Resume

Experience

Danielle Nicole

Senior Graphic Designer, May 2011–February 2019

Created visual identity for handbag line Danielle Nicole, featuring collaborations with Disney, Warner Brothers and HBO. Responsible for art direction of campaigns, look books and editorial shoots. Managed social media calendar with focus on Instagram, including scheduling, copywriting, shooting/editing photos, creating videos/graphics and integrating in-house and outsourced assets. Created product line sheets, press books, pitch presentations, e-blasts, print/digital ads, logos, hang tags, packaging, and special event materials such as invites, posters, and on site video. Designed, developed and maintained e-commerce site, including product photography and retouching.

Byronesque.com

Editorial Art Director, April 2012–August 2014

Worked with Creative Director and Editor-In-Chief to establish the visual tone of editorial content accompanying, and inspired by, the site’s vintage fashion offerings from specialized boutiques and collections around the world. Designed all story openers in advance of the Autumn 2012 launch and through 2014.

International Review of African American Art

Freelance Graphic Designer, May–August 2009

Redesign of the entire Hampton University publication with guidance from art director Arem Duplessis, creating a bolder, more modern identity.

Condé Nast

Intern, Cookie Magazine, June–August 2009

Assembled and updated review wall, created both proposed and final layouts, illustrated conceptual pieces for Cookie.com blogs, established base motif for annual travel package, personally delivered and retrieved urgent packages out-of-office.

Time Inc.

Intern, Time Inc. Interactive, June–August 2008

Designed icons for the web, created color schemes for web layouts, updated and prepared hard copies of all page mock-ups for a given website, designed companywide PowerPoint templates, completed administrative work, researched photo gallery and sharing technology on the net in preparation for Life.com relaunch, observed Usability Testing and archived documents.