Partner at Sawaya Consulting
Greater Salt Lake City Area
- Current
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- Sentinel at Salt Mine Syndicate
- Partner at Sawaya Consulting, Inc.
- Past
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- President at inHouse Design Association
- Creative Director at Galileo Processing
- Designer at COGBOX
- Sponsorhip Chair at AIGA SLC
- Creative Director at Workers Compensation Fund
- Designer at Student Health Services
- Intern at Smith-Slighting Partners
- Education
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- University of Utah
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Amber Sawaya’s Summary
Creative director with design and information architecture / organization experience. Specializing in large project management and web design and development.
Amber Sawaya’s Specialties:
HTML, CSS, print production, organization, project planning and tracking
Amber Sawaya’s Experience
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Sentinel
Salt Mine Syndicate
(Computer Software industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
The Salt Mine Syndicate is a collaborative group that creates iPhone, Android & other Mobile Apps.
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Partner
Sawaya Consulting, Inc.
(Design industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
SAWAYA consulting specializes in helping existing business and new startups consolidate, understand, and present information to their clients. We focus on delivering information with strong architecture and hierarchy, network structure, systems engineering, and award-winning design.
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President
inHouse Design Association
(Design industry)
July 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 8 months)
The inHouse Design Association is a trade association that seeks to create a sustainable organization promoting the interests of in-house designers, both in business and in the design community. This newly-formed organization is seeking members, board members and volunteers.
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Creative Director
Galileo Processing
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
February 2006 — February 2009 (3 years 1 month)
Galileo Processing is an industry-leading, credit, debit and prepaid card and payment processor. We work with both clients (program managers) and end-user customers. As the head of the creative department I oversee a team that is responsible for all corporate and client communications including websites, card plastic and printed collateral.
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Designer
COGBOX
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
July 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Fast-paced agency work, involved in conceptualization, production and client relations. Worked on a wide range of projects including brand creation and management, web design and development, print and interactive design and production. Exposed to a wide variety of full-service aspects including production schedule management, search marketing, knowledge production techniques, testing and verification, database set up and administration.
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Sponsorhip Chair
AIGA SLC
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 3 months)
As the Sponsorship Chair of the local chapter of the AIGA I was responsible for raising money to keep the chapter solvent. I helped organize the annual golf tournament, 100 Show Dinner and other events. In this position I learned a lot about running and funding a 501(c)3 organization and was also able to meet and work with several of the decision makers in the industry.
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Creative Director
Workers Compensation Fund
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)
September 2002 — July 2004 (1 year 11 months)
Created all in-house and some external communications. Brand management and further definition. Projects included quarterly newsletter to policy holders, annual reports, advertisements.
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Designer
Student Health Services
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
June 2000 — May 2002 (2 years)
Create print promotions for five entities housed in Student Health Service. Projects include a semi-monthly newspaper article, posters, logos, letterheads, brochures, and 3-D displays.
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Intern
Smith-Slighting Partners
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)
Production work, helped with the design of a few projects, dropped off and picked up proofs from the printer and reviewed them with the client, and observed an initial client consultation.
Amber Sawaya’s Education
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University of Utah
1998 — 2002
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Amber Sawaya’s Interests:
Costume & Fashion design, automobiles & hotrod racing, sci-fi, business theory, industrial music, popular cultures of the world, CSS/HTML/PHP coding
Amber Sawaya’s Groups:
AIGA, In-House Design Association
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Utah Apple Users Group
Amber Sawaya’s Honors:
2007 Galileo Outstanding Contributor Award, Recognized driver of the Prepaid Card Expo for Galileo, First Place UT State Fair (2007), Best of Show, First Place, High Blue, Sweepstakes SL County Fair (2007), Addy Silver Awards x3 (2006), IMCA Best of Show (2003), IMCA Design Awards x 67 (2003, 2004), AIGA 100 Show x2 (2002), Digital Arts Festival (2002), Dean’s List at the University of Utah (Spring 2000– Fall 2001), Technology Sterling Scholar (1998), 26th Annual All-State High School Art Show (1998), Top Scholar Award (1998)
Amber Sawaya’s Contact Settings
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