Ricardo Hijar

Senior Designer with Aquent for NYSE Euronext

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Creative Services Senior Designer at NYSE
  • Senior Designer at Aquent
  • Director-designer at Red Moose Designs (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Graphic Designer at The College Board
  • Graphic/Web designer at Collective Works of Berek
  • Graphic/Web designer at Finished Art
  • Intern Graphic Designer at Gulfstream Aerospace
  • Screen / Graphic Designer at Canal N de Television
Education
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Connections
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Industry
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Websites

Ricardo Hijar’s Summary

Branding and Corporate Identity Guardian at NYSE Euronext; Designer of presentations and Marketing and Communications pieces for the US, working closely with London, Ireland and Paris. Designer of identity on new acquired Divisions for the NYSE

Ricardo Hijar’s Specialties:

Branding and identity, design, color


Ricardo Hijar’s Experience

  • Creative Services Senior Designer

    NYSE

    (Public Company; NYX; Financial Services industry)

    February 2008Present (1 year 10 months)

    Design Graphic pieces for the Creative Services Department. Finishing and complimenting the NYSE Branding Guidelines and usage regulations, while updating Branding elements throughout the NYSE worldwide. Overlook design projects flow to be distributed to designers

  • Senior Designer

    Aquent

    (Design industry)

    2007Present (2 years )

  • Director-designer

    Red Moose Designs (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Design industry)

    October 2006Present (3 years 2 months)

    Freelance work soon to be Design Studio.
    Worked with different clients' corporate identities, logos, websites, etc
    Created the image of different new small companies.

  • Graphic Designer

    The College Board

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

    March 2007January 2008 (11 months)

    Design and layout of CollegeEd Educational series in Spanish, plus regular internal
    designs and layouts. Participating on design team’s planning

  • Graphic/Web designer

    Collective Works of Berek

    (Apparel & Fashion industry)

    March 2005January 2007 (1 year 11 months)

    Visual Identity designer. Designer of Catalogs and promotional materials for new
    collections; designed, maintained and upgraded the company‘s website. Made digital
    variations of sample apparels. Worked on improving the company’s branding and
    identity, as well as the internal communication system. Art direction of promotional
    photo shoots and Seasons Catalogs

  • Graphic/Web designer

    Finished Art

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

    July 2003March 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    Graphic and web designer, managed clients projects and communicated with them
    through the process until preparation of mechanicals for production. Designed
    and updated the company’s website

  • Intern Graphic Designer

    Gulfstream Aerospace

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; GD; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

    December 2002February 2003 (3 months)

    Assisted the In-house design department and the website development. In charge of Power Point presentation templates for the company.
    Managed and tested different formats for the presentations, created animations and usage manuals to be used by the different departments.

  • Screen / Graphic Designer

    Canal N de Television

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

    July 2000August 2001 (1 year 2 months)

    Designer of TV screens, banners, and logos for news and shows.
    Designer of ads and promotions for print and web.


Ricardo Hijar’s Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    MFA , Graphic Deisgn , 20012003

    3.83 GPA

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

    19911997


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Ricardo Hijar’s Interests:

Hiking, Snowboarding, Soccer, Volleyball, arts and architecture

Ricardo Hijar’s Groups:

AIGA member
SCAD Alumni New York chapter
Saint Ignatius Loyola Parish, Committee of Young Adults Group - Service Subcommittee coordinator

  •    Savannah College of Art and Design Alumni
  •    AIGA | the professional association for design
  •    PUCP Alumni
  •    Creative Design Professionals

Ricardo Hijar’s Honors:

Who is Who in Graphic Design 2003


Ricardo Hijar’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
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  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • reference requests
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