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experience

November 2023 - Current

Senior Graphic & Brand Designer / Associate Art Director

Whole Latte Love, Henrietta, NY | full-time​

  • Create digital, print, web, and packaging assets that support marketing campaigns, retail experiences, and brand initiatives

  • Maintain and evolve brand consistency across websites, social media, packaging, merchandise, and promotional materials

  • Collaborate with marketing team and leadership to develop cohesive creative concepts and customer experiences

  • Manage and organize ongoing creative projects, production workflows, and design updates across multiple brands

  • Support art direction, visual storytelling, and quality control for campaigns, launches, and high-volume creative production

Previous Titles: Multidisciplinary Designer (2023-2025)

April 2024 - Current

Packaging Designer & Brand Support

Untold Coffee Lab, Henrietta, NY | part-time​

  • Design and print packaging labels for coffee products, ensuring shelf and digital appeal

  • Collaborate with coffee professionals to align visuals with origin stories

Winter 2020 - Current

Independent Illustrator / Shop Owner

DesignByElley, Rochester, NY | freelance

  • Design and illustrate original stationery goods such as stickers,
    bookmarks, and art print

  • Print, cut, and package all products in-house

  • Sell products at art markets and pop-ups, handling customer
    interactions and logistics

  • Run all marketing efforts through social media, including
    product reveals and process videos

  • Maintain creative consistency across shop visuals, table displays,
    and packaging

recognition

education

August 2017 -  May 2021
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude
New Media Design
Italian Immersion

software experience

Figma/FigJam

Procreate

Slack

Klaviyo

Shopify eCommerce

monday.com

Google Workspace

Zoom

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Lightroom/Classic

skills

Consulting

Strategy

AI Exploration

Concepting

Typography

Wireframing
Multi-device Testing

Prototyping

Branding

Storyboarding 

Basic HTML, CSS + Javascript

Project Management

Time Management

Graph Paper Background

about me

Elley is a brand & marketing designer based in Rochester, NY. She helps translate ideas into clear, intentional visuals that support real business goals. Whether collaborating with a team or leading a project end-to-end, her approach is thoughtful, flexible, and rooted in purpose.

 

Her Objective: blend strategy, creativity, and user-centered thinking across branding, UI/UX, and digital design to add human touch interactions with technology.

Her hobbies include and are not limited to:

✦ Consuming multiple iced oat milk lattes

✦ Reading fantasy books

✦ Collecting trinkets from her travels

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