Alison Howes
Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Recent Work Experience
2021-Present
Production Designer, Square
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Worked with Brand Creative to develop various campaign pages in Contentful
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Designed and developed teaser landing page for Square Stand launch
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Taught the Global Social Team the basics of Figma through interactive tutorials and weekly office hours
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illustrated graphics for internal workshop "Managing Through Unprecedented Times"
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Mentored other designers during creation of artwork for "Remote Squares" swag and "Take Your Kid to Work Week" events
2019-2021
Graphic Designer, Dessa
In February 2020, Dessa was acquired by Square Inc.
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Rebranded Dessa from enterprise ML consulting firm to secret AI lab at Cash App
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Created new brand guides, illustrations and colour pallate
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Developed deign for and led production of a Dessa-branded clothing line
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Contributed to launch of company Instagram page, amassing over 800 followers in first year
2016-2018
Graphic Designer, ecobee
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Art directed shooting and editing of ecobee3 lite and ecobee4 installation videos, helping to reduce customer service calls by as much as 60%
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Led retail creative development for test launch of ecobee3 in Costco, beating out lead competitor Nest and getting ecobee3 into 500 Costco stores across the United States
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Developed customer emails for Donate Your data initiative using MyEmma
Education
2018
RED Academy
Certificate, Paid Advertising Essentials
2012 - 2015
Durham College
Advanced Diploma, Graphic Design
Skills
& Expertise
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Strong experience with brand conceptualization and development
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Expert in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
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Animation experience in After Effects and Lottie
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CRM experience with Contentful
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Working proficiency in written and spoken French