Marian Tavarro: Barista / Shift Supervisor (as of 2015) in Orange, CA

• Plan and strategize daily to productively manage a team of up to seven partners during peak business hours. • Anticipate customer needs and resolve challenges efficiently while providing legendary customer service. • Create a sense of camaraderie amongst fellow partners and foster a safe and open environment where constructive feedback encourages individual and team growth. • Curate social media account with fun customer engaging posts.

• Work directly with company founder to produce custom labels for multiple lifestyle products from concept to completion. • Collaborate with business owner to design playful logo. • Create formal save the date calendar postcard for an excited bride. • Design vector graphics for promotional web project. • Develop brand logo and business card design for fusion catering company.

• Used critical thinking to expedite iterative design process. • Refined conceptual designs and ideas under direction of senior level creatives into exciting web ads. • Coordinated with Producers using online task management systems to efficiently complete projects under strict deadlines. • Collaborated with fellow designers to create online media for game releases and ads. • Worked closely with Creative Director to create brand-appropriate style guide. • Updated HTML templates for upcoming web events and e-mail campaigns.

• Designed compelling brand identity under supervision of art director for new book covers. • Created mockup previews of subsequent book volumes using templates. • Closely inspected pre-press design deliverables before packaging for print. • Set up in-book marketing advertisement of future comic book volumes. • Coordinated with Art Director to create promotional gif for online ad. • Devised and executed Domo promotional activities page for Taco Bell.