Owner - Senior Off-Air Print / Branding / Marketing & Fashion Graphic Designer

Malaga Design Studios - Tamra Malaga

New York, NY

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For the past 25 years Tamra has worked in broadcast print design, and fashion graphic design, in New York City, LA and NJ.

Companies include: HBO, A&E, History Channel, Food Network, WNET-Thirteen, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater; Old Navy, Gap, Aéropostale and Abercrombie & Fitch. Projects: Marketing, posters, POP, brochures, key art, packageDVD/CD, flash banners, email invites, logo design. Fashion Trend shopping, women/girls/babys graphic tees, denim, marketing, accessories, swim wear, hang tags, labels, mechanicals.
Education
- (BFA) Bachelor of Fine Arts. Graphic Design
  
  Montclair State , Upper Montclair, NJ
  
  Graduated with Honors 3.0,
- (AA) Associate Degree of Arts. Graphic Design.
  
  Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
  
  Graduated with Honors 3.0,
Experience
- Owner
  
  Malaga Design Studios
  
  New York, NY
  
  Apr 2009 - Present (15 years 7 months)
  
  Develop brand idenities for new and existing companies. Which include brand/ look books, logos design, marketing materials, website design, fashion marking and apparel.
- Senior Graphic Designer
  
  DIRECTV
  
  Los Angeles, CA
  
  Nov 2008 - Apr 2009 (5 months)
  
  Concept, designed, worked with production on DIRECTV promotional items for Revolution Conference in Texas. Premiums include designing T-Shirt apparel graphics, and giveaways.
- Senior Graphic Designer
  
  HBO (Home Box Office)
  
  New York, NY
  
  Oct 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 1 month)
  
  Design quarterly print materials for the internal marketing group, which includes: package design, posters for the documentary films department, logos, invites, ads, premiums, one-sheets, flash banners and email blasts.
- Senior Graphic Designer
  
  Ecko Red
  
  New York, NY
  
  Sep 2006 - Apr 2007 (7 months)
  
  Develop concepts and design graphics for women’s graphic tees, denim and marketing. Worked in the team that redesigned Ecko “Red” women’s graphics/brand from urban to mainstream for the NYC 42nd St. & Broadway store. Prepare mechanicals for production & communicate directly with vendors. Travel nationwide gathering trend research. Communicated directly with senior management to determine the graphics per delivery.
- Fulltime Freelance Graphic Designer
  
  Gap Inc.
  
  New York, NY
  
  May 2006 - Sep 2006 (4 months)
  
  Concept and designed t-shirt, accessories graphics, inside labels, and hangtags for the baby girls & girls department. Work directly with upper management regarding concepts and finalization. Prepared mechanicals for production.
- Fulltime Freelance Graphic Designer
  
  Old Navy
  
  New York, NY
  
  Feb 2005 - Jun 2005 (4 months)
  
  Designed baby girls t-shirt & swimwear graphics. Responsible for finalizing and preparing mechanicals for baby girls and baby boys production. Continued working with baby girls department in New York during their move to the
  San Francisco office.
- Senior Graphic Designer
  
  Aéropostale Inc.
  
  New York, NY
  
  Mar 2004 - Jan 2005 (10 months)
  
  Responsible for designing and developing all graphics for the women's knit department, women graphic tees department, marketing department, and package design for the accessories department. Involved in strategy meetings and presented graphic options to merchants, and directors. Prepare mechanicals for CAD, and production. Designed best sellers and update graphics for women's knits and women's tee's. Travel nationwide gathering trend research for knits and graphics.
- Senior Graphic Designer
  
  Food Network, Scripps Networks
  
  New York, NY
  
  Jan 2001 - Nov 2003 (2 years 10 months)
  
  Communicated directly with senior management. Produced from concept to finish materials for internal clients. Worked with printers and vendors on all production aspects. Assisted in art direction on photo shoots for in-house projects. Projects ranged from network branding to trade ad designs, web graphics, package designs, posters, affiliate marketing kits, premiums and sell sheets. Managed on-site/off-site freelance artists.
- Graphic Designer
  
  Comedy Central, Upright Citizens Brigade
  
  New York, NY
  
  Mar 2000 - Oct 2001 (1 year 7 months)
  
  Concept & designed brand identity, brochures, posters, newsletters, monthly performance postcards, web banners, t-shirts, and accessories for Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Worked directly with clients managed production.
- Graphic Designer
  
  Thirteen–WNET
  
  New York, NY
  
  Oct 2000 - Feb 2001 (4 months)
  
  Designed and maintained brand identity by working directly with clients from concept to finish on projects such as; logo redesign for the Friends and Family Department, quarterly materials, print ads, brochures, posters, and postcards.
- Graphic Designer
  
  Troma Entertainment Inc.
  
  New York, NY
  
  Oct 1999 - Mar 2000 (5 months)
  
  Concept & designed packaging for video boxes, DVD's, DVD menus, key art, logos, t-shirts, posters, newspaper and magazine advertisements, sell sheets, brochures, and comic books. Operated directly with printers, advertising staff, photographers, production houses, producers, and directors.
Awards

1st place award at the Illustration Society, NYC for BEST Portfolio.
Affiliations

FREELANCE CLIENT LIST

(FASHION GRAPHICS)

Gap, Old Navy, Jimmy'Z, Hanes, Abercrombie & Fitch, Vera Plum

(BROADCAST PRINT DESIGN)

DIRECTV, A&E Television, History Channel, Court TV, HBO, Thirteen-WNET, Saturday Night Live, Upright Citizens Brigade, Norman Marshal, Comedy Central, Columbia University
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