KAREN A.

CANTÚ CONTACT

MAIL karen.cantu42@gmail.com
Monterrey, NL, Mexico.
PHONE +52 811 243 9191

SUMMARY

Freelancer and artist based in Monterrey, México.

• +10 years of experience in graphic design, both as freelance and employed

in different workplaces and companies.
• Experience as a design and design software teacher.
• Published design work.

International work experience with companies based in Poland and Sweden.

Native spanish speaker, fluent in english.

SCHOOL LANGUAGES

BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN Proficent in: English, Spanish

2006 – 2010 Beginner in: Japanese, Italian
Graduated the School of Visual Arts in the
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon.

WORK EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE GRAPHIC Diverse roles as a general graphic designer for a wide variety of clients.
DESIGNER I mostly performed as a branding designer for various startups and small
MONTERREY & MEXICO CITY businesses. Did work for social media advertising, branding adaptations for
JAN 2013 – PRESENT advertising, book design, web design, app design, etc.

SMARTASSISTANT Graphic and Web Designer. Web interface design, and adapting their Smart
GRAPHIC AND WEB DESIGNER Assistant to the different clients’ websites.
POLAND COMPANY, REMOTE
JUL 2016 - JAN 2018

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MURALL Taught a course on Branding and Identity Design during summer.
DESIGN AND ARTS
ACADEMY, MTY
JUN - AUG 2016

SNASK Internship. I was invited to work as an Intern for some months in SNASK.
WORLD FAMOUS DESIGN I worked on the art direction for a couple of projects, did some logos and
AGENCY IN STOCKHOLM, branding, and was in charge of handmade artwork for a spread on Computer
SWEDEN Arts magazine.
OCT - DEC 2015

SOFTTEK Corporate Graphic Designer. Graphic design support for the internal
IT COMPANY, MX marketing communication team, branding for in-company proyects and
FEB - SEP 2015 brands, and editorial design for the annual Sustainability Report.

TUTOGRAMA Taught 2 courses: Beginner Graphic Design and Branding.

DESIGN & ARTS ACADEMY, MTY
2015

CEDIM Taught 2 courses on the sofwares: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, MTY
SEP 2014

AGENCIA ROJA Advertising agency in Mexico City. I worked with visuals for ad campaigns and
ADVERTISING AGENCY, DF proposals, and branding and logo projects.
MAR – DEC 2012

MANIFIESTO FUTURA Manifiesto Futura is an agency with a focus on branding and logo design. My
BRANDING STUDIO, MTY main tasks were branding and editorial design projects, supporting others as
OCT 2010 – FEB 2012 well as working on new projects and clients.

1116 CULTURAL PHOTO Editorial design of two photography books for photographer Heriberto García
CENTER, MTY Martínez as social service during college.
AUG 2009 – MAR 2010

SOFTTEK Design intern and beginner. Learning how to use the softwares, work on
IT COMPANY, MX internal communication, and also on editorial design.
MAY 2008 – JAN 2009

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 SOME CLIENTS FOR FREELANCE PROJECTS

NATIVO FIME UANL

DIGITAL AGENCY, GUADALAJARA COLLEGE, MT Y

Branding design Web design

ANTOLINI FILMS WE DADA

FILM AGENCY, MEXICO CIT Y WEBSITE, MEXICO CIT Y

Branding & web design Web design, and social media content

DIGITAL COASTER HARINA BISTRO

DIGITAL AGENCY, MEXICO CIT Y RESTAURANT, MEXICO CIT Y

Advertising design and infographics Restaurant menu, branding, and social media

LOGRA.MX ENTERPRISE WORLDWIDE MÉXICO

SOCIAL NET WORK, VERACRUZ CONSULTING, MEXICO CIT Y

Web, UX and UI design Editorial design for a Sustainability Report

EKORA BBDO PROXIMITY

STARTUP, SALTILLO ADVERTISING AGENCY, MEXICO CIT Y

Branding and poster design Social media content and ads

AXOLOTL MOTION MONDO 83

MOTION DESIGN, MT Y WEBSITE, MEXICO CIT Y

Branding design Branding and stationery design

EUREST MEXICO SSW

CATERING SERVICES, MEXICO CIT Y DIGITAL AGENCY, MEXICO CIT Y

Web design Apps & web design

NATIVO DIGITAL GOOGLE

DIGITAL AGENCY, MEXICO CIT Y SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

App design Patch design for Google Developer Day

PUBLICATIONS

LOGOBOOK B.THERE MAGAZINE

INDEX BOOK PUBLISHING BRUSSELS AIRLINES’ MAGAZINE
SPAIN, 2012 BELGIUM, JUN 2013

Various logos made between
2011 and 2012.
BRANDING ELEMENT: LOGOS 3
SENDPOINTS PUBLISHER
CHINA, 2014
Usage of the “Good Food” artwork for an article.
OPZIJ MAGAZINE
VEEN MEDIA - AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS, SEPT 2014
Usage of the “Good Food” artwork for an article.

Publishing of my branding project: COMPUTER ARTS

Estética D’Marie. FUTURE PUBLISHING LTD
UK, DEC 2015, JAN 2016, FEB 2016

Artwork for the Snask column.

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