Resume

Visual Development Artist,
Illustrator, & Designer

I am a Los Angeles-based art professional with experience bringing captivating concepts, environments, and stories to life. After working 15 years as a designer in the publishing, manufacturing, and marketing industries, I left the graphic design industry to pursue my dreams of working in animation. I have invested my time in learning the ins and outs of animation, taking storyboarding, character design, matte painting, and visual development courses at Gnomon and CDA. I have been pushing forward step-by-step to achieve my dreams.

I am open and excited to work!

You can reach me by email at graciewingert@gmail.com. 

SKILLS

 Animation / Illustration 

  • Traditional & digital drawing 

  • Character design

  • Concept art

  • Background / matte painting

  • Storyboarding / animatics

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​Graphic Design 

  • Print & digital 

  • Typography

  • Vector graphics

  • Publication design

  • Video editing

  • Motion graphics

  • Color theory

​Software / Hardware

  • Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

  • Microsoft Office

  • Cintiq

  • Autodesk Maya (3D Modeling)

  • Procreate

  • Storyboard Pro

  • Mac & Windows operating systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE​

BEAUTY 21 COSMETICS | 12/2018 - 9/2024 | Los Angeles, CA

 Lead Designer 

  • Managed a team of designers

  • Brainstormed product concepts

  • Utilized knowledge of market trends to design packaging, displays, and marketing collateral

  • Created full-color mock ups and illustrations that depicted product ideas, from thumbnail

    sketches through delivery of finished product files

  • Created graphics that aided in pitching product placement retail shelf space to retailers

  • Worked quickly under pressure

ENLARGE MEDIA GROUP | 11/2017 - 12/2018 | Los Angeles, CA

Graphic Artist 

  • Provided graphic design collateral for agency clients across various industries

  • Created web graphics, newsletters, videos, social media content, ad campaign materials,

    in-app graphics, and style guides for branding

  • Secured new clients in the gaming and healthcare industries by offering services that

    utilized my design skill set

BATTLE ARMS DEVELOPMENT, INC. | 10/2016 - 7/2017 | Las Vegas, NV

Graphic Designer

  • Organized products into an easily consumable catalog format for business and consumer clients

  • Created packaging, website, social media graphics, email newsletters, and motion graphics

CHIPOTLE PUBLISHING,LLC | 9/2012 - 9/2016 | Las Vegas, NV

Art Director / Publication Designer | 9/2012 - 9/2016

  • Managed design and production for 3 publications

  • Enhanced customer experience by redesigning print publications

  • Expanded issue distribution and increased overall subscriber rates

  • Increased advertising revenue by designing ads for advertisers

  • Cultivated a collaborative environment for writers, editors, photographers, and printers 

EDUCATION​

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bachelor of Arts degree; Fine Art

Courses / Certificates

CDA

Visual Development Design

Gnomon

Matte Painting

3D Hard Surface Modeling (Maya)

Digital Painting

GCC

Animation

Character Design

Storyboarding