Brian Valdez

Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer

Long Beach, CA

In My Own Words

Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in non-profit organization management, action-sports, restaurant, and tech industries. Skilled in utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud software along with incorporating User Experience methodologies used in user-centric research and design. Strong arts and design professional who graduated from General Assembly and FIDM.

Work Experience

Freelance Graphic+UX/UI Designer

2020 – Present

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.

Graphic Designer

Tiger Woods TGR Foundation/TGR Live

2017 – 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.

Graphic Designer

Tilly's Inc.

2016 – 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.

Graphic Designer

530 Media Lab

2015 – 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

2005 – 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.

Graphic Designer

Advanced Energy Solutions

2015 – 2015

Everything including concept sketching, creating and renewing print collateral, custom iconography, creating website landing pages, POP displays, creating packaging and photography.

Graphic Designer

The Counter

2014 – 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.

Graphic Designer

Mood Designer Fabrics

2014 – 2014

Everything including concept sketching, creating in-store signs and online banners, custom website header images, creating multiple e-mail campaign blasts, and photography.

Technician & Instructor

Apple

2010 – 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.