Illustrator

Illustrator — Ember Light Studios

New York, NY | August 2023 – Present

• Created 150+ custom digital illustrations for editorial features and online articles, increasing monthly reader engagement by 24% and driving a 15% increase in website page views across 12 client portfolios.
• Collaborated with 4 cross-functional marketing teams to design visual concepts for promotional campaigns, contributing to a 30% increase in social media shares and click-through rates over 10 months.
• Redesigned the internal vector asset library and templates, which reduced graphic asset retrieval and production time by 8 hours per week for a team of 6 designers, boosting department output by 22%.
• Prepared and preflighted 75+ complex vector layouts for print production, ensuring zero alignment errors and reducing print material waste costs by 18% through careful bleed and crop specifications.

Junior Illustrator — Beacon Creative Agency

Boston, MA | July 2021 – July 2023

• Produced 240+ vector icons and digital spot illustrations for e-learning platforms, helping the agency secure 3 new long-term contracts worth $140,000 in annual recurring revenue for the firm.
• Assisted in client brainstorming sessions and storyboard development for 12 advertising pitches, leading to a 75% client retention rate and the successful acquisition of 5 new major brand clients.
• Optimized file formats and metadata tagging for 500+ digital art files in the visual archive, reducing cloud storage overhead costs by 14% and speeding up internal search retrieval times by 35%.
• Created weekly graphic headers and custom illustrations for client email newsletters, which directly boosted subscriber click-through rates by 19% across 8 active email campaigns over 6 months.

Digital Painting, Vector Illustration, Editorial Design, Storyboarding, Color Theory, Layout Design, Typography, Print Prepress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, Figma, Visual Identity, Asset Management

Children's Book Illustration

Role: Lead Illustrator

Tools: Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign

Illustrated a 32-page children's book, completing the project 2 weeks ahead of schedule and contributing to 15,000+ copies sold in the first 3 months of release.

Editorial Visual Campaign

Role: Digital Illustrator

Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

Designed a series of 12 vector illustration covers for an online journal, leading to a 34% increase in click-through rates and 45,000 new monthly unique visitors.

• Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design (2022)
• Society of Illustrators Certificate of Merit (2023)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Conducted pro-bono art classes for 4 local community youth centers (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice