JESSICA CERVANTES
E D U C A T I O N
The University of Tampa
Graduated: Fall 2016
Bachelor of Fine Art (B.F.A.) in Graphic Design with a Minor in Spanish
E X P E R I E N C E
Rivel Inc
Nashville, Tennessee - REMOTE
July 2022 – Current
Designer for the StoryLign division whose primary role is creating, designing, and templatising Investor Day decks, Earnings Decks, C-Suite Speaker Decks, and other Powerpoint presentations for clients; specifically IROs. Works with a small but highly efficient team. Also helps corporate and other divisions (such as G&S) with additional projects, including but not limited to ESG Reports, Internal Presentations, Video Animations, Social Media posts (animated and static), and any overreaching client presentations.
PARALLON
Nashville, Tennessee
October 2020 – July 2022
Worked remotely with the small, but highly efficient Creative Services team, which is a part of the Marketing team. Reports directly to the Creative Services Manager. Wore many design hats and worked primarily on external facing projects, but also many internal projects, such as: social media graphics for multiple platforms, sales presentations, sales sheets, whitepapers, ABM ads (static and animated), internal reports (Annual Report, Client Highlights Report), art directing and managing photoshoots, brand refreshes, brand guidelines, campaign refresh initiatives, print invitations, HFM Magazine Print Ads, HFM Digital Ads, event booth design, swag, and packaging design. Has also been mentored and learning web + email design with Figma and HubSpot.
REACH PARTNERS
Nashville, Tennessee
December 2019 – September 2020
Helped rebrand and create new brand standards. Created pitch decks for clients as well as internally-branded decks. Worked on designing sales presentations with PowerPoint for internal and external use, such as Valvoline and Richemont. Also created animations and motion graphics for videos, as well as static designs such as one sheets or social media ads. In charge of branding and creating all graphic materials for their sub-brand Reach XOD.
CSS Industries, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee
February 2019 – December 2019
Print, Catalog, and Senior Digital Designer who helped lead the Nashville creative team and modernize the brand to be more ‘in trend’. In charge of creating trend boards and books for other departments and teams to use as inspiration, created videos and animations for internal and external use, and did catalog and editorial design for brands such as C.R. Gibson, Lion Ribbon, and more. Helped to art direct photoshoots to ensure that the creative vision was properly brought to life.
ALECIA
Nashville, Tennessee
August 2018 – December 2018
Worked as a Junior Designer for start-up tech company that brought online video streaming services and shopping together as one (imagine if Netflix and Amazon had a baby). Helped to create all social media assets and ads (both static and animated), brand the company, create brand campaigns, create show posters, and direct promotional videos and photoshoots.
PatientPoint
Nashville, Tennessee
February 2017 – July 2018
Digital Designer who created hospital signage for both static and animated hospital custom messages, as well as animated advertisements for hospitals and healthcare-related advertisers. Spoke directly to clients and managed multiple projects at a time. Helped the sales team create sales presentations. Created internal, animated infographics which were displayed and run throughout the office as well. Was in charge of creating content for all affiliated hospitals located in Central USA. Worked in a group environment and under tight deadlines.
Tumerica by Super Skin Glow, LLC. - Freelance
Nashville, Tennessee
October 2016 – December 2019
This was a freelance job where I rebranded the entire company to give it a new, modern fresh look and feel. I created a new logo and redesigned all of their existing packaging as well as packaging for new products they were introducing. Some of these products I created the packaging and label designs for were shampoo, conditioner, lotions, hair + body oils, face serums, face cleansers, lip balms, and more.
S K I L L S
Multilingual
Fluent in English and Spanish (speaking, reading, and writing)
Proficient in Japanese (speaking)
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects, Media Encoder, Premier Pro, Lightroom Classic, Acrobat
Microsoft Office 365
Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Management/Team Tools
Asana, Zendesk, Tandem, BananaTag
Fine Arts + Crafts
Digital illustration (Procreate), Drawing, Painting (acrylic), Punch Needling, Sticker Making, Enamel Pin Design and Manufacturing, Apparel Design
A C H I E V E M E N T S
Packaging of the World
Had 2 packaging designs entered into and featured on Packaging of the World’s homepage and ‘Top Package Designs’ in 2016 and 2017.
Volunteering
80+ hours with Coalition 4 Kids–Amistades, Animal Shelters, Humane Societies, Walk to End Alzheimer's, ASPA, and more.
Sigma Kappa–Gamma Lambda Sorority
Active member from 2012-2014. Alumna to Chapter in Johnson City, TN