Leticia Gomes

Current

Designer at Hello Leticia Visual Communications
Senior Designer at Edelman

Past

Designer at Artisan
Designer at Home Office (Self-employed)

Education

DePaul University
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Connections

122 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

Leticia Gomes’s Summary

I'm a designer with 10+ years of experience, mainly with print. I have strong design-team recruitment and management experience, overseeing all phases of complex projects. I'm currently pursuing my Masters degree at DePaul University.

Leticia Gomes’s Specialties:

I'm fluent in both Portuguese and English. I work with PC and Mac platforms, plus all major design tools.

Leticia Gomes’s Experience

Designer

Hello Leticia Visual Communications

(Design industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Senior Designer

Edelman

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Senior Designer, developing visual material for pitches, proposals and internal design needs in the Creative Concepts department - including brand identity, marketing collaterals and creative execution.

Recruited and managed interns, freelance and junior designers on a project basis.
Designer

Artisan

(Design industry)

September 2003 — January 2004 (5 months)

Freelance designer at various sites – including Edelman where I was hired after two months.
Designer
Home Office (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Design industry)

1998 — 2002 (4 years)

Project Manager/Art Director/Graphic Designer, overseeing all phases of diverse projects from client to production, individual and team work.

Leticia Gomes’s Education

DePaul University

M.A. , Applied Professional Studies , 2004 — 2008

Focus Area: “Designing and implementing visual communication strategies for youth living with HIV.”

Activities and Societies:

- Golden Key International Honour Society

- 15th IDEM (International Design Educational Meeting) - Hasselt, Belgium [09/2005]
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

B.A. , Industrial Design minor in Visual Communication , 1993 — 1998

National and International Conferences and Meetings:

- 13th IDEM (International Design Educational Meeting) - Ilha Grande , Brazil - [09/2001 - as a organizer]

- 12th IDEM - Aldem Biesen , Belgium [09/2000]

- 9th IDEM - Negev Desert, Israel [10/1997]

- 7th N Design (Brazilian National Design Congress) -
São Paulo, SP, Brazil [07/1997]

- 6th N Design - São Luís, MA, Brazil [07/1996]

- 6th IDEM - Aldem Biesen , Belgium [09/1995]

- 5th N Design - Recife , PE , Brazil [07/1995]

- 4th N Design - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil [07/1994]

Activities and Societies:

"Special Cutlery Project" - special cutlery made for persons with superior's members deficiency - exhibit at "II Congresso de Comunicação e Estigma" (São Paulo, Brazil-1994), and "SIMPEQ Simpósio de Equiparação de Oportunidades para Pessoas com Deficiência" (São Paulo, Brazil–1994). Publish at Impar Magazine #5, year II, 1994.