Experience


Owner, Emilie Mendoza Design January 2011 - Present

  • Collaborating closely with client to brainstorm vision, create designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements

  • Working with a variety of organizations, including higher ed Title IX offices, start-up software companies, and local businesses

Creative Director, KGO November 2021 - Present

Art Director November 2020 - November 2021

  • Designing, launching and maintaining company website

  • Designing UX for in-house custom built software platforms

  • Managing content creation for newsletters, company blog, and social media outlets

  • Developing go-to-market plans for social and email-based marketing campaigns

  • Editing and releasing company podcast episodes

  • Designing qualifications packages, high-level presentations, and collateral to support new business offerings

  • Managing the proposal process

  • Mentoring team of two in design and creative campaigns

  • Serving as a professional goals mentor for seven colleagues

Art Director, CSG Creative March 2020 - June 2020

Senior Graphic Designer September 2015 - March 2020

  • Provided branding concepts based on client needs, and then delivered work direction to design team

  • Designed print and digital marketing collateral for trade shows with over 100k attendees

  • Presented mock-ups to clients to effectively communicate how the creative vision supports strategic priorities

  • Reviewed artwork to ensure brand consistency across all campaigns

Graphic Designer, KLNB Retail September 2012 - September 2015

  • Designed company marketing materials for print, web, and mobile app

  • Created illustrative site plans and maps of shopping centers and retail developments

  • Designed and distributed email marketing campaigns

  • Compiled demographics and annotating aerial maps to include in marketing packages

  • Supervised one junior graphic designer

  • Managed all pre-press and worked closely with outside print vendors

Marketing Manager, Learning Objects, Inc. January 2009 - September 2012

  • Designed marketing collateral and advertisements for both print and web

  • Designed and managed email blasts

  • Managed all aspects of the company’s social media initiative

  • Wrote and distributed press releases

  • Designed trade show booth graphics for industry conferences

  • Updated the company and user group websites

Business Development Representative, Clements Worldwide May 2006 - January 2009

  • Drafted content and updated brochures

  • Served as a liaison between agency and clients by visiting embassies overseas and exhibited at domestic and international conferences

  • Composed outgoing marketing correspondence

  • Wrote press releases on company news

  • Updated agency blog on a daily basis

Skills

Print
Branding
Logos
UI/UX
Social Media
Wordpress
Squarespace
HTML

Interests

Running
Traveling
Food
Wine
Reality TV
Pugs