Brian Valdez
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Long Beach | United States
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Work experience
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer | 02/2020 - Current
Consult clients to review current products offered and provide design solutions to solve user needs and business challenges through in-depth user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping.
Tiger Woods TGR Foundation/TGR Live
Graphic Designer | 03/2017 - 02/2020
Collaborated with directors and senior staff to provide various marketing design needs for TGR Foundation & TGR Live. Projects included social media campaigns, golf video/photo shoots, custom packaging solutions, concept sketching, creating and renewing small and large-scale print collateral, website updating, contributing original copywriting to TGR
Foundation's newsfeed, 3D retail/experience mockups, image retouching, instructional design, email campaigns, and digital photo/videography.
Tilly's Inc.
Graphic Designer | 09/2016 - 03/2017
Projects included concept sketching, creating and renewing small and large-scale print collateral, custom iconography, POP displays, creating custom packaging solutions, and image retouching.
530 Media Lab
Graphic Designer | 11/2015 - 06/2016
Projects included concept sketching, Ux ideation and creation, Ui prototyping, custom iconography design, creating website landing pages, ad+marketing collateral, image retouching, and creating original graphics for various print designs.
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer
Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer | 01/2005 - 11/2015
Worked with various companies, projects included concept sketching, building brand identities, custom website creation, digital and print collateral, Ui/Ux creation, photography, image retouching brand and marketing strategy.
Advanced Energy Solutions
Graphic Designer | 07/2015 - 09/2015
Everything including concept sketching, creating and renewing print collateral, custom iconography, creating website landing pages, POP displays, creating packaging and photography.
The Counter
Graphic Designer | 08/2014 - 01/2015
Everything including concept sketching, creating and renewing print collateral,
custom iconography, e-mail blast designing, billboard design, online website collateral, POP displays, and photography.
Mood Designer Fabrics
Graphic Designer | 02/2014 - 03/2014
Everything including concept sketching, creating in-store signs and online banners, custom website header images, creating multiple e-mail campaign blasts, and photography.
Apple
Technician & Instructor | 01/2010 - 01/2014
I taught and instructed members and fellow co-workers on related Apple Software (Advance Mac OS X, iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes) as well as Apple Hardware (iMac, MacBook, iPhone, iPad, iPod). In addition, I fixed and repaired Apple mobile devices; iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Everything from minor fixes to modular internal component repairs.
Education history
California State University-Fullerton
| 2007 - 2008
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Associate of Arts (A.A.) | 2008 - 2010
General Assembly
UX Design | 2020 - 2020



