Samuel Williams
2011 Sarah Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203
(724) 996-6144
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
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Current Honors University student (Point Park University) (3.7 GPA). Over three years of experience in customer service, working with customers daily as well as meeting with them to discuss their expectations and fulfillment of my design work. Passionate about delivering high levels of customer service, maintaining a well-organized working environment, and improving on my own abilities and overall self. Hopeful to work in an environment with the ability to learn from more experienced individuals.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Co-Owner, CEO, Shift NA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 2021 – Present
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Formed by myself, expanded into having nine members on staff.
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Oversaw and coordinated weekly goal and progress meetings with each staff member.
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Built a social media community containing two thousand followers and roughly five thousand monthly impressions.
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Held and organized several esports tournaments including broadcasts.
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Designed brand guidelines, logos, graphics, website, and social media.
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Graphic Design Coordinator, Campus Activities Board, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 2021 – April 2022
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Developed graphics such as event and hiring flyers, hot cards, Instagram stories, and Twitter headers.
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Maintained a design committee of three to ten members.
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Led weekly meetings to discuss and strategize upcoming event designs.
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Brought meeting points to further develop the organization to weekly executive board meetings.
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Developed brand guidelines to further help the future cohesiveness of the brand.
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Intern, Lead Graphic Designer, Team Lead, Point Park University Varsity Esports, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 2020 – April 2022
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Developed graphics such as tryout flyers, social media announcements, social media setups, computer backgrounds, live stream overlays and animations, and others.
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Led the broadcast of twenty+ different Collegiate Varsity games and tournaments.
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Developed official-use jerseys for three esports teams.
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Met with career designers who work with the university as well as representatives from Point Park University-affiliated product companies (such as Nike), to discuss and critique work.
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Organize students under my position to maintain productive workflow and meet time requirements.
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Intern, Down 2 Earth Esports, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 2021 – May 2021
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Developed graphics such as social media announcements, social media setups, computer backgrounds, live stream overlays and animations, welcome graphics, game-day graphics, and giveaway graphics.
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Developed clothing items such as shirts, hats, masks, jerseys, pants, etc.
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Organize daily meetings with management.
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Designed sponsor pitch decks to be presented for sponsorships.
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Lead Designer, Point Park Globe Newspaper, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
August 2020 – May 2021
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Co-organized newspaper layouts.
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Developed several graphics featured in each weekly copy, while maintaining strict sizing restrictions.
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Freelance Graphic Artist and Designer, Upwork/Fiverr. Butler, Pennsylvania
June 2017 – Present
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Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
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Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.
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Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discuss them with clients or supervisors, and make necessary changes.
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Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
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Determine the size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy and select style and size of type.
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EDUCATION
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interactive and Graphic Design - Honors, Present (3.7 GPA)
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SKILLS
Customer Service Experienced
Leadership Experienced
Teamwork Experienced
Communication Experienced
Problem Solving Experienced
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PROGRAMS
Adobe Photoshop Proficient
Adobe Illustrator Proficient
Adobe InDesign Proficient
Adobe Premiere Pro Competent
Adobe Lightroom Proficient
Blender Advanced Beginner
AutoCAD Competent