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SVETLANA A. KURKALOVA skurkalova20@gmail.com resident in Chatsworth, CA Portfolio LinkedIn 11/2019 - 01/2023 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sequential Art, Storyboarding Spring 2019 Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA GPA: 3.74 EDUCATION DESIGN PROJECTS UX/UI DESIGNER Youth Art Instructor CVA, Greensboro Cultural Center, NC - Planned, developed, and delivered 10 custom classes in - 4-6 live sessions, Zoom calls, and/or online recordings per class, with some classes taught more than once 07/2022 - 08/2022 Youth Art Instructor Artspace, Raleigh, NC - Planned, developed, and delivered 4 custom classes in - 2 weeks of in-person instruction, 2 hours per class, with 10-12 students - cate Program The University of California, Berkeley, CA GPA: 4.0 Freelance Storyboard Artist Nellie Arne, RI (emote) - Collaborated, scripted, and animated original storyboards in Toon Boom Studio Storyboard Pro - 2-minute video explanation of a tabletop game ( https://youtu.be/QsT0HU0Hmf8 ) 02/2023 Freelance Graphic Designer Higher Ground Adventures, Swannanoa, NC (remote) - Collaborated with summer camp counselors over designs via Zoom, emails, in-person meetins, or Google meetings t-shirt illustrations in Procreate and Adobe Suite 09/2021 - 04/2024 years of visual design. Seeking to join a creative organization with collaborative teamwork and fast-paced environment. Skilled in software such as Figma, Adobe Suite, and exceedingly quick at storyboarding. WORK EXPERIENCE Administrative Assistant SEOpologist, Thousand Oaks, CA - Organized and supervised web design and digital marketing projects on HoneyBook, WP Engine, and ManageWP - Wrote and edited invoices, SEO reports, cover letters, and proposals in Beautiful.ai, Upwork, Canva, and SEMRush 01/2024 - present Freelance Graphic Designer Pull No Punches, NC (remote) - Produced 5 album art covers and 3 sets of illustrations for repeat customer in Clip Studio Paint and Procreate - Attended to the customer’s needs and ideas to design original artwork through email and phone calls 04/2020 – 06/2023 Freelance Graphic Designer Demon Vegan, NC (remote) - Collaborated with the client via emails and Zoom calls over designs and creative direction and t-shirt designs in Adobe Suite 06/2023 - 08/2023 Epic Games Store Study Schoolwork, UC Berkeley Extension - Collaborative IA audit of the Epic Games Store website using Figma, Ado - be Suite, Optimal Workshop, Miro, and Google Suite - Here is the link to project on my site 06/2023 Meta Quest 3 Study Schoolwork, UC Berkeley Extension - Collaborative content audit about the Meta Quest 3 VR headset using, Adobe and Google Suite - Here is the link to project on my site YouTube Research Study Schoolwork, UC Berkeley Extension - Conducted research and collected data on a frequently-used platform, YouTube using Zoom, Adobe Suite, Microsoft - Here is the link to project on my site AEROMA Schoolwork, UC Berkeley Extension - Designed an original brand around a and Google Suite - Here is the link to project on my site 09/2023 01/2024 03/2024