Alex Cota's Resume

ALEX COTA

Graphic Designer

Over five years of award-winning professional creativity, graphically communicating ideas with everything from logos and posters to direct mailers and packaging. Proficient juggling multiple tasks facing unreasonable deadlines, without losing an aggressive attention to detail or unique creative perspective. Experienced working directly with clients and vendors, showing a proclivity for working effectively either unsupervised or on a team. A slight OCD leaves no other option but to be self-motivated and diligent to a fault, needing to be reminded at times to stop long enough to eat. The personal belief that permeates every aspect of my life, most notably my work: Have passion and take pride in your work! If you don't intend on doing something full throttle and with passion, then you shouldn’t bother doing it at all.

DISTINGUISHING ACHIEVEMENTS

• Streamlined entire direct mail marketing system for a company of

over 500 real estate agents through collaboration with a marketing

director and a third party company

• Developed concept and designed all materials for annual awards

banquet, monitoring the development at all stages of completion,

resulting in record RSVPs and attendance

• Modernized outdated university website to increase traffic, attract

potential students and remain competitive with other area

universities

• Donated identity for local high school cheerleading squad wanting to

differentiate themselves from the boys athletics while still

representing their school at competitions.

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Senior Graphic Designer (April 2007 – January 2009)

Prudential Select Properties, ST. LOUIS, MO (psphomes.com)

- #1 home seller in St. Louis and winner of JD Power & Associates

Award for Highest in Satisfaction for Home Sellers Among National

full-Service Real Estate Firms

- Implemented marketing, advertising and recruiting materials for a

12-office region of over 500 real estate agents, while maintaining

uniform corporate identity standards

• Junior Art Director (April 2005 – March 2007)

Pixel Paragon, KIRKWOOD, MO (pixelparagon.com)

- small design and marketing firm

- Collaborated directly with clients to identify needs, executed

design solutions from creative inception to completion, maintained

file archives daily

• Graphic Designer (June 2006 – February 2007)

Grand Center, ST. LOUIS, MO (grandcenter.org)

- not-for-profit cultural arts organization

- Managed company identity standards in the design of presentation

materials for client meetings and spearheaded upkeep of monthly

online/printed calendar of events

AWARDS & HONORS

• Published in Print’s Regional Design Annual (2004)

• Finalist for Amnesty International Poster Competition (2002)

• Wine by Design Competition Winner (2002)

• Published in literary magazine Harmony (1998 vol. XXI)

DEGREE

• BFA in Graphic Design

• Missouri State University, SPRINGFIELD, MO (2004)

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