isabellarobinson2121@gmail.com
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2581 N. Bartlett Ave,
Bachelor’s
Madison,
Sept.
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Innovative Interior and Graphic Designer with 2+ years of design experience between a multitude of desciplines. Expert at interdepartmental coordination and communication. Skilled with Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and 3D modeling. Able to stretch the boundares of design and digital storytelling to ensure the success of my client’s goals.
University of Wisconsin - Madison Haus Thorson - Associate Interior
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 2021 -
Interfaced effectively with the design team, including contractors and vendors to resolve issues and discuss ideas.
Developed space planning concepts, color palette selections and textile presentations.
Monitored project timelines, orders, deliverable, andn deadlines.
Designed client presenation layouts, templates, and emails through the Adobe Suite.
Assisted the lead designer on the design and completion of a $500,000 home renovation.
Used 3D software, Revit and Inventor, to create working models of entire homes and smaller detailed components.
Developed design templates for presenting to clients and RFP submittals.
Created custom pieces of art installations across a wide variety of media; including printed, sculptural, custom, digital, and site-specific art pieces.
Led meetings with designers regarding project needs and provided creative solutions specific to each project.
Communicated each project’s scope with clients; understanding and maintaining budget restrictions, deadlines, construction schedules and art direction.
Maintained and shared portfolios of artists works to demonstrate the range in styles, interests and potential design option to fit the clients needs.
Oversaw projects from initial design conception to final installation.
Developed company standard graphics and client facing emails and presentations.
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Developed marketing programs (logos, brochures, newsletters, infographics, and presentations) and guaranteed that they exceed client expectations.
Worked with clients to gather and define project requirements, establish scope and managing project milestones.
Developed visual content for company website, which reached 10,000 internationally.
Revamped sister organizations logo and outreach material, boosting brand image.
As a way to combine my passion of cooking and design, I joined DISH publications. For the past year, I have provided illustrations and assisted in the layout of the magazine.
The illustration in the layout [right] provides the reader with the insight of what okonomiyaki is and demonstrates the use of color, design, and creativity to deliver that information.
Layout Design for The DISH Publication Spring
The UW Writing Center is a place for students to come for assistance with writing assignments and various workshops. In order to make students feel more welcomed, I was given the opportunity to create two large murals that conveyed inclusitivity and discovery. Using ambiguous figures [below] and creating a landscape [above], I turned the writing center into a place of belonging and curiousity.
In order to present new information to his audience as he led design thinking challenges; my client asked me to create an illustration that showed the importance of teamwork when pursuing creative solutions.
Another in the series of illustrations to demonstrate collaboration and the importance of teamwork in design.
Illustration commissioned for a professor’s retirement party. Objective of this poster was to commemorate his fiery energy, his school, and his neverending pursuit in music.
Stylized and personalized pet portraits commissioned by a family friend to eternalize her beloved pets.
Beginning in 2018, Herman Miller has hosted a Big 10 Design Competition, which asks students to use design thinking and research to redesign a room on campus. Spending months going through the design thinking process and holding workshops to gain user feedback, we designed a space that focused on rejuvination, community, and discovery. To convey these topics to the users, I designed these murals that portray our themes in an exciting and stylized manner.
As a way to reinvigorate the School of Human Ecology, I was assigned to create icons for the separte majors within the college. The design for each icon was chosen to represent the primary focus of each major.
In conjunction with the murals, the icons are an important way for my team to convey the goals of our redesign in the competition.
Commisioned by a Rec Sports volleyball team the goal of this logo was to play upon the sport being played and include humor through the generic term of sports. Through color and silhouettes, this logo is impactful and comedic.
discovery community
The Tharaka Women’s Welfare Program is a non-profit organization based out of Kenya; their main goal is to educate the women in the region and in doing so prevent the tradition of female genital mutilation. I was given the opportunity to travel to Kenya and learn first hand the challenges the women of Tharaka are faced with. By understanding these hardships, I was able to design a logo that portrayed TWWP’s values.
