Justine Colon is an anticipated May 2017 graphic design graduate from Dominican University. She has over 3 years of experience in graphic design roles creating publicity, managing design teams, and assisting in branding and photography projects. Her coursework includes graphic design, web design, motion graphics, and video production.
Justine Colon is an anticipated May 2017 graphic design graduate from Dominican University. She has over 3 years of experience in graphic design roles creating publicity, managing design teams, and assisting in branding and photography projects. Her coursework includes graphic design, web design, motion graphics, and video production.
Bachelor of Arts, Anticipated Graduation May 2017 Major: GRAPHIC DESIGN Minors: SOCIAL MEDIA + PHOTOGRAPHY Deans Scholarship, Honors List
RELEVANT COURSES
Graphic Design I, II, III
Web Design
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / OFFICE OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
SEPT. 2013 CURRENT Responsible for creating various forms of publicity for campus-wide events, from print to web; familiar with marketing objectives and branding.
Motion Graphics Video Production
Typography Color Photography
PROJECT MANAGER / STARS NEWSPAPER
AUG. 2014 SEPT. 2015 Worked directly with the Editor-in-Chief and cohesively with a team of designers. Managed distribution of workload on design team. Responsible for front and back page design and layouts. JR. DESIGN INTERN / OFFICE OF MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS MAY JULY 2015 Assisted in producing mock-ups, branding, logos and photography for campus-wide collateral. GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ALUMNI RELATIONS
MAY 2015 Senior Designer in the production of the Alumni Memory Book. Responsible for photo editing layout of entire book. LOGO + BRANDING / MEDIABRANCH Created the logo and branding for a startup marketing and event company.
DEC. 2014
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ALUMNI RELATIONS
MAY JULY 2014 Produced publicity for Alumni-hosted events and assisted in the production of the Alumni Memory Book by working one-on-one with the Alumni Office Communications Associate; tasks included typography, layout, and photo retouching. RETAIL EXPERIENCE
UNDER ARMOUR / FASHION OUTLETS OF CHICAGO
AUG. 2015 CURRENT Sales associate for Under Armour, Rosemont. Tasks include educating athletes on new products and promoting sales. Background knowledge of business aspect of Under Armour, specifically regarding units and average dollar per transaction. AVASTARS / OAKBROOK MALL
SEPT. 2014 JUNE 2015 Sales associate for AvaStars, Oakbrook. Lead guests through the experience of personalizing a doll or action figure that resembles them, transforming them into the Star of their dreams.
AWARDS SKILLS
ICPA AWARD / 3RD PLACE
Award for front-page layout on the issue ISIS violence in Iraq hits close to home Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator *on a scale from 1-10; 10 being proficient
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook