Silvia Chavez

Boston, MA USA

4 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Award-winning graphic designer and illustrator, working on print and digital platforms with over 10 years of experience in the professional field. Have covered everything, from museum retail textile products, environmental graphics and presentations to global health publications. I enjoy working with individuals as passionate as I am for what they do. I deliver expertise without the ego.

Expertise

Graphic Designer 10 YearsIllustrator 10 YearsWeb Designer 5 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities 10 YearsFashion 6 YearsHealth 4 Years

Industries

Book Publishing Trade/B2B 4 YearsMarketing (in-house) - Fortune 1000 corp. clients 9 YearsNonprofit 8 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Mediacom (1-2)
Long Tail Media (10+)
Burness Communications (6-10)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

World Health Organization (1-2)
The Gates Foundation (1-2)
The Aspen Institute (1-2)
Children's Museum (1-2)
Children's Hospital Boston (10+)

Awards

AIGA Best of NE Design Awards, HOW Magazine In-HOWse Design Awards

Associations

AIGA, Graphic Artist Guild, Latino Professional Network, Boston Center for the Arts

Other Work History

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1998-2008), Graphic and product designer. Raw Art Works, Inc. (2008-2010), Senior Graphic Designer

Technical Skills

Print design (ACS/CC), Web design (Front end with excellent understanding of UX/UI), Illustration (digital vector-based and hand-painted), Surface and Textile design (Illustrator/Photoshop), Presentations (PowerPoint)

Foreign Language Skills

Spanish

Computer Skills

Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Dreamwaver, CSS, HTML, Word, Excel, Power Point. Working on Mac OS X

Equipment

Mac Book Pro

References

John Donnelly Communications Advisor, Office of the President, World Bank The World Bank Founder, Long Tail Media donnellyglobe@gmail.com Janet O'Donoghue Director, Creative and Interactive Media Museum of Fine Arts, Boston jdonoghue@mfa.org Ellen Wilson Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health and Science Team Burness Communications EWilson@burnesscommunications.com