UX/UI designer – Art director with more than 10 years of experience in the creation of print and web supports for agencies or clients.

E-mail: maria@flaque.fr 
Phone: +33(0)6.45.92.37.13
78112 Saint Germain-en-Laye, France

EXPERIENCES

UX UI designer / Art director - Freelance + -

from 2018 to 2012 and from 2021 to this day

  • Collaborate with agencies or clients on UX UI design projects.
  • Advertising art direction & copywriting. Design thinking. Visual identity.
  • Create graphic design, illustrations and storyboards. 
  • Layout design for for print and web projects. Image retouch.
Graphic designer - Agence Steve, Paris + -

2019/2020

  • Brand Design for a global brand book, advertising and corporate guidelines.
  • Brochures, catalogue, POS advertising, posters, newsletter design.
  • UX UI design approach to redesign and develop Steve’s website. 
  • Motion design for social media and DOOH advertising. Image retouch.
Communication manager - Institut des Amériques, Vanves + -

2016/2018

  • Lead the communication department for a cross-functional team of 6 people. 
  • Created the layout design for 2 white papers and all print supports.
  • Managed the main website, the content, the social media and newsletters.
  • Video shooting, editing and social media sharing.
  • Coordination between teams of providers/contractors/interns. 
  • Managed the communication design for an international symposium.
Graphic designer - Agence Pied de biche, Levallois Peret + -

2011

  • Collaborated in call to tenders for 2 projects.
  • Layout design, graphic design for print and web projects.
  • Newsletter design and image retouch. Copywriting.
  • Storyboard sketching and collaboration in video advertising creation.
Art director assistant - Tagaro DDB, Paris + -

2010

  • Layout design image selection, image retouch for print and web media. 
  • UI design (newsletters, websites, DVD interface).
Art director assistant - Gyro : Ailleurs exactement, Paris + -

2009

  • Print advertising layout design
  • Image retouch
  • Graphic design
Webmaster - Temps 2000, Paris + -

2008

  • Brand guidelines creation
  • Website development
  • Print layout design
Webmaster - AE SARL, Boulogne Billancourt + -

2005/2006

  • E-commerce Website développement and management
  • SEO
  • Image retouch
  • Price and product information management

EDUCATION:

UX/ UI Design Bootcamp
IronHack Paris (2021/2022)

Master  – Visual Communication
École d’art Maryse Eloy (2009 – 2011)

L3  Visual communication 
ECV Paris (2006 – 2009)

Japanese studies (2019-2022) 

JLPT N5 – Japan foundation (2021)

French studies (2003-2006) 
DELF B2 – Alliance française de Paris

English studies – Saint Paul School of English (1994-1999)
ESOL intermediate – Pitman Qualifications (1999)

LANGUAGES

Spanish: Fluent

French:  fluent

English: fluent

Japanese: intermediate

Italian: notions

SOFT SKILLS

HARD SKILLS:

Teamwork 

Creativity 

Organization 

Autonomy

Project 

management 

Empathy 

Driven 

Flexibility

User research
User Test 
User personas 

Journey map
Moodboards 

Brand analysis 

Competitive analysis 

Design thinking 

Agile method 

Atomic design 

Wireframing 

Prototypes Iteration

Storyboarding 

Indesign 

Photoshop 

Illustrator

After Effects 
Premiere 
Figma
Miro
Invision
Sketch
Github
Visual Studio Code
Adobe XD
Axure
MS Office
Keynote
HTML5/CSS3
WordPress
Drupal
Webflow 

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