Hi, I'm Sophia! I graduated from Indiana University in 2021, where I earned a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History. I also dabbled in many Informatics courses where I developed a greater understanding of the mechanics of web design. While in Bloomington, I worked for a year as lead graphic design intern of the WonderLab Museum's marketing team and for three years as in-house graphic designer of the Indiana Environmental Reporter. Since then, I worked for over a year as a graphic and UX/UI designer at The Deciding Factor, a digital design agency based in Mason, OH. While there, I served several B2B clients in the health care, label-making, technology/software, and medical device industries with a variety of print, digital, and web design needs. In addition to the skills and interests I curated during my education and career, I have an appreciation of folklore and horror fiction which translates into a passion for storytelling. Much of my work takes a narrative approach as I aim to make metaphorical and abstract concepts visually comprehensible and accessible to audiences.…

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Hi, I'm Sophia! I graduated from Indiana University in 2021, where I earned a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History. I also dabbled in many Informatics courses where I developed a greater understanding of the mechanics of web design. While in Bloomington, I worked for a year as lead graphic design intern of the WonderLab Museum's marketing team and for three years as in-house graphic designer of the Indiana Environmental Reporter. Since then, I worked for over a year as a graphic and UX/UI designer at The Deciding Factor, a digital design agency based in Mason, OH. While there, I served several B2B clients in the health care, label-making, technology/software, and medical device industries with a variety of print, digital, and web design needs. In addition to the skills and interests I curated during my education and career, I have an appreciation of folklore and horror fiction which translates into a passion for storytelling. Much of my work takes a narrative approach as I aim to make metaphorical and abstract concepts visually comprehensible and accessible to audiences.…

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Hi, I’m Sophia! I graduated from Indiana University in 2021, where I earned a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History. I also dabbled in many Informatics courses where I developed a greater understanding of the mechanics of web design.

While in Bloomington, I worked for a year as lead graphic design intern of the WonderLab Museum’s marketing team and for three years as in-house graphic designer of the Indiana Environmental Reporter. Since then, I worked for over a year as a graphic and UX/UI designer at The Deciding Factor, a digital design agency based in Mason, OH. While there, I served several B2B clients in the health care, label-making, technology/software, and medical device industries with a variety of print, digital, and web design needs.

In addition to the skills and interests I curated during my education and career, I have an appreciation of folklore and horror fiction which translates into a passion for storytelling. Much of my work takes a narrative approach as I aim to make metaphorical and abstract concepts visually comprehensible and accessible to audiences.

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Skills

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
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Book Illustration
Il
Illustration
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Infographic
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Experience Level

Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Logo
Expert
Poster
Expert
Social Media Design
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Intermediate
Figma
Intermediate
Freelance Gig
Intermediate
Web Design
Intermediate
WordPress
Intermediate
Adobe After Effects
Intermediate
Animation
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts at Indiana University Bloomington
August 22, 2017 - May 7, 2021
I received a BFA in Graphic Design and a minor in Art History from IU.

Qualifications

Visual Identity & Branding, 3rd Place Illustrations
January 1, 2021
Issued by SEC Creative Contest, Elon University; Awarded for a flexible set of icons I created to brand the podcast "Growing in Place", written and produced by Violet Baron. I used the icons to create a versatile illustration system, often overlapping the pieces in various ways to convey the tangibility and human perspective of the podcast.
Margaret H. Knote Fine Arts
January 1, 2020
Issued by IU School of Art, Architecture + Design; Awarded for a host of my design work.
Professional Communications Contest, 2nd Place Infographic
January 1, 2020
Issued by Women's Press Club of Indiana; Awarded for my "Aquaponics" infographic, a diagram and general overview of the process of aquaponics. It depicts the setup of an aquaponics system, including what occurs at each component stage.
Nick's English Hut Graphic Design
January 1, 2019
Issued by IU School of Art, Architecture + Design; Awarded for a host of my design work.

Industry Experience

Professional Services, Media & Entertainment
    uniE621 "These Days" Graphic Novel
    "These Days" is a horror graphic novel I wrote and illustrated for my 2021 BFA thesis. This project is the culmination of my love of folklore and horror fiction and my passion for illustration and storytelling. Inspired by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, "These Days" is set in a world that is parallel to our own and tells the story of a town suffering widespread damage from an unseen beast. View the entire project here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner illustrator bookillustrator graphicnovel writer digitalillustration procreate handlettering…
    uniE621 "The Interlopers" Instagram Story
    The goal of this project was to reimagine a short narrative in an Instagram story format in a way that would keep viewers' short attention spans engaged with the content. I chose "The Interlopers", by Saki, which is a suspenseful thriller. The storytelling in my designs stems largely from the color palette and style of illustrations. I chose a bright, jarring color palette and used a sharp, angular illustration style to capture the unsettling, dangerous tone of the story. View the entire project here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner adobeillustrator storytelling digitaldesign instagram…
    uniE621 "Mulberry the Helping Hen" Children's Book
    "Mulberry the Helping Hen: Working with Chickens for a Healthier Earth" is a children's book that aims to educate kids about the environmental benefits of raising chickens. It was written by Emily Miles, a podcast producer who consulted for the Indiana Environmental Reporter. She adapted the IER story "Urban chicken movement provides green backyard pest control" into a kid-friendly tale which I then designed and illustrated into a picture book. View the entire project here: https://www.twine.net/signin illustrator bookillustration childrensbookillustration procreate digitalillustration adobeillustrator…
    uniE621 "Growing in Place" Podcast Branding
    “Growing in Place”, created and written by Violet Baron, is a podcast about how farmers and food workers adapted to the global COVID-19 pandemic. I designed the logo and brand for this podcast, including episode cover art, social media banners, and an icon set. To build the brand, I created a flexible set of icons that could be used in different formats. The hand-drawn icons are personal and tangible and the overlapping of these elements creates new interactions in each composition, demonstrating the versatility of the illustration system and conveying the human perspective of the podcast. View the entire project here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner adobeillustrator icons iconset logo logodesign branding digitalillustration…
    uniE621 47th Annual Panegyri Greek Festival Promotional Poster
    The poster I designed to promote the 2022 Panegyri, the 47th annual Greek festival fundraiser hosted by the Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church. I juxtaposed the Ancient Greek ruins in the photo with modern, graphic typography to create a dynamic visual that would pique viewers’ attention. The original photo is by Ela Abbou (@elaabbou) on Unsplash and the church vector at the bottom of the poster was supplied by the client. See the accompanying web/social ads here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner poster posterdesigner typography adobeillustrator adobephotoshop…
    uniE621 Aquaponics Infographic
    A diagram and general overview of the process of aquaponics. Shown here is the setup of an aquaponics system, including what occurs at each component stage. I created this infographic during my time at the Indiana Environmental Reporter. View the project here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner infographic infographicdesigner typography diagram adobeillustrator…
    uniE621 “Themester: Remembering and Forgetting” Poster
    Themester is an Indiana University program in which the IU College of Arts and Sciences chooses a timely and topical theme that encompasses academic courses, lectures, exhibits, and other public events to engage students and the broader Bloomington community. I designed this poster for the 2019 theme “Remembering and Forgetting.” My concept was to create a tangible representation of memory which is an otherwise invisible process that occurs within the brain. Human memories are easily altered and are never quite as clear as the original experiences from which they originate; they change with time and grow hazier as the processes of "forgetting" and "remembering" overlap. The clock image relates back to IU because it’s based on a clock from the campus but it also speaks to the passage of time that is inevitably connected to memory. The further in the background, the less descriptive and more smudged the clocks become, and many variations of the same clock intersect, just as "remembering" and "forgetting" converge in our brains. The text lockup/Themester logo was provided by the client. graphicdesigner poster posterdesigner adobeillustrator adobephotoshop illustrator…
    uniE621 “Themester: Democracy” Poster
    Themester is an Indiana University program in which the IU College of Arts and Sciences chooses a timely and topical theme that encompasses academic courses, lectures, exhibits, and other public events to engage students and the broader Bloomington community. I designed this poster for the 2020 theme “Democracy.” My concept was based on the role of the protestor, or a person who rises up to stand for civil liberties and human rights. I moved beyond the literal image of a protester and toward a more abstract representation of the act of protest. The quotation mark, though a functional marker of dialogue, can also symbolize peoples’ voices, or their act of speaking out. I abstracted multiple quotation marks to communicate the sense of diversity that should exist in a democracy. The pattern I created out of these different sizes and styles of quotes represents this idea of a rich dialogue. The text lockup/Themester logo was provided by the client. graphicdesigner poster posterdesigner adobeillustrator typography iconography…
    uniE608 "On Air with IER" Animated Logo
    This is a logo I designed and animated for the Indiana Environmental Reporter podcast called "On Air with IER", which covered environmental issues affecting the state of Indiana. The leaf and the microphone come together to form one object, seamlessly marrying the podcast and nature imagery. graphicdesign animation motiondesign animatedlogo logodesign…
    uniE621 National Honey Bee Day Infographic
    A page of an infographic that outlines the life and impact of a honey bee. I designed it specifically for Instagram, in a multi-page carousel post format. View the entire infographic here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner infographic infographicdesigner adobeillustrator vectorillustration…
    uniE608 Wetlands Animated Infographic
    An animated infographic that maps out the general function of wetlands in an environment. The animated elements add an extra level of clarity to the descriptive parts of the graphic, visualizing the text for viewers. graphicdesigner animation motiondesigner animator infographic infographicdesigner adobeillustrator vectorillustration adobeaftereffects…
    uniE621 Composting Infographic
    This is the cover of the comprehensive how-to-compost guide I designed for Instagram. It's in a multi-page carousel post format. View the entire infographic here: https://www.twine.net/signin graphicdesigner infographic infographicdesigner adobeillustrator vectorillustration…