BRONTè GIARDINA
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brontegiardina.com
brontegiardina@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE
To further expand my knowledge of product design, user research, and visual design by working in an engaging, creative, and collaborative work environment.

EDUCATION
2014Ð2019 Texas State University
BFA in Communication Design with dual minors in Mass Communication & Business

ORGANIZATIONS
Feb 2019ÐCurrent AIGA National Member 
JanÐMay 2019 Budget Chair for TXST ComDes Exit Review SpÕ19 Class 
     Responsible for organizing all fundraising efforts, reaching the highest budget to date
Nov 2018ÐMay 2019 Founding Member of Design for America
     National design studio utilizing human-centered design to create social good projects within their collegiate communities
Sep 2018ÐMay 2019 Member of the Student Association of Illustrators 
Sep 2017ÐDec 2017 Founding Treasurer of Calligraphy Club 
Feb 2017ÐMay 2019 AIGA Texas State Student Chapter 

TRAINING & WORKSHOPS
Mar 2019 Grow Conference hosted by AIGA 
Nov 2018ÐFeb 2019 EA Design Workshops & Visit
Oct 2018 Dunn & Bradstreet Networking Event & Workshop 

EXPERIENCE
Visual Designer
2019ÐCurrent Ampersand Agency
     Worked with a variety of brands including: Shot Gun Spiked Seltzer, Total Wine, Brookshire Brothers, 7-11, A&M University Kingsville, and many more to develop branding, ad campaigns, digital ads, social media, packaging, print, signage and wayfinding.

Executive Assistant 
2012Ð2018 Full Staff Inc 
     Conduct market research, organize files/office, phone interactions, and data entry

Freelance Designer
Aug 2016ÐCurrent Tuesday Night Tattoo 
     Tattoo designer & design consultant, business cards

Freelance Designer
May 2019 Lone Star Rallycross 
     Logo Redesign & Sticker design 

Freelance Designer 
Jun 2017 Open Arts Kids Camp 
     T-shirt designs

Freelance Designer
Jul 2016 Rhonda&Peco Inc. 
     Illustrations for Album Cover

Tattoo Designer 
2016Ð2019
     Carlton Smith, Asia Smith, Marcus McNeil, Cheryl Kerry 

AWARDS
May 2019 Runner Up, Best Design Research Project
     Texas State Communication Design Program invites alumni to judge our final portfolios was I was runner up for Colin VaughnÕs Design Research Award from IBM. 
Jan 2019 Silver Award, for Graphis New Talent Annual 2019 
     International competition entered with Texas Burlesque Festival re-brand entered in the logo category, published in Ô19 edition of new talent annual
Nov 2018 Honorable Mention, for FLUX competition AIGA 
     National design competition entered with Texas Burlesque Festival re-branded identity in the identity category 
2015Ð2018 Council of Scholars 
     Academic achievement of 3 or more consecutive semesters >3.5gpa

SKILLS & INTERESTS
ux/ui, Design Research, Visual Design, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Adobe XD, Lightroom, HTML 5 + CSS 3, MS Office Suite, Screen Printing, Illustration, Photography