"I've been working for over 18 years in various industries– making up a unique blend of skills you won’t find in your typical designer candidate. While my 10 years experience in designing marketing & communications materials will be most useful for you, I have many other surprising talents which, hopefully, make me a perfect fit for your team."
Jae
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I'm great at:
If you need someone who is/can:
• Tell a good story
• Write and interpret briefs clearly to the team
• Create proto-content and storyframes from user personas if there’s no content
• Design context-rich wireframes and prototypes, fast
• Revise content according to changing media/media size
• Proofread and edit
• Present technical and scientific information into popular format
• Make a product more desirable
• Understand business needs and how they work in the product
• Guard the brand and maintain product quality
• Flexible in improving designs
• Adaptive in diverse industries
• Can speak to “non-designers” to get their support
• Mature and has corporate experience
• Can lead and follow
I'm good at:
• Mindful of timelines, budgets, ROIs, and organizational resources
• Able to help manage projects
• Can picture the entire project cycle from start to finish
• Is a critical thinker and can make sense of data
• Listens, is naturally curious, and speaks with data
I'm familiar with:
Education
Hospitality Interior Design Certificate
The New School - September 2023 (pending)
Languages
• English
• Filipino
• Cebuano
UX/UI Bootcamp
University of California - Irvine, September 2019
Master of Development Communication
University of the Philippines - Open University
February 2015
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
University of the Philippines - Mindanao
April 2005
Tools
Design
Wireframing/Prototyping
+ InDesign
3DsMax
+ Figma
Collaboration
Analytics
Coding
Marketing
Video
Others
