ABOUT ME
I am a graphic designer, illustrator, and typographer committed to making a career out of my love for design. From large scale branding projects, to illustrated posters, to custom typeface families, to motion graphics, I am skilled in almost all areas of design and eager to bring my skills to the creative industry.
Resume :
DANIEL GESTRI
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
danielgestri.myportfolio.com
DanielGestri@gmail.com
(831) 588 6925
danielgestri.myportfolio.com
DanielGestri@gmail.com
(831) 588 6925
Professional Summary
I am a graphic designer, illustrator, and typographer committed to making a career out of my love for design. From large scale branding projects to detailed illustrations, from custom typeface families to motion graphics, I am skilled in many areas of design and eager to bring my skills to the creative industry and to clients large and small.
Employment:
Freelance Graphic Designer - 2019 to Present
Connecting directly with clients to produce branding projects,
direct mailer print designs, album covers, and more.
Connecting directly with clients to produce branding projects,
direct mailer print designs, album covers, and more.
Freelance Vintage Clothing Repair - 2019 to present
Working with denim, cotton, and leather, I produce highly decorative repair patchwork inspired by the Japanese “boro/ sashiko” style. This repair art is slow and mindful by design and transforms the garment
into a living canvas as the repairs slowly accumulate.
Working with denim, cotton, and leather, I produce highly decorative repair patchwork inspired by the Japanese “boro/ sashiko” style. This repair art is slow and mindful by design and transforms the garment
into a living canvas as the repairs slowly accumulate.
World Foods - April 2019 to July 2020
Front of house grocery store worker at a locally owned business. I started as a cashier but quickly began taking on as many creative side projects as possible, from professional sign painting to retailing my own handmade face masks at the store.
Front of house grocery store worker at a locally owned business. I started as a cashier but quickly began taking on as many creative side projects as possible, from professional sign painting to retailing my own handmade face masks at the store.
Revere Creative - 2018 to 2019
Worked as a freelance graphic designer for Revere,
a design studio based in Vancouver Washington.
Worked as a freelance graphic designer for Revere,
a design studio based in Vancouver Washington.
Studio Holladay - 2014
Internship - Graphic Design position
Created logos and other branding elements that were presented
to clients as options in a pitch deck alongside the Lead Designer’s work.
Internship - Graphic Design position
Created logos and other branding elements that were presented
to clients as options in a pitch deck alongside the Lead Designer’s work.
Experience:
Winner of 2017
Adobe Creative Jam Portland:
Competed as a team with another PNCA designer to create a poster based on a prompt within a three hour time limit. Our poster was chosen for the Judge’s award by a committee of professional designers.
Oregon Public House Project:
Creative Lead on a design team that worked with graphic design clients to produce a twelve part poster series currently on display at Oregon Public House, a non-profit bar. Collaboratively produced six of the posters with a team, directed photography, and acted as creative director while producing a six part solo illustration series for the same project.
Adobe Creative Jam Portland:
Competed as a team with another PNCA designer to create a poster based on a prompt within a three hour time limit. Our poster was chosen for the Judge’s award by a committee of professional designers.
Oregon Public House Project:
Creative Lead on a design team that worked with graphic design clients to produce a twelve part poster series currently on display at Oregon Public House, a non-profit bar. Collaboratively produced six of the posters with a team, directed photography, and acted as creative director while producing a six part solo illustration series for the same project.
Volunteer Work:
Produced the set of posters for a new set of charity organizations at Oregon Public House during summer 2017
Produced the set of posters for a new set of charity organizations at Oregon Public House during summer 2017
Education:
University of Oregon UXUI “Bootcamp” program -
November 2020 to April 2021
Highly intensive post-education program designed to provide real world experience working with teams to design and develop information architecture, visual interfaces, and back end coding.
November 2020 to April 2021
Highly intensive post-education program designed to provide real world experience working with teams to design and develop information architecture, visual interfaces, and back end coding.
Pacific Northwest College of Art
2014 to 2018
Portland, Oregon
Bachelor of Fine Art in
Communication Design Program
2014 to 2018
Portland, Oregon
Bachelor of Fine Art in
Communication Design Program
Skills:
Experienced with creative directing a team of multiple designers.
Highly proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, and Adobe After Effects.
Proficient with Microsoft office suite.
Highly proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, and Adobe After Effects.
Proficient with Microsoft office suite.
References:
Available upon request