Sandhya Rao

Current

• Graphic Designer at USMotivation

Past

• Graphic Designer at Verso Marketing Group
• Graphic Designer at Jordan, Jones & Goulding Inc.
• Graphic Designer/Pre-Press at Minute Man Press

• Graphic Design Assistant at Edelman Worldwide

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Education

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• University of Madras

Connections

68 connections

Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Portfolio

Sandhya Rao’s Summary

Professional
Committed. Organized. Detailed and Deadline oriented.
Personal
Energetic. Passionate. Driven. Creative.
Languages
English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada

Sandhya Rao’s Specialties:

Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, After Effects),
QuarkXpress, Flash
Prepress and strong Typographic Skills

Sandhya Rao’s Experience

• Graphic Designer

  USMotivation

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  • Brainstorm ideas with Account Executives, Account Managers, Copywriters, Art Director and Creative Director to create concepts, themes and campaigns for clients.
  • Stay focused on customer needs and cutting-edge creativity
  • Stay up-to-date with technologies including new versions of existing software programs, printing processes, design and paper trends
  • Create accurate files for production
  • Design web templates as and when required
  • Complete time sheets for billable work
  • Serve as a resource in solving design problems

• Graphic Designer

  Verso Marketing Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years)

• Graphic Designer

  Jordan, Jones & Goulding Inc.

  (Civil Engineering industry)

  December 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  • Exercised originality and creativity in developing a variety of marketing promotional materials including , brochures, invitations, flyers, signage, advertisements, Powerpoint templates and other event materials
  • Designed concepts independently for proposals materials with assistance provided by the Proposal Coordinator in executing graphic elements required for the proposal development, including covers, tabs, or other necessary document component
  • Created and produced both inhouse and outside publications such as company newsletter company’s 5 Year Strategic Plan, Annual Shareholders Report, magazine from production to completion
  • Followed up with press checks for various publications
  • Prepared visual aids to show statistical, financial, or other information for presentations
  • Assisted with a variety of technical reports by creating and updating graphic elements as required

• Graphic Designer/Pre-Press

  Minute Man Press

  (Printing industry)

  August 2005 — December 2005 (5 months)

  • Performed duties of a desktop publisher, provided job cost estimates for printing and coordinated the workflow process
  • Created proposals, scan, copy or edit layouts and design publications (books, stationery, newsletter, slides, tickets)

• Graphic Design Assistant

  Edelman Worldwide

  (Graphic Design industry)

  September 2004 — May 2005 (9 months)

  • Responsible for the design direction of publications such as fact sheets, ads, brochures,
  for clients such as DMI, ToysRUs, Kraft, Microsoft, SEARS
  • Consulted with immediate supervisor about the publication needs, audience goals,
  deadlines, budgetary limitations and visual image to be conveyed
  • Operated and assisted in production, image search, scanning and photo shoots
  • Reviewed and edited copy and manuscripts from various sources submitted
  for publication

Sandhya Rao’s Education

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  BFA, Visual Communications, 2002 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  Resident Adviser at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2002-2003
  Student Manager at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2001-2004

• University of Madras

  BA, History of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, 1999 — 2002

  Stella Maris College

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of Western Dance Club

Additional Information

Sandhya Rao’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Sandhya Rao’s Interests:

Advertising, Typography, Book Design, Print Design

Sandhya Rao’s Groups:

Member of AIGA

Sandhya Rao’s Honors:

Logo Identity listed in September 2007 Gallery in www.logopond.com
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/17517

Sandhya Rao’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch