iOS Software Engineering Intern @ From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Graphic Designer @ Design internationally distributed brochures, flyers and direct mailers.
Design and write copy for email marketing.
Conceptualize and design banners and miscellaneous materials for market-specific trade shows.
Communicate and problem-solve with print house. From November 2013 to April 2015 (1 year 6 months) Graphic Design Intern @ Design web pages and banners for e-commerce sites
Retouch product photography for the web From September 2013 to October 2013 (2 months) Art Director @ WORD Magazine is a course offered at UCSB that produces a quarterly publication completely produced by students. In an effort to increase brand awareness as the Advertising Assistant I initiated an ad-for-ad trade with a more popular campus newspaper which stimulated the distribution of our 1,000 copies.
I was promoted from Designer/Advertising Assistant to Art Director. I managed a team of 16 designers and photographers and with the help of weekly workshops was able to ensure their designs were submitted prior to deadlines. As the last pair of eyes to review the magazine, I was solely responsible for fixing edits, solving design issues and packaging the 64-page document for the printer. From October 2012 to June 2013 (9 months) Marketing Intern @ I was hired with no previous design experience and therefore had to learn Adobe Creative Suite. After a few flyers, I was entrusted with designing all the marketing materials for the first ever two-day career fair that was seen by students and employers and attracted over 1,000 attendees.
I was also the sole designer for a number of workshops including the annual student branding event and the recruitment campaign for the Career Peer Advisor position. I often multi-tasked several projects at once using my time management skills to complete my tasks and meet deadlines. From September 2011 to June 2013 (1 year 10 months) Creative @ Our client was a local start-up that wanted to connect students with their classmates online. I designed a passive program that focused on creating brand awareness. My team and I attached post-its like easter eggs throughout the school library with problems that could be solved with our client's services. Our efforts increased their new users exponentially.
"We've got notes for the one day you missed class."
"Want to know the name of that cutie in Soc?"
"We're starting a study group. Wanna join?" From April 2012 to June 2012 (3 months) Career Peer Advisor @ Career Peer Advisors are UCSB Career Service's frontline. I assessed students needs, referred them to our multitude of resources and also advised students on their résumés, internships and job searches. I also conducted presentations to students and faculty to create awareness and promote our student service. From September 2010 to June 2012 (1 year 10 months) Visual Design Intern @ Inspired by the company and designed by the store's visual designer, our projects varied from hand sewing labels for linen to installing heavy-duty hooks in the store ceiling. I assisted by painting, building and applying paper mâché to one-of-a-kind pieces that were sprinkled throughout the store and hung in the front windows. From August 2011 to December 2011 (5 months) Santa Barbara, California AreaAssistant @ Performed clerical duties such as: answering and directing phone calls, data-entry, printing copies, and deliveries. From February 2010 to June 2010 (5 months) Team Member @ Maintained clean theatres, restrooms and lobby areas
Took, prepared and served orders at the concessions stand
Problem-solved customers' concerns and distributed tickets at box office. From July 2008 to September 2009 (1 year 3 months)
HTML/CSS, Ruby, JavaScript @ Ada Developers Academy From 2015 to 2016 Bachelor of Arts, Communications & Art, minor in French @ University of California, Santa Barbara From 2009 to 2013 High School Diploma @ International Polytechnic High School From 2005 to 2009 Amira Hailemariam is skilled in: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Time Management, Organizing, Microsoft Office, Mac, CSS, HTML 5, Marketing, Advertising, Photography, Web Design, Editing, Basecamp, Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Email Marketing, Ruby on Rails
Websites:
http://www.amirahaile.com/portfolio,
http://www.amirahaile.tumblr.com