ABOUT ME
My name is Colin O'Brien
Creating designs that are both visually pleasing and effective in conveying a message to an audience is what I excel at. I love to take on new projects and work with businesses and individuals who are looking to develop their brands and connect with their audiences. While I love to work independently, I’m a team player who enjoys collaborating with other professionals to achieve the desired goals. I have experience working with a variety of clients from different industries and niches and look forward to creating something unique for you.
EDUCATION
2018 - 2019
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
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2015 - 2018
Mount Ida College, School of Design
Bachelor of Science, Graphic Design
Exhibitor in student annual show 2017, 2018
EXPERTISE
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
XD
Lightroom
Premiere
After Effects
Dreamweaver
Bridge
WordPress/BeaverBuilder
Cinema 4D
Videography
Photography
EXPERIENCE
Chemetal (November 2023 - February 2024)
Freelance Designer/Brand Strategist
Graphic Designer and Brand Strategist for Chemetal. Working with the three brands of Chemetal, Treefrog, InteriorArts creating social media campaigns and emails, print materials for ads and products, and production of packaging, apparel, and editorials.
DIF Design (May 2021 - September 2023)
Lead Designer
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Lead Designer at DIF Design primarily focusing on web design, layout design, and branding for a variety of clients. While being tasked with overseeing clients design requests personally with social media ads, branded deliverables, and start to finished branding projects. Lastly, gained vast knowledge with BeaverBuilder within WordPress using layouts designed by myself and building them into full websites.
NightRide Visuals (August 2019 - March 2020)
Visual Jockey
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Visual Jockey for The Grand and Memoire nightclubs in Boston running visuals for Artists/DJ's and private events. In charge of gathering artists visuals and preparing them for show, creating birthday/celebration visuals within minutes during shows, creating animations for artists/DJ's and private events, in charge of computer and LED wall systems.
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360PR+ (May 2018 - September 2019)
Graphic Design Intern
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Graphic Design intern for 360PR+ located in Boston helping with projects throughout the entire client database. Designing social media graphics, organizing files, updating reoccuring projects, and designing new material for clients such as Pine Mountain, Liberty Mutual, Maxi-Cosi, Tommee Tippee.
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Neon Bandits (September 2017 - March 2018)
Graphic Design Intern
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Graphic Design intern for the sock company “Neon Bandits” making artwork for their website, sock designs for Neon Bandits as well as other companies they partner with. Also helped with rebranding their sock diagrams and overall designs they currently had.