directors and senior staff to provide various marketing design needs for TGR Foundation & TGR Live. Projects included social media campaigns, golf video/photo shoots, custom packaging solutions, concept sketching, creating and renewing small and large-scale print collateral, website updating, contributing original copywriting to TGR Foundation's newsfeed, 3D retail/experience mockups, image retouching, instructional design, email campaigns, and digital photo/videography.
Graphic Designer
Tilly's Inc.2016 – 2017
Projects included concept sketching, creating and renewing small and large-scale print collateral, custom iconography, POP displays, creating custom packaging solutions, and image retouching.
Graphic Designer
530 Media Lab2015 – 2016
Projects included concept sketching, Ux ideation and creation, Ui prototyping, custom iconography design, creating website landing pages, ad+marketing collateral, image retouching, and creating original graphics for various print designs.
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer2005 – 2015
Worked with various companies, projects included concept sketching, building brand identities, custom website creation, digital and print collateral, Ui/Ux creation, photography, image retouching brand and marketing strategy.
Graphic Designer
Advanced Energy Solutions2015 – 2015
Everything including concept sketching, creating and renewing print collateral, custom iconography, creating website landing pages, POP displays, creating packaging and photography.
Graphic Designer
The Counter2014 – 2015
Everything including concept sketching, creating and renewing print collateral, custom iconography, e-mail blast designing, billboard design, online website collateral, POP displays, and photography.
Graphic Designer
Mood Designer Fabrics2014 – 2014
Everything including concept sketching, creating in-store signs and online banners, custom website header images, creating multiple e-mail campaign blasts, and photography.
Technician & Instructor
Apple2010 – 2014
I taught and instructed members and fellow co-workers on related Apple Software (Advance Mac OS X, iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes) as well as Apple Hardware (iMac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, iPod). In addition, I fixed and repaired Apple mobile devices; iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Everything from minor fixes to modular internal component repairs.
Education
Associate of Arts (A.A.)
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising2008 – 2010
Associate of Arts (A.A.)
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