Introduction
skills
illustrator, photoshop, coda, (x)html&css, indesign, dreamweaver
resume
connect
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affiliations
Lynette Liwanag
objective
I am looking to become part of an innovative and encouraging team of creative minds who will utilize and enhance my skills as an inquisitive and fast-learning design thinker. I have a focus on designing for user experience and user interfaces with a background in front-end coding with (x)html/css.
education
University of Houston, 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Communication, Cum Laude
selected skills
Concentration on concept development and design for interactive and web user interfaces. Also skilled in print media, layout, logo design, and identity systems. Proficient on a Mac platform using Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Coda, (X)HTML/CSS, Quark Xpress, Adobe Captivate, and Microsoft Office.
Experience using Javascript, Jquery, PHP, WordPress, Omnigraffle, After
Effects, Flash, Joomla!, Constant Contact, Adobe Captivate, and Spark.
experience
MSM Communications »Contract Graphic/Web Designer, 8/2009–Present
Web and landing page design, minor front-end development, icon design, logo design, print design including stationery, brochures, advertisements, and large outdoor decals. Clients range from entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, coffee companies, to fuel and oil companies such as I Live Here, I Give Here, Java Pura, Stalker Energy, and Alliance AutoGas.
Hoover's Inc. »
Contract Graphic/Web Designer, 10/2009–Present
E-mail newsletter design with a focus on generating high click-through rates and maintaining a high standard for the Hoover's brand usability across multiple e-mail platforms and operating systems. Trained in Adobe Captivate to assist in editing tutorial videos to ensure fluidity, consistency, and that brand standards are followed throughout each lesson.
Webvega »
Contract Graphic/Web Designer, 10/2009–Present
Web and logo design, front-end development, Flash banners, and site analysis focused on SEO and high conversion rates for local Austin businesses.
FKM Agency/Farther »
Contract Art Director/Web Developer, 11/2008–5/2009
Art direction including conceptualizing, graphic production, and logo and identity development for user interfaces such as web layouts, interactive advertising units, and widgets. Also trained and practiced development of (X)HTML/CSS and Jquery for Farther Digital, the interactive division of FKM. Occasional graphic production of direct mail, page layout and other print design work.
Worked with high profile clients such as Reliant Energy, Waste Management, Conoco Phillips, and Daisy.
Robot Agency Studios, Inc. »
Art Director, 3/2008–Present
Concept development, graphic production and visual execution of print and web-based projects from start to finish, with the occasional web development in HTML/CSS and WordPress. Clients include Dance Source Houston, Talento Bilingüe de Houston, CSTEM, 97.9 The Boxx, and the City of Houston.
University of Houston
University Center Leisure Services
Student Designer, 2005–2008Promotional design for the University Center Games Room, Cougar Bowling Club, and Shasta's Cones & More including fliers, posters, signage, T-shirts, web and e-mail design.
A&E The Graphics Complex
Intern, 2007
Print design for stationery, billboards, posters, brochures, and other business print material in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Learned different press equipment requirements and formats as well as a higher value for speed, time, and accuracy.
Freelance Design/Web Development
Designer/Developer, 2006–Present
- Nano Fiction V1N1, V2N1, V2N2, V3N1 print graphic and type layout, 2007–present
- Tactical Kali, logo and T-shirt design, 2009
- Grayson Castro, design & development for portfolio landing page and WordPress blog, 2009
- Hidden Treasures, photography, updated HTML/CSS functionality, 2009
- Tumbling Stars, design & WordPress development, 2009
- Arcade UFO, signage, print, web design and WordPress development, 2008
- Shear Perfection Fabrics, identity, print and web design/development, 2008
- Carissima Antiques, identity, print and web design/development, 2008
- Mallory Ann Foreman, web design and WordPress development, 2008
- Gulf Coast Journal, promotional poster series, 2007
affiliations
- UHGAP, University of Houston Graphics Alumni Partnership, Twitter contributor, since 2008
- AIGA, The Professional Association for Design, Houston Chapter, member/volunteer since 2005
- S{o}TA, Society of Typographic Aficionados, member since 2006
- GCSA, Graphic Communications Student Association, historian/web designer/fundraiser, 2007
conferences attended
- AIGA Design in the Fast Lane, Houston, Texas, 2007
- AIGA Design Next, Denver, Colorado, 2007
- SoTA TypeCon, Seattle, Washington, 2007
- Creative Summit, San Marcos, Texas 2006, 2007
- SoTA TypeCon, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006
- AIGA Design in the Fast Lane, Austin, Texas 2005







