Graphics • Design • Illustration
Maria Alejandra Parrish
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Profile
Talented Graphic Designer — especially skilled in creating print publications, illustrations, production, and photo editing. Developed layouts ranging in size and complexity from 2-page brochures to 112-page instructional books for clients in the arts and crafts industry.

Driven Team Player — known for innovation, flexibility, and sense of humor. Former manager noted: “María is one of the best designers I've worked with. She's bright and energetic and comes up with fresh design solutions.”

Project Manager — handled simultaneous projects working with in-house and freelance designers and editors.

Technical Skills
Extensive experience with PC and Mac platforms using the following software:
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
QuarkXPress
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Office Suite
Basic HTML
Basic Adobe Flash
Basic Adobe Dreamweaver

Career Development
Freelance Art Director/Graphic Designer January 2008 - Present
•Responsible for designing and customizing layouts for Kooler Design Studio. Duties include layout, pagination, photo correction, and online newsletter design.
•Implemented in-house art direction and photo production for Ronin5.com, Martial Arts T-shirts. Art Directed photo shoots, styled models, edited and color corrected images for final output

Senior Graphic Designer, January 2006–Present
Kooler Design Studio, Pleasant Hill, CA
Responsible for creating fresh and exciting concepts in 4-color layouts and overseeing their realization to book publications. Worked with internal and external talent, scheduled meetings, created e-mail campaigns, and direct mail promotional materials.

Graphic Designer, August 2004–2006
Kooler Design Studio, Pleasant Hill, CA
Designed layouts and developed illustrations for instructional books and online newsletters. Prepared and organized digital files for production as well as color corrected and retouched photographs.

Graphic Designer/Art Director July 2004–Present
Unusualmedia Design Studio, Concord, CA
Worked with a small creative team to develop, design and execute web sites, brochures, advertisements, logos, and marketing collateral.

Education
San Francisco State University, Design and Industry Department
Bachelor of Arts – Graphic Design, May 2004

Selected Honors
Capiusa Magazine, Guatemala – Featured in the illustration showcase, 2007
Computer Arts Projects Magazine, England – Participant in the photoshop issue, 2005
SFSU Design & Industry Annual Exhibit – Designer and participant in the annual exhibition, 2003-2004

Other Skills / Interests
I speak fluent Spanish, conversational Italian and French. I am learning CSS and Flash. I love baking, arts and crafts, jewelry making, illustration and reading. And most importantly, I love learning new things.