work experience

Bounteous, Inc.

Digital Designer | Illustrator

June 2021 - Present

CRM and campaign work for brands Coca-Cola, EXCEED, Money Network, Popeyes, Princess Cruise Lines, and Topical Smoothie.

Present design concepts and ideas effectively to colleagues and stakeholders.
Collaborate closely with our marketing and brand management teams to create engaging designs that align with our business goals.
Create unique illustration that increased brand engagement in the social and digital space.
Create assets such as landing pages, digital banners, emails, credit card art, direct mailers, social posts, etc in Figma, Sketch and Abode Suites.
Help concept campaign ideas to drive user engagement and acquisition.
Create presentations for clients using PowerPoint.
Working 100% remote, I am able to stay organized and maintain communication using tools like Slack, Zoom, and Outlook.

Readeo.com

Digital Designer | UX/UI Intern

Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

Created website landing pages and other UX aspects of web and app platform, using Figma.
Created custom on brand illustrations to increase website engagement.
Created Social media ads, HTML5 Banners, and animated ads for customer retention and acquisition, as well as email layouts.
Working remote and am able to stay organized and maintain communication using tools like Slack and Zoom.

Charrette Agency

Freelance Designer

May 2020 - Aug 2021

Assisted on asset shoot for Discover Winchester.
Design pitch and presentation decks and new business proposals.
Developed logos and branding spec for prospect and current clients in travel tourism space and more corporate clients.

BCF Agency

Designer

Feb 2019 - April 2020

Worked with brands such as Visit Phoenix, Discover Lancaster, Visit Billings , Aspen Chambers, Orange Theory Fitness, and Virginia Beach EMS.
Designed/animated HTML5 banners, social media content, website pages, and created on-brand digital and print material, for ad campaigns, marketing plans, strategic briefs, etc.
Designed pitch decks and new business proposals in travel tourism space.
Worked with a small team to concept and build out spec work for new client pitches.
Was able to work in an organized manner to meet deadlines and ensure quality.
Managed and created content for agency’s social media platforms, Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, etc.
Promoted general office merriment with light-hearted shenanigans.

Freelance

Commission Artist

Listened and worked closely with clients to find insights to help develop a creative solution for their needs.

Learned new ways to work across different mediums to find the best fit for clients needs.
Took concepts from conception to final deliverable, that often exceed clients expectations.
Worked with wide range of deliverables such as album covers, logo designs, custom lettering, poster design, disc golf cart design, illustration, most of which can be found on my Instagram @samirob.arts

education

Virginia Tech | BS Marketing Management

Visual Communication Design Study Abroad Summer Program

Explored ancient architecture in Italy and did a typesetting workshop with with Lucio Passerini at Tipotecha Museum in Cornoda.
Got to look through the poster collection with Professor Kurt Wurmli at Basel School of Design in Switzerland.
Ate in the pitch black at The Blind Cow in Zurich, Switzerland. Terrifying, yet tasty.

resume

work experience

Bounteous, Inc.

Digital Designer | Illustrator

June 2021 - Present

CRM and campaign work for brands Coca-Cola, EXCEED, Money Network, Popeyes, Princess Cruise Lines, and Topical Smoothie.

Present design concepts and ideas effectively to colleagues and stakeholders.

Collaborate closely with our marketing and brand management teams to create engaging designs that align with our business goals.

Create unique illustration that increased brand engagement in the social and digital space.

Create assets such as landing pages, digital banners, emails, credit card art, direct mailers, social posts, etc in Figma, Sketch and Abode Suites.

Help concept campaign ideas to drive user engagement and acquisition.

Create presentations for clients using PowerPoint.

Working 100% remote, I am able to stay organized and maintain communication using tools like Slack, Zoom, and Outlook.

Readeo.com

Digital Designer | UX/UI Intern

Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

Created website landing pages and other UX aspects of web and app platform, using Figma.

Created custom on brand illustrations to increase website engagement.

Created Social media ads, HTML5 Banners, and animated ads for customer retention and acquisition, as well as email layouts.

Working remote and am able to stay organized and maintain communication using tools like Slack and Zoom.

Charrette Agency

Freelance Designer

May 2020 - Aug 2021

Assisted on asset shoot for Discover Winchester.

Design pitch and presentation decks and new business proposals.

Developed logos and branding spec for prospect and current clients in travel tourism space and more corporate clients.

BCF Agency

Designer

Feb 2019 - April 2020

Worked with brands such as Visit Phoenix, Discover Lancaster, Visit Billings , Aspen Chambers, Orange Theory Fitness, and Virginia Beach EMS.

Designed/animated HTML5 banners, social media content, website pages, and created on-brand digital and print material, for ad campaigns, marketing plans, strategic briefs, etc.

Designed pitch decks and new business proposals in travel tourism space.

Worked with a small team to concept and build out spec work for new client pitches.

Was able to work in an organized manner to meet deadlines and ensure quality.

Managed and created content for agency’s social media platforms, Linkedin, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Promoted general office merriment with light-hearted shenanigans.

Freelance

Listened and worked closely with clients to find insights to help develop a creative solution for their needs.

Learned new ways to work across different mediums to find the best fit for clients needs.

Took concepts from conception to final deliverable, that often exceed clients expectations.

Worked with wide range of deliverables such as album covers, logo designs, custom lettering, poster design, disc golf cart design, illustration, most of which can be found on my Instagram @samirob.arts

education

Virginia Tech | BS Marketing Management

Visual Communication Design Study Abroad Summer Program

Explored ancient architecture in Italy and did a typesetting workshop with with Lucio Passerini at Tipotecha Museum in Cornoda.

Got to look through the poster collection with Professor Kurt Wurmli at Basel School of Design in Switzerland.

Ate in the pitch black at The Blind Cow in Zurich, Switzerland. Terrifying, yet tasty.

Student work can be found here.

skills

customer service | communication

typography | illustration

design systems | adobe suites

sketch | figma

google docs | google web designer

HTML 5 Development | concepting

social media | slack