Design is first understanding the problem.

professional
visual
communication
Bad Boys Bail Bonds
Badali Design Communications
Blueman Insurance
California High School
Calvary Chapel Montebello
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
LAC+USC
Keck Hospital of USC
La Fraise Chocolate
Latina Lawyers PAC
Latino Comp
Latina Lawyers Bar Association
MABA Mexico
Mexican American Bar Association
Mill School & Technology Academy
Miss Guatemala USA
NG Sports Group, LLC
Perez & Caballero Law Firm
Sea Shore Construction
So. Cal Warriors Softball
Southeast Bar District Association
That’s Amore Pizzeria
Trujillo Bus Stop Productions
Valor Volleyball Club, Inc.
Whittier City School District

Professional Experience
Managing Director g RAZODESIGN
Los Angeles, California
A passionate graphic desginer, visual communicator and a competent creative professional. He is a student and art major at heart that continues to learn and grow in this dynamic and ever-changing field of marketing, branding, and visual communications.
Ernest creates effective graphics, practical and beautiful design utilizing current UX and UI principles for solutions in print, online, mobile, photography, and video.
Experience includes being the founder and managing designer at RAZODESIGN, working at Cinahl Information Systems, USC School of Medicine, and Yamaha Motor Corporation.
Summary of capabilities
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Consulted with clients and proposed design and identity solutions, strategic branding plans, and produced effective marketing collateral for products and services
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Prepared digital files for print collateral, online media, and coordinated production schedule with copy editors, sales, printers, and vendors
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Developed and managed e-commerce portal/POS in legal and funerary industries to sell photographic products and services
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Prepared video scripts and storyboards, coordinated shooting schedules, set up equipment, and performed pre-production, directing, shooting, and post-production
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Enhanced campaign websites via SEO, utilized tracking tools and monitored analytics, and produced Facebook© advertisements
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Created advertisements, slide presentations, information graphics, and produced easy-to-read instructional manuals
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Worked with a variety of professionals in the medical, educational, printing, legal, and graphic arts industry
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Performed extensive amount of file management and logistics and logging of digital project files for projects, general use, and for archival
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Clients include:
Bad Boys Bail Bonds, Blueman Insurance, Latina Lawyers PAC, Latino Comp, Mexican American Bar Association, Miss Guatemala USA, Seashore Construction, Southeast Bar District Association, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck Hospital of USC, LAC+USC, the Whittier City School District, and more.
Campaigns
Efrain Aceves-2005, 2009, 2013, School Campaign
Chris Guzman-2012, Political Campaign
Efrain Aceves-2016, Political Campaign
Hubert Yun-2018, Political Campaign
Troy Davis-2018, Political Campaign
Robert Jacobs-2020 Political Campaign
Law Firms
Law Office of Eber Bayona
Law Office of Ernesto Barreto
Law Office of Falangetti & Weimortz
Law Office of Felipe Plascencia
Law Office of Perez & Caballero
Law Office of Oscar H. Gutierrez

Proficiencies
Design, Print, Video, Photography, Audio
Ernest is very good at problem-solving. He inherently understands that there can be many components to a particular project and takes the extra effort to find a solution.
DESIGN – fliers, manuals – print, online, video – everything
UX/UI – human-centered, functional, useful, tested
VIDEO – educational, medical, procedural, youth sports
PHOTOGRAPHY – events, youth sports, portraits, products
PRINT – stationery, tangible, warm and fuzzy, and not dead
ONLINE – websites, e-commerce, SEO, analytics
IDENTITY & BRANDING – logos, shapes, style, mood, visuals

Applications & Equipment
Applications most commonly used for projects

Illustrator

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

InDesign

XD

Audition

Lightroom

Bridge

Acrobat

After Effects

Dreamweaver

InVision Studio

QuarkXPress

Aperture

Sketch

Audacity

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Teams

Keynote

Pages

Numbers

Rally
Media Tools

Panasonic AG-UX90
4K/HD Camcorder

JVC GY-HM150U
Compact Camcorder

Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR

Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface

CAME-TV High CRI Digital 1024 Bi-Color LED Light

Education & Certification
Master of Science in Digital Marketing
Full Sail University, Winter Park, to be awarded 2025

Managing Multiple Priorities, Projects, and Deadlines
Fred Pryor Seminars, CAREERTRACK

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
California State University, Fullerton


Video
Community, corporate, private

Nurses Week 2019

Cub Scouts Open House

Jesus Navarro: A video memorial

Cub Scouts Blue and Gold 2017

ALL STARS

Obtaining a Blood Sample for Glucose Testing
