Robert Torres, Visual Designer in San Francisco, CA

About

Visual Designer with experience in advertising, publishing, print graphics (marketing/branding visual design), web design and mobile/game application user interface.

KEY SKILLS:

• Adobe Creative Suite [Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign] - EXPERT

• Freehand Illustration [concept/digital art, sequential/storyboard, vector art] - EXPERT

• Marketing/Advertising Design - Print/Digital [branding, packaging, magazine, corporate identity] - EXPERT

• User Interface / User Experience [Web, Mobile Apps and Games] - PROFICIENT

• Production Art [print pre-press, photo retouching, web/app/game asset optimization] - PROFICIENT

• Mac OSX and Windows 7 - INTERMEDIATE

• MS Word, MS Powerpoint, Keynote - INTERMEDIATE

• Multimedia Arts [Flash, Dreamweaver, After Effects] - KNOWLEDGEABLE

• Sketch 3 - KNOWLEDGEABLE

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts Advertising Arts

University of Santo Tomas

1997 - 2002

Computer Arts, Advertising Design, Freehand Drawing, Life Painting, Sculpture, Marketing

Experience

FREELANCE VISUAL DESIGNER

Self Employed

San Francisco, CA

Dec 2013 - Present (11 years)

Currently accepting freelance design work involving user interface design for mobile apps, digital and print marketing collateral and web design
• Designed multi-screen user interface for casino game apps for the iOS namely SLOTS, Dubstep Slots, Coin Dozer and Lotto Scratchers including app icons, marketing banners and App Store screen shots
• Created the user interface and style guide for various upcoming mobile apps in development
• Prepared and optimized app assets
Art Director

The Charlton Group

Pasig, Philippines

Oct 2009 - Dec 2013 (4 years 2 months)

The Charlton Group is an Australian publishing, media and events company and publisher of magazines “GOVERNMENT Business Foreign Affairs and Trade” quarterly and “SOCIETY” annually. The magazines are primarily B2B media and their numerous events are held in support.
• Designed and supervised the layout, photos and content for two quarterly magazines (“Government” and “Australian Society & Events”)
• Developed and designed all event materials such as fliers, posters, invitations, collateral and PowerPoint presentations as well as brand identity for 8-10 events yearly
• Oversaw the design and content updates for 4 company websites (www.governmentmagazine.com.au, www.societymagazineaustralia.com, www.nationalminingday.com.au, www.indopac.org)
FREELANCE VISUAL DESIGNER

Row Thor Creatives Graphic Design

Marikina, Philippines

Mar 2004 - Dec 2013 (9 years 9 months)

Started a small home-based freelance graphic design studio with regular clients in the Philippines (Johnson & Johnson, Honda Cars Makati and Denso among others), USA (Ace Ads, RockLive) and other countries
• Developed product design and packaging for Johnson & Johnson R&D from 2011-2013
• Designed marketing and advertising materials regularly for Honda Cars, Denso and other local businesses
• Designed and developed websites, mobile apps and games user interface and experience for RockLive, Bolt!, Mike Tyson’s official website, tmgamer.co, etc.
• Created outdoor print material, collateral, invitations, t-shirt designs and others promotional materials for individual clients and small businesses in the Philippines
SR. PRODUCTION GRAPHIC ARTIST

Summit Media

Mandaluyong, Philippines

Jun 2008 - Apr 2009 (10 months)

Summit Media is one of the biggest publishing and media companies in the Philippines that publishes the local versions of Cosmopolitan, FHM, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Top Gear, Total Girl, Town & Country, Entrepreneur, etc.
• Managed pre-print proofing and final artwork for editorial content as well as advertisements for local editions of international magazines (Cosmopolitan, FHM, Seventeen, Marie Claire, Top Gear, Total Girl, K-Zone, Women’s Health, etc.)
• Retouched images for about 5 covers a month for each of the 5-8 magazines handled using Photoshop
• Prepared special covers and packaging such as inserts and die cuts using Indesign and Illustrator
• Contributed to the editorial with layout and graphic design on magazines like K-Zone, Total Girl, T3, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire
SR. GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Paperclip Media Graphics

Pasig, Philippines

Aug 2003 - Aug 2004 (1 year)

Advertising firm with a small team servicing big clients in the Philippines such as PLDT, San Miguel & AIG Credit Cards
• Designed print ads, marketing materials, packaging, calendars, billboards and outdoor media for different local clients in the Philippines namely PLDT and AIG Credit Cards

Skills

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@robbytorres, member since 2014

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Robert Torres

Director and Associate/Full Professor, Myron E. Ullman Jr. School of Design, College of DAAP

Director, Industrial Design