various freelancer
after my work as a creative director. I stopped for awhile and studied social media
more and planned for my own business. I took per project jobs and logo contest
while doing this.
more and planned for my own business. I took per project jobs and logo contest
while doing this.
jewishlink creative director
Joined 2021 as a home-based graphic designer, after 3 months I was promoted to creative director, I handled 6 designers. I create concepts then make template for my team to make sure everything is cohesive. I mostly do magazines and creative ads.
party profi illustrator
Creating designs for game packagings & game manuals then later on I was given a chance to draw digitally, thats when I started creating board games, card games and other illustrations. I am very proud of my experience here because I get to see my work being bought by many people.
contevo graphic designer
Contevo, a marketing agency from Australia. Work on multiple projects ranging from print to web materials.
bottomline designer/templates
Bottomline is a marketing agency located in Canada. I create designs for multiple clients both print and web. They made a new start-up company that sells website templates. I created all their templates using wordpress and divi themes.
thinktank ui/ux
Created an app with thinktank using proto.io - its like a adobe xd or figma but on steroids, it acts like a fully functional mobile app. I learned more about codes in these job. I later then created different magazines within the hemp industry. I also had a chance to create illustrations for them - pen and paper and scan thing, no digital artworks yet :)
heykangaroo senior designer
Heykangaroo was owned by an american designer/coder. He started Heykangaroo to help him with his clients while he was working a fulltime job. Work was ranging from websites, ads and the usual stuff a graphic designer would do. We have a team of 2 designers and a coder ( i hope i remember it right).
wehearts senior designer
This was owned by an american/korean lady based in Plymouth, USA. I started as a freelancer here taking on 20-30 projects per day. Projects like logos, websites and ad banners. When the projects was coming in like crazy, she had to hire more designers, thats when the time I was offered a fulltime job as a designer then later on promoted as a senior. I still do designs while checking the juniors work.
miller global designer/va
Miller is a consulting company. It was owned by an american which is based in Japan. He is the boss and the consultant. I help him with presentations using powerpoint, excel and word. Basically designing using MS applications. (can you imagine that?)
99designs/48hours contest gigs
I didn't work for these companies. Their website offers contest, like logo, websites and other stuff. I was jobless for 2 years. I just joined everyday and that supported my family ( i got 2 kids at that time) from that 2 years was countless of returning personal clients from the logos I won. Miller Global was one of the clients that hired me as a full-time designer.
microsourcing web graphic designer
Microsourcing was my last office job experience. We are a team of 2 designers, 2 frontends, 2 backend coders and a manager. This was located in Libis QC, Philippines. We maintained a companies website. They are based in Australia. It was actually one of our counterparts there that told me about contest websites like 99designs. When my contract ended I decided to work from home.
affinity express senior designer
Affinity caters newspaper ads for the USA. Its a local BPO company here in the Philippines owned by Ayala (pretty famous and rich here). This is where I got my adobe indesign skills sharpened like... really sharp :), mainly due to its a mix of seasoned and young designers (were like 250 people per shift) Its a very nice experience due to everyone is sharing talent and techniques all the time.
zagu junior designer
I started at zagu as a engineering staff, I was actually applying for a designer but here in the Philippines, they usually ask for diplomas (will tell you later the story why). But my staff experience was great. My boss loved my presentations. I was the only one using adobe - i think. I was even placed in a managerial training program. One day, the current designer saw me doing my presentations using adobe. He said, he would try to ask if I can replace him (since at that time, he was planning to exit the company) and there it started my designing journey.
school:mapua took up architecture
Architecture wasn't really what I wanted. I wanted to be an artist like my father (which thought me all the basics I need to get started with this career. thanks papa) I managed to get to 4th year but I needed to stop and find work (girlfriend got pregnant - which eventually became my loving wife :)
I kept studying over the years (design wise) plus experience.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
God bless you.