As a tall artist by heart and front-end developer by brain, I think design and technology are important in not only presenting brand's image, but in also creating a functional and clean visual aesthetic for the user of a web application to enjoy.
Central Connecticut State University
Graphic Design Major / Aug 2019 - Aug 2023
- 4 years/semesters on Honor’s/Dean’s List at CCSU.
- 3.91 GPA for the entire cumulative four-year college program.
- Summa Cum Laude academic title for B.A. in Graphic Design.
- Awarded a scholarship from Connecticut Art Directors Club.
- Electives taken related to Marketing and Web Development.
- Achieved expertise in Graphic Design related to digital assets.
BestLogic Staffing
Graphic Design Intern / Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
- Designed social media graphics and banners for a few online platforms the business uses to increase visibility.
- Overhauled older flyers that were used by the corporation to display the roles they recruit for with newer designs.
- Directed and programmatically integrated designs of new section header images onto the main company website.
- Prepared kickstand designs to display what the agency does that can be used at various events requiring them.
- Developed small design elements like stylized buttons with social media logos on the main website for navigation.
- Commissioned various PowerPoint presentations for a variety of required purposes as needed by the organization.
Aspire Digital Solutions
Freelance Web Designer / Feb 2024 - Sep 2024
- Updated existing design of the agencies' homepage with brand guidelines and company specific requests.
- Officiated a new design and subsequent launch of the corporation's Google Advertising page on their website.
- Engineered functional and responsive websites alongside additional design change requests for outside clients.
- Produced visual graphics/imagery and incorporated these assets on websites requested by the organization.
- Exercised effective communication for explaining design changes and the reasoning behind them to clients.
- Modified branding in regard to typography that was used within prior branding guidelines the firm provided.
CoinShadow
Web Developer - Designer / Apr 2025 - Present
- Establishing all branding guidelines for the startup with original vector art, typography, and color scheme.x
- Regulating development of reusable web components and their visual assets like the navbar, footer, and sidebars.
- Programming webpages related to cryptocurrency data, crypto firm information, crypto news, and FAQ queries.
- Incorporating third-party APIs to input related data onto each of the prior mentioned pages for users to access.
- Allocating backend resources to store information about the application's users for front-end display when needed.
- Instituting full CRUD functionality for all user interactivity in every aspect of the web application’s features.
Client-side interactivity is what keeps users coming back to their favorite web applications. Without a good-looking and functioning site, why come back at all?
CRUD functionality makes a web application useful to the user. How else can you order things online without giving your address? Proper understanding of server-side functionality is critical to know.
Digital graphics make brands and one of a kind looking applications. It brings life to the webpage, making it stand out from the competition. A unique look is a good look.
amalgichevdesign is a website portfolio that showcases projects related with web development and UI/UX design on the side.
Thavalon Reborn + is a redesigned (UI/UX) app that assigns roles and allows you to join an existing role list for the Thavalon board game.
CoinShadow is a hybrid news and communications app used to display up-to-date crypto data and to discuss it with other users.
