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Fabian Alvarez

Verified Expert in Design

Designer

Location

New York, NY, United States

Toptal Member Since

January 4, 2018

Fabian is a veteran visual designer with two decades of experience in both small and large format brand launches for businesses and organizations. His impactful designs span from today's digital mediums of web and mobile design to brochures, NYC billboards, and many branding and advertising campaigns.

Photoshop CC Illustrator CC Branding Logo Design Campaign Design UI Design UX Design InDesign CC Premiere Pro CC After Effects CC PowerPoint Design Adobe Dreamweaver Responsive Wireframing Brand Identity QuarkXpress

Work Experience

Motion Graphics Animator

2013 - 2015

NBC Sports

Collaborated in the production of the promotional graphics for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Partnered in the development of the new brand package of the MLB, NBA and NHL regional sports networks.
Built production graphics for the NHL, NFL, MLB and NASCAR on-air graphics teams.

Technologies: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects

Creative Director

2008 - 2014

Christ Tabernacle

Led a team of designers, videographers and photographers to energize the brand integrity and communication to its more than 4,000 members and visitors.
Overhauled the brand and marketing strategies to successfully modernize and update the organizations look and feel.
Enhanced the design and development of the organization's 45+ page website.
Oversaw the creative direction for multiple annual events including a yearly conference of over 1,500 attendees.
Directed and designed the day to day marketing collateral of the organization's web, video, and print mediums.

Technologies: Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Graphic Designer | Production Specialist

2001 - 2008

Moody's Investors Service

Orchestrated the production of 4 quarterly trade publications.
Collaborated on the production of a 100+ page in-house annual yearbook.
Optimized the structure of the new daily report in InDesign allowing for a 50% faster workflow.
Crafted marketing collateral for 20+ in-house corporate events.

Technologies: Microsoft Office, QuarkXpress, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Education

1996 - 2001

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design/3D Animation

School of Visual Arts - New York City, NY, USA

Experience

Photoshop CC - 20 years Illustrator CC - 19 years InDesign CC - 17 years Branding - 11 years Campaign Design - 8 years After Effects CC - 8 years Marketing Campaign Design - 8 years UI Design - 6 years

Tools

Illustrator CC Photoshop CC InDesign CC After Effects CC

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