Samara Zabala

SamaraZabala

Graphic Designer. Passionate and dedicated worker.
Striving for good advancement and creating excellent design work.

  • Skills

    • Digital Skills

      • Graphic Design Softwares
        • Adobe Photoshop
        • Adobe Illustrator
        • Adobe InDesign
        • Photoshop Elements
        • Sketchbook Pro
      • Web Design
        • HTML
        • CSS
        • Javascript
      • Operating Systems
        • Mac
        • Windows
        • Unix

    • Social Media Skills

      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      • Instagram
      • Tumblr

    • Other Pertinent Skills

      • Strong illustration skills
      • Music composition skills
      • Video editing skills (Adobe Premiere Pro)
      • Photography
      • Word Processing (Microsoft Word)
      • Native Filipino and Bicol speaker

  • Education

    • Platt College San Diego

      San Diego, CA

      Associate of Applied Science, Graphic Design, 2015.
      Bachelors in Media Arts, Web, 2017.

  • Experience

    • Graphic Designer — Freelance

      October 2015
      - Present
      TreeHausInk — San Diego, CA

      Designing branding materials including logo redesigns, business cards, etc..

    • Digital Media Advisor — Part-Time

      September 2015
      - Present
      Platt College — San Diego, CA

      Assisting the teacher in class and helping students develop their design skills and works into portfolio quality productions.

    • Graphic Designer
      — Internship to Freelance

      June 2015
      - March 2016
      Intrepid Theatre Company – San Diego, CA

      Designer for show marketing materials.

    • Choir Cantor, Soprano, and Alto
      — Volunteer Work

      June 2014
      - Present
      St. Michael Catholic Church’s Souls in Harmony Young Adult Choir — National City, CA

      Recognized ability to perform three arrangements and wide vocal range.

    • Graphic Artist/Music Performer — Volunteer Work

      June 2010
      - Present
      Tinambac Association of California (TIASCA) — San Diego, CA

      Cover artwork designer for Peñafrancia event booklets as well as the representative of the association on festival event shows.

    • Freelance Illustrator — Independent

      September 2010
      - June 2012
      San Diego, CA

      Illustration commissions including a cover illustration for Shhh... Don’t Tell by Thelma Chapman