I have over 15 years of experience creating and overseeing the production of magazines, books, packaging and advertisements, as well as 4 years of experience creating digital interactive publications. Some clients I worked for: AVON, Nestlé, important food companies, magazines in Germany.

Experience

1. FREELANCE SENIOR Graphic Designer

   LATINCOUVER
   December 2015 - at Present • Graphic design and layout of brochures, and marketing material.
   • Design of the new logo for Carnaval del Sol, a biggest Latin American festival ON West Coast, with more than 100.000 visitors annually.
   • Creating graphic template of brochures to speed up graphic production.
   • Design of the webpage banners.

2. Founder, Art director

   LAYOUT Digital
   January 2005 - June 2015 • Administration, hiring personal, customer management.
   • Managing the production of all the graphic materials including design of print and digital interactive publications and advertisements for every client. Creating the graphic structures for all the publications, with clear manuals. Some of this structures were done under international standards.
   • Design and layout in collaboration with the graphic team.
   • Reducing productions time, through analysis of each process in the creation of the graphic materials. This resulted in a 30% increase in the projects completed.
   • Working together with the editors of each publication to create the layout and content.
   • Liaising with clients to fully understand their goals and to achieve the best possible final graphic products. Managing clients’ long terms contracts.

3. Graphic Designer

   HEINRICH VOGEL VERLAG, Trucker Magazine, Tours Magazine
   December 2003 - November 2004 • Created Design and Layout of print magazines and advertisements.
   • Responsible for the production of 15 articles each month including the feature article and one pamphlet attached to the magazine.
   • Choosing together with the editors all the photos and/or illustrations for each article.

4. FOUNDER, art director, Graphic Designer

   EDITORIAL TAQUINA
   June 1998 - June 2003 • Managing the graphic production.
   • Design of publications, advertisements and packaging.
   • Working together with the editors of each publication to match in an effective manner the content and the layout.
   • Customer accounts management and sales.
   • 2003 – 2015 Creative Advisor & Designer.

Education

1. BUSINESS ENGLISH

   ISS of BC
   2016 - at Present (1 year) British Columbia

2. WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION SKILLS CERTIFICATE

   ISS LANGUAGE & CAREER COLLEGUE OF BC
   2015 - 2015 (1 year) British Columbia

3. PUBLICITY AND ONLINE SELLS

   RUNA SAPIENS
   2014 - 2014 (1 year) Provincia de Pichincha

4. PRINT PROCESS WITH PHOTOSHOP AND INDESIGN

   AULA CREATIVIDAD
   2013 - 2013 (1 year) Provincia de Pichincha

5. INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY WITH STEVE WOZNIAK

   SEMINARIUM
   2013 - 2013 (1 year) Provincia de Pichincha

6. ADOBE DIGITAL PUBLISHING SUIT

   AULA CREATIVIDAD
   2012 - 2012 (1 year) Provincia de Pichincha

7. BACHELOR DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICITY

   Universidad de las Américas Quito, Ecuador
   1995 - 2000 (5 years) Provincia de Pichincha

8. DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

   Sistema Dual Colegio Alemán
   1993 - 1995 (2 years) Provincia de Pichincha

9. PHOTOGRAPHY

   ALIANSA FRANCESA
   1994 - 1994 (1 year) Provincia de Pichincha

10. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

    Colegio Alemán de Quito
    1980 - 1992 (12 years)

Knowledge and keywords

1. freelance
2. word
3. adobe photoshop
4. adobe illustrator
5. microsoft powerpoint
6. adobe indesign
7. graphic designer
8. layout
9. german
10. spanish
11. graphic arts
12. english
13. management
14. art direction
15. digital media
16. magazines
17. ma
18. acrobat
19. print media
20. marketing material
21. books
22. ceros.com
23. hiring personal

Languages

German Negotiation

Spanish Native

English Negotiation

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