CLAUDIA P ALMANZA
designer, illustrator,
& performance artist
Over 6 years of design experience
via freelance, remote, corporate, and agency settings.
cicool.cool--
SOFTWARE
Adobe Creative Cloud
After Effects
Autodesk Maya
Brackets
Powerpoint/Keynote
Audacity
SKILLS
Infographic Design
Illustration
Art Direction
Story Boarding
Creative Writing
Video Editing
HTML5/CSS
Email Development
DISTINCTIONS
2018 Julie Goell Scholarship
for Eccentric Women
2012 Gold Student Addy
Awards (Poster & Logo)
EDUCATION
Dell’Arte International
School of Physical
Theatre
Ensemble Comedy;
2017 – 2018
Cincinnati State
Technical
& Community College
Graphic Design;
A.A.S.
2009 – 2012
Progressive designer and artist. Inspired by developing
meaningful projects, stories, and relationships.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Claudia isnt Cool
principal designer
In-house and remote. Provided illustration services,
designed t-shirts, logos, posters, stationery,
packaging, vinyl decals, and product displays.
01/2012 – Present
Cincinnati, Ohio
Managed and designed digital content. Designed
websites. Created, coded, tested, and deployed emails.
Developed branding and researched relevant markets.
Clients included: MarketVision Research,
Adaptive Specialties, Paycor, Curiosity Advertising,
BigEyedWish LLC, Hobsons, Kroger, eConveyors Ltd.
MarketVision Research
graphic designer
Designed client reports, infographics, icons, and
product concepts for an AMA Top 50 market research
firm. Clients included Fortune 500 companies.
05/2016 – 09/2017
Blue Ash, Ohio
Furthered and refined stories
conveyed via market research reports.
Hobsons
jr. interactive graphic designer
Designed and coded lead generation responsive
microsites, banner ads, emails, print collateral,
logos, and presentations for external higher
education clients and internal teams.
Frontgate
jr. designer
Updated Frontgate and Grandin Road digital
shopping experiences. Designed banner ads, emails,
lookbooks, media kits, and image processing.
Led Grandin Road blog design concepting,
redesigned 2013 Grandin Road sub-category pages
(initial launch sales increased 16.8%).
Concepted and animated 2013 Halloween Haven product
demonstrations to improve digital shopping experience.
07/2014 – 02/2015
Sharonville, Ohio
01/2013 – 03/2014
West Chester, Ohio
