Andrew Jurado: Sr. Graphic Designer and Illustrator in San Pedro, CA
Andrew Jurado
Sr. Graphic Designer and Illustrator
San Pedro | United States
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Graphic Design | 01/2008 - Current
Starlink Global Group - Spirit Halloween & Spenser’s | Graphic Designer - (Oct 3rd - Nov 17th)
For Spirit I desiged a variety of Halloween lighting ornaments and displays and built a correlating pitch deck. For Spenser’s I designed a variety of graphics for rolling trays and a line of glass and ceramic jars.
Foot Print Shoes - RiffRaff collaboration | Shoe Designer - (July - Sep 18th) This roll involved designing the look and shape of the shoe, I created logos, badges and branding for the capsule and an illustration of rapper RiffRaff.
Globe Shoes - Mushies | Illustrator - (Sep 11th - 15th)
This roll involved illustrating a mushroom themed skateboard graphic and creating a type piece to brand the deck, wheels and promote the product.
Cloak Brand - Robowear | Graphic Designer - (Aug 14th - 25th)
This roll involved designing various cyber punk, futuristic UI elements, a few cyber themed type pieces, logos and icons.
Cloak Brand - Necromancy | Illustrator (July 20th - Aug 14th)
This roll involved stylistically illustrating various human bones to be printed on apparel and accessories. A few bone themed logotype pieces were made as well to help brand the line.
Later Days Coffee Co. | Illustrator - (Aug 1st - 2nd)
This roll involved illustrating the companies storefront, to be used as an apparel graphic and for marketing materials.
Cadence Collection | Illustrator - (June 30th - July 10th)
This roll involved illustrating a graphic around the outdoor, camping and cycling lifestyle to be used for apparel and accessories.
Cadence Collection | Illustrator - (July 3rd - 7th)
This roll involved illustrating various badges, logos, text based lockups to be used for apparel and accessories.
Golden Circle Group
Sr. Graphic Designer & Illustrator | 07/2021 - 07/2023
As Sr. Graphic Designer and Illustrator, I assist the Creative Director with various projects for the 10+ brands partnered with the agency. GCg is a creative agency that focuses on Brand Development. The agency provides a full service of logo and Identity Design, e-commerce website development, Apparel and Graphic Design, Product Development and Packaging, scheduled drop structuring, and creating Marketing campaigns.
I work with the Creative Director and other department Managers on a range of projects. I help develop quality brands, products and multi-platform marketing campaigns. This includes illustrating and developing graphics and trims for apparel, head wear and accessories and merchandising product lines for scheduled drops. I would communicate with suppliers and manufacturers, get cost estimates, review and assure tech packs are print ready, and maintain company file archives. Additionally I help manage a small team of designers, conduct creative reviews, and assist in meeting with and on-boarding new clients.
Dwindle Distribution
Sr. Graphic Designer & Illustrator / Brand Manager | 07/2017 - 07/2021
As Sr. Graphic Designer and Illustrator I worked with Creative Directors, management, and marketing on a wide variety of projects. As Illustrator I would focus on skateboard deck graphics, and apparel graphics. As a Graphic Designer I would develop graphics and packaging for product, help create visual assets for marketing campaigns to use for websites, video, ads, social media, I would design logos, take product photography, retouch photos, create sales catalog layouts, maintain and contribute to brand websites, and assure art and tech packs are print ready.
In 2019 I began to oversee Andale Bearings, and Cliche Skateboards as their Brand Manager. I would create overviews and merchandise each seasonal drop and communicate with suppliers and manufacturers, get cost estimates, drive product development, and help develop marketing campaigns. Dwindle Dist. had a small design team that worked on all of the brands under their distribution. This includes Almost, Blind, Enjoi, Darkstar, Cliche, Madness, Tensor, Andale and a handful of other brand properties.
Like Magazine
Layout and Graphic Designer | 01/2012 - 01/2015
As Layout and Graphic Designer I would work closely with writers, editors, and other creative professionals to ensure that all text, images, and graphics were organized on page. I would design logos, titles and other graphic elements through out the magazine and generally compose and design the contents of each issue. I would edit, crop, color correct, and shoot photos as needed to accompany the articles. I would write copy for some of the ads, descriptions and featured articles. Additionally I would design ads, create and maintain media kits (pricing guides for advertisers) and create email news letter templates. I helped design bi-monthly issues for three years. LIKE was a fashion and lifestyle magazine and featured photographers, music, writers and artist of all mediums. The name “Like” came out of the early days of social media and was chosen to define this cultural era.
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