I HEARD YOU’RE IN SEARCH OF AN ART DIRECTOR

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATIONCAROLYN RAMOS

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EQ Culture. In March, I had a solo show “Palindromes” at The Fresh Yard in North Park for 30 Block Art Night. I show my art under the name SOMARAMOS.

I hope you’ll continue to flip through and enjoy this mini portfolio and resumé. If you feel the need to supplement your experience in pixel form, you can see more of my design work on carolynramos.com and my illustrations on somaramos.com.

Thank you for your time, and I hope to meet with you soon!

Best Regards,

(858) 722-0773

carolyn.ramos@gmail.com

carolynramos.com

somaramos.com

HELLO, CITYBEAT

MY CONTACT + LINKS

I found your call for an art director on Craigslist this week. I’m a designer and artist in San Diego with 9 years of in-house and freelance experience, including work with design agencies, nightlife, restaurants, and apparel.

I’m proficient in Adobe Creative Suite/Creative Cloud, and I have a lot of experience with all forms of print layout especially ad design, catalog layout and brochures. I’m comfortable with handling each step of a project, from sketching concepts to prepping final files for print.

Drawings and hand-lettered type are some of my favorite elements to incorporate into a design. Outside of freelance work, I’ve shown illustrations and personal art in San Diego with Thumbprint Gallery, AR4T Gallery, and

Opposite: Poster for “Palindromes” by SOMARAMOS at The Fresh Yard San Diego’s Most Stylish Man 2015 full page ad for VIXEN Boutique

Full page ad for Iron Fist Clothing (IF Ladies) Spring 2013

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Daloof, Inc.Bend, Oregon

Designed print and online pieces for Real Mex Restaurants (Chevys, El Torito, Who Song & Larry’s) including: • Menudesign(tablemenus,to-go,specialevent)• Tabletents• PromotionalMailers• PackagingforCarry-Out• WebGraphics

VIXEn BoutIquEEncinitas, California

Designed flyers and supplemental collateral for VIXEN’s boutique promotions and fashion show/social events.

SIX WaS nInE StuDIoSan Diego, California

•Updatedprintcollaterallayouts•Updatewebsitegraphics•Mockuppackagingforpromotionalitem

ZarlItoS rEStaurantNational City, California

Redesigned their table menu, to-go menu and logo

october 2013 to PresentFREELANCE WORK“I Hear A Beat, How Sweet” for ROBOTS art show with Thumbprint Gallery

Print is the real deal, but can the digital world return the love?

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thE lIght grouPLas Vegas, NevadaJune 2008 to June 2010Graphic Designer

• Fine-diningrestaurantmenudesignandlayout• Nightlifeeventaddesigns• Presentationmaterialdesignforcorporateproposals• Nightclubflyer,postersandpromocarddesignandlayout

Blank gEnEratIonLos Angeles, CaliforniaAugust 2010 to June 2013Art Director of Ladies Marketing

• Designednewlooks/layoutsforIronFist Clothing’s (ladies apparel) catalogs each season

• Createdhand-drawnart,digitalillustrationsand typographic pieces for apparel, shoes and accessories

• Designedtradeshowboothgraphics

• DesignedIronFistLadiesadsforvarious art and apparel magazines

• Webstoredesign,emailblastdesignandsocial media graphics for rotating online promotions

IN-HOUSE DESIGNEXPERIENCE

roBBInS rESEarch IntErnatIonalSan Diego, CaliforniaMay 2006 to April 2008Graphic Designer

• Eventbrochures,signageandpoint-of-salepieces for Tony Robbins seminars and programs

• DesignedthefirstTonyRobbinsfitnesschallengewebsite to launch a health supplement line called Inner Balance

• Createdemailblastsandwebgraphics

Full page ad for Wonderland, a Halloween party at JET Nightclub for Light Group

Full page ad for The Cat’s Meow at JET Nightclub for The Light Group

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adobe creative Suite:

-Photoshop

-Illustrator

-InDesign

Photography

Photo Editing

Photo compositing

catalog layout

Brochure layout

typography

hand-lettering

logo Design

Invitations

Posters

Painting

Web Design

Web graphics

SKILLS+EXPERTISE

Album art for A Friendly Game of KT , my second project with producer 14KT. An instrumental album, 14KT described the concept: It’s kind of like a game of Pick Up Sticks. I had a can of “beats” with different colors, poured them over a table top, picked them up randomly, and whatever “sticks” I ended picking up, I took and made a project with them.

Album art for 14KillaTape by Michigan producer 14KT. This was my first project with Kendall Tucker via A-Side Worldwide after his win at Red Bull Big Tune beat battle. 14KT recently returned from a US tour with Mayer Hawthorne and a European tour with The Black Opera. Listen to his work and collaborations at soundcloud.com/14KT

Mixtape cover art for VIRUSSS’ Run To The Sun. VIRUSSS is a San Diego DJ and part of the DMC-winning Battlestar Massive. soundcloud.com/mikevirus

Opposite: Ad for Iron Fist Clothing (IF Ladies) Spring ‘13

Tight Songs episode #6 artwork. Tight Songs is a Portland radio show by independent record label Fresh Selects, hosted by Kenny Fresh. freshselects.com

Album art for The Concrete Project’s 2014 digital release The Rise Of Bishop. The Concrete Project is a dynamic, experimental hip hop band from San Diego. theconcreteproject.com

Opposite: Ad for Iron Fist Clothing (IF Ladies) Spring ‘13

CarolynRamos•GraphicDesign&Illustration•(858)722-0773•carolyn.ramos@gmail.com•carolynramos.com