Justine Colon

708 / 488 / 6957

justine@jlcgraphics.com
jlcgraphics.com
linkedin/in/colonjust

EDUCATION

Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts, Anticipated Graduation May 2017
Major: GRAPHIC DESIGN
Minors: SOCIAL MEDIA + PHOTOGRAPHY
Deans Scholarship, Honors List

RELEVANT COURSES

Graphic Design I, II, III

Web Design

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

GRAPHIC DESIGNER / OFFICE OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT

SEPT. 2013 CURRENT
Responsible for creating various forms of publicity for campus-wide events, from print to web; familiar
with marketing objectives and branding.

Motion Graphics
Video Production

Typography
Color Photography

PROJECT MANAGER / STARS NEWSPAPER

AUG. 2014 SEPT. 2015
Worked directly with the Editor-in-Chief and cohesively with a team of designers. Managed
distribution of workload on design team. Responsible for front and back page design and layouts.
JR. DESIGN INTERN / OFFICE OF MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
MAY JULY 2015
Assisted in producing mock-ups, branding, logos and photography for campus-wide collateral.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ALUMNI RELATIONS

MAY 2015
Senior Designer in the production of the Alumni Memory Book. Responsible for photo editing layout
of entire book.
LOGO + BRANDING / MEDIABRANCH
Created the logo and branding for a startup marketing and event company.

DEC. 2014

GRAPHIC DESIGNER / ALUMNI RELATIONS

MAY JULY 2014
Produced publicity for Alumni-hosted events and assisted in the production of the Alumni Memory
Book by working one-on-one with the Alumni Office Communications Associate; tasks included
typography, layout, and photo retouching.
RETAIL EXPERIENCE

UNDER ARMOUR / FASHION OUTLETS OF CHICAGO

AUG. 2015 CURRENT
Sales associate for Under Armour, Rosemont. Tasks include educating athletes on new products and
promoting sales. Background knowledge of business aspect of Under Armour, specifically regarding
units and average dollar per transaction.
AVASTARS / OAKBROOK MALL

SEPT. 2014 JUNE 2015
Sales associate for AvaStars, Oakbrook. Lead guests through the experience of personalizing a doll or
action figure that resembles them, transforming them into the Star of their dreams.

AWARDS
SKILLS

ICPA AWARD / 3RD PLACE

Award for front-page layout on the issue ISIS violence in Iraq hits close to home
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
*on a scale from 1-10; 10 being proficient

Knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook

FEB. 2015