Iolanda Rodriguea | Freelancer Resume

IOLANDA RODRÍGUEZ U I/UX DES IGNE R & C R E ATIVE DI R ECTO R ME! PROFILE NAME Iolanda Rodríguez López I’m a Creative and Communications Director with over 15-years of UI/UX design and marketing experience. My branding expertise and multi-platform design abilities can make a big impact on any project, specially, can be a huge beneﬁt for startups looking to reach out to new audiences and engage their existing base. NATIONALITY Spanish CONTACT- DESIGN DIRECTION MANAGEMENT SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING Mobile - Phone - LANGUAGES WORK EXPERIENCE Spanish | Catalan | Galician (Native) English (Fluent) French | Portuguese (Basic) May 2017 - Currently Freelance - Barcelona, SPA SOFTWARE Adobe Creative Suite Sketch InVision MS Oﬃce Basic HTML CAPABILITIES VISUAL DESIGN Art Director Concept Development Photography Storyboarding Visual Thinking UX/UI DESIGN User Experience (UX) User Interface (UI) Mobile First Wireframing Architecture Usability LINKS facebook.com/iol4ndar twitter.com/iol4ndar instagram.com/iol4ndar linkedin.com/in/iol4ndar Communications and Marketing Online Consultant. Ui/UX Designer Freelance communications consultant and UI/UX designer. Currently working for Dommia Design Studio (Barcelona) and VIS Ghana (Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo) developing diﬀerent communication campaigns, strategic designs (visual content) and UX projects including the delivery of wireframes, user ﬂows and high quality UI mockups. August 2016 - April 2017 Salesians of Don Bosco, AFW - Tema, GH Head of the Social Communication Department Responsible for the comprehensive planning and coordination of the Salesians of Don Bosco - West Africa Province - communications. Responsible of all the digital content creation and management with the aim of providing coordination across diﬀerent channels and platforms. February 2008 - July 2016 Dommia Design Studio - Barcelona, SPA Creative Director and Social Media Manager Responsible for creating and high-performing branded content experiences and multi-channel campaigns on the international and national levels, using emerging technologies, including social media solutions for establishing an internet presence. Also, building strong long-term partnerships with clients, team members and stakeholders to create new business development opportunities. March 2003 - January 2008 Interzona TV - Sabadell, SPA Head of the Communication and Design Department Supervising and responsible for the design, art direction and management of all the company's creative works including multimedia, graphic design, audiovisual and television. Other responsibilities include managing network architecture design and web usage. August 2001 - February 2003 Pukka’s Web Design - Barcelona, SPA Graphic and Multimedia Designer Creation, development and follow-up of multimedia and graphic design projects. WORK EXPERIENCE June - August 1999 Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum | New York, NY Image and Copyright Department Internship Digital processing of images, oﬃcial photographer for events, photographer assistant for the magazine and various catalogues. EDUCATION 2009 - 2017 UOC | Barcelona, SPA June - August 1998 International Center of Photography | New York, NY Specialized Courses: Photographing People | Cityscapes Advanced photography for developing creativity in terms of everyday life. 1995 - 1998 Institut d’Estudis Fotogràﬁcs de Catalunya | Barcelona, SPA Superior Studies on Professional Photography Technical and humanistic formation for developing the photographic activity, both profesional and creative. Bachelor’s Degree on Humanities Extraordinary Degree Award for the academic year 2016/2017 This degree is aimed at providing training to ensure extensive and deep knowledge of the humanistic culture to empower for critical intervention in the social and cultural environment and for responding in a professional way the management and promotion of the cultural world of knowledge. ENGAGE YOUR AUDIENCE 2015 - 2016 UOC | Barcelona, SPA Design for your audience, create awesome content and interact with your visitors and users. Technician in International Cooperation Projects for Development This course gives the professional all the tools to design and manage projects of development cooperation, ensuring adequate technical and budgetary execution, according to the rules and regulations applicable for reporting. 2010 - 2011 IL3 - Universitat de Barcelona | Barcelona, SPA Postgraduate on Community Maganer and Social Media The postgraduate studies on community manager and social media oﬀer the keys to comprehend the change in the communicative paradigma as well as the necessary formation to design strategic plans of social media. 2008 - 2009 UOC | Barcelona, SPA Postgraduate on Cultural Management The postgraduate studies oﬀer theoretical knowledge on the management of cultural institutions in the context of cultural action, policies and organizations related to the cultural world as well as in culture organizations and most characteristic models of management. 2002 - 2003 Escola BAU - Universitat de Vic | Barcelona, SPA Master’s Degree on Multimedia Communication The global aim is to oﬀer expertise on the new concepts of language of interactive multimedia communication, providing knowledge referring to the new technologies, tools, methods and techniques for managing multimedia production. 2000 - 2002 Escola d’Art Serra i Abella | Barcelona, SPA Superior Studies on Advertising Graphics Educational training which includes artistic and technical aspects involved in advertising graphics production and which provide interest in the technical and conceptual experimentation. BE INNOVATIVE Think outside the box and prioritise which of these new technologies and trends should receive focus in the future. BE A PROBLEM SOLVER Making change takes time and eﬀort. But the most important to remember is that this needs to be a whole team eﬀort. ANTICIPATE CUSTOMER NEEDS Identify the challenges and pain-points of current user experiences and help clients to improve their products and services. OBSERVE EMERGING BEHAVIORS Observation provides the most accurate information about people, their tasks, and their needs.