"Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries." - Neville Brody
Tricia is a highly skilled creative designer with a broad range of design abilities. She excels at hand-drawing initial designs and producing final vector art, demonstrating her mastery of both traditional and digital design techniques. With a Master's degree in Fine Arts/Animation and more than a decade of experience in the graphic design industry. Tricia has worked in various sectors, including marketing at Palm Springs Life magazine and serving as a Director of Marketing and Advertising at Ceramic Tile Design. She has also garnered invaluable experience as an Art Director for BOND, a renowned entertainment advertising agency. Tricia's passion for narrative storyboard illustrations is evident in her exceptional work. Where she got an apprenticeship with Pixar as a Story Artist on a Pixar short film. With her wealth of experience and expertise, Tricia is the perfect choice to help your business create an unforgettable and creative artwork.
experience
The Arterie
JAN 2024 - PRESENT
ART DIRECTOR
An entertainment marketing agency base in LA, where we generate production assets and innovative designs across print and digital platforms. Proficient in typography and design, we create compelling key art for film and television productions. Leveraging tools like Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
BOND
FEB 2023 - AUG 2023
ART DIRECTOR
Creating key art for a Hollywood-based entertainment marketing agency, BOND. Working in print to create stunning graphics and illustrations for films, TV shows and games. Working with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
LatinX in Animation | Latino Film Institute
OCT 2021 - OCT 2022
Graphic Design Artist
Volunteering as a Graphic Designer to create visual imagery concepts by hand or using computer software, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate. For marketing and social media collateral.
Pixar
JUNE 2020 to JUNE 2021
Story Artist
Worked as a Story Artist on a short film that is part of the Pixar Co-Op program. Meet with creative supervisors to discuss objectives of storyboard; what is desired or to be achieved. Required to pitch Storyboards. Create storyboards by implementing storytelling objectives. Follow instructions of creative supervisors. Address any problems with creative supervisors; ask necessary questions. Communicate progress of work to creative supervisors and to appropriate production staff. Ensure quality and style of the film is consistently achieved in storyboard work. Follow accurate document management requirements (i.e., file naming and storage) according to the production’s guidelines. Meet all deadlines as determined by Line Producer or Production Manager. Attend and contribute to meetings and pitches as needed.
Ceramic Tile Design
JUNE 2015 to APRIL 2017
Director of Marketing & Advertising
Worked on all marketing, advertising and all social media platforms for CTD. Reorganizing the whole department and procedures. Designing print and web ads. Creating collateral for all the company needs and events. Talking to all vendors and getting photos of installations/products.
Palm Springs Life Magazine
NOV 2011 to JAN 2014
Graphic Designer in Marketing
Designing Ads. Creating sponsorships, proposals, and marketing collateral such as posters postcards, flyers, etc. for events like Fashion Week El Paseo, Food & Wine Palm Desert and more.