Mikayla Lopez here,
A detail-oriented, hard-working, and dedicated designer with a passion for creating innovative, expressive, and meaningful designs. Focusing on logo design, branding identity, illustration, motion, & presentation design. I enjoy working on all sorts of projects, from print and editorial to digital illustrations and animations.
Experience
Article Group: Full-Time Designer
May 2023
Create and execute digital design strategies, branding,
and presentation design for keynotes & speaking clients.
Character Driven: Freelance
June 2022–February 2023
Creating a contemporary and campy design for a boutique headshot studio.
The project includes designing a branding identity.
Thermal PR: Full-Time Junior Designer
June 2021–October 2022
Managed, created, and executed digital design strategies, branding,
and social media for biotech, healthtech, and climatetech clients.
Second Half aka Part II: Freelance
November 2021–April 2022
Produced a branding system/strategy and compiled custom illustrations,
logo design, business cards, and website/social.
Amplify Excellence: Freelance/Collaboration
June–December 2020
Refined the color palette and typography library in the design system for
Amplify Excellence. Produced branding content including logo, business cards, and website, while collaborating with photographer, Antonio De Lucci.
Sarah Margaret Makes: Freelance
July–August 2020
Created an elegant and natural design for a startup crochet business, including branding development for logo design, website, business system and social media platforms.
Chuck’s Fishing & Co: Freelance/Collaboration
October–December 2019
Created a logo for a startup charter fishing and boating company
that embodies an active outdoor experience.
Freelance Illustration + Print Design
April 2015–December 2022
• Casa Manzana: Sticker Design / 2022
• 49er United Soccer Team: Designed Poster / 2017
• Placer Spring Show: Illustrated Prints / 2015
Softwares + Skills
InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
Adobe XD
After Effects
WordPress
HubSpot
PowerPoint
Figma
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Branding
Custom Template Design
Print + Visual Design
Illustration
Motion Graphics
UI + UX Design
Presentation Design
Social Media Templates
Education
August 2017 - July 2020
Academy of Art University, San Francisco
BFA School of Graphic Design