EMILY MARTINEZ designs

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EDUCATION 
California State University, Chico 
January 2016 – May 2018 
Bachelors of Arts (BA) in Communication Design option Graphic Design
certificate in Web Design and Publishing 
GPA 3.79 
Achieved Dean’s List 

Merced Community College 
August 2013 – December 2015 
Associate of Arts (AA-T) Degree for Transfer option Studio Art 
GPA 3.83

EXPERIENCE
ELECTRONIC PRE-PRESS TECHNICIAN
Fortis Solutions Group
(Used to be Label Technology before June 2019)
June 2018 – present | Merced, CA
• prepare design jobs to be offset printed
• clean unnecessary material from the art file before printing
• color correct images to match samples provided by the customers
• organize colors for plates to print in order on press and create traps when needed
• plan employee appreciation events monthly with a team of other employees
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CREATIVE TEAM DESIGN INTERN
Tehama Group Communications
August 2017 – December 2017 | Chico, CA
• semester internship
• responsible for meeting with local clients about their brand identity
• researched, conceptualized, and developed designs for clients
• experienced working with a public relations firm
• worked with printed material and web design

GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT INTERN
Label Technology 
June 2017 – July 2017 | Merced, CA
• summer internship
• learned about the pre-press process and offset printing
• cross trained in all departments of the company
• created new files for designs that needed to be reprinted

BOOK PROCESSOR
Merced College Library
August 2014 – December 2015 | Merced, CA
• processed new books to get ready for circulation
• maintained and mended the older books
• attention to detail was needed

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
PACKAGING DESIGNER
Nature's Anthem
February 2020 – present | Coachella Valley, CA
• used established branding materials to design a flexible package
• created box designs staying with the established look and feel

WEB DESIGNER
Alpha Pregnancy Help Center
May 2019 – December 2019 | Merced, CA
• developed new layout to an existing site
• applied established brand to web pages
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BRAND DESIGNER
Creekside Evangelical Free Church of Merced
August 2017 | Merced, CA
• developed identity
• applied brand to collateral, i.e. business cards, letter head, website

SKILLS
Proficient
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Office
Wordpress
Packz
Knowledgeable
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Premiere Quickbooks
Webflow
HTML
CSS
Familiar
Adobe XD
Adobe Animate
Shopify
Javascript
PHP

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Time Management
Organizational Skills
Leadership Skills
Critical Thinking
Team Work