Gerard Fajardo

Designer at Def Jam Recordings
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Designer
      • Jun 2023 - Present

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head Graphic Designer
      • Aug 2022 - Present

    • Graphic Designer
      • Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

    • Graphic Design Intern
      • Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

      Designing t-shirts, stickers, accessories and more for the music-inspired brand. Other responsibilities entail processing and fulfillment of online orders, as well as social media content curation (@slowjamz.co on instagram and tiktok). With the social media content curation, it would involve research for historical music content, such as images and videos with historic stories that engage the audience for instagram, as well as managing the brand’s TikTok from the ground up-creating content related to engaging music history videos and increasing the followers to 14k and growing. Show less

    • United States
    • Apparel & Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Founder & Creative Director
      • May 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graphic Designer
      • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

      Worked closely with the Head of Cultural Marketing where I designed social media assets used for Lena Waithe/Hillman Grad Production’s instagram accounts, creative directed the upcoming Hillman Grad Bookstore website for the companies fashion merch, designed newsletters, assisted in activations, while also assisting with designs created for music artists signed to the label partnership between Hillman Grad Records and Def Jam Records. Worked closely with the Head of Cultural Marketing where I designed social media assets used for Lena Waithe/Hillman Grad Production’s instagram accounts, creative directed the upcoming Hillman Grad Bookstore website for the companies fashion merch, designed newsletters, assisted in activations, while also assisting with designs created for music artists signed to the label partnership between Hillman Grad Records and Def Jam Records.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Athlete
      • Aug 2019 - Apr 2022

      Providing premium service to consumers with building authentic connections, maintaining stores visual presentation, and having the knowledge of stockroom operations. Other responsibilities entail operating cash registers, performing shipping and receiving duties, keeping store stocked, cleaning duties, and building visual displays when necessary. Providing premium service to consumers with building authentic connections, maintaining stores visual presentation, and having the knowledge of stockroom operations. Other responsibilities entail operating cash registers, performing shipping and receiving duties, keeping store stocked, cleaning duties, and building visual displays when necessary.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Barista
      • Aug 2019 - Sep 2019

      Barista at Nordstrom eBar. Barista at Nordstrom eBar.

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Associate
      • Aug 2018 - May 2019

      Providing customer service, as well as cash handling duties, processing inventory, product knowledge, and maintaining store visual standards. Providing customer service, as well as cash handling duties, processing inventory, product knowledge, and maintaining store visual standards.

    • Food & Beverages
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Assistant Manager
      • Jun 2018 - Sep 2018

      Having the same responsibilities as a Scooper and Shift Lead, as well opening and closing the shop. Opening duties include opening up the shop, morning banking, and checking Scooper's clocked hours from previous day and making adjustments if needed. Closing responsibilities entailed closing and cleaning up the shop, night banking.

    • Shift Lead
      • Jun 2017 - Jun 2018

      Duties entail the same responsibilities as a Scooper, as well as running the shift, delegating tasks to Scoopers, and sending them to breaks/ lunches. Shift lead duties also entailed being a key holder and closing up the shop, as well as doing night banking.

    • Shop Trainer
      • May 2017 - Jun 2017

      Training the newly-hired Scoopers.

    • Ice Cream Scooper
      • Jan 2017 - May 2017

      Provide outstanding customer service and scooping ice cream in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, as well as sharing stories and connecting with customers and the community. Other duties entail, cash handling, opening and closing preparations/cleaning, organizing freezer from ice cream deliveries, and visual merchandising for merchandise wall.

  • Marukai Corporation
    • West Covina, CA
    • Cashier
      • Aug 2015 - Jan 2017

      Handling cashier duties. Handling cashier duties.

  • BLANC
    • Greater Los Angeles Area
    • Creator and Designer
      • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

      Creator and designer of clothing brand. First clothing brand I created after graduating high school where I was first learning the ropes of logo design on photoshop/ illustrator, as well as producing product images for the website. All t-shirts were also produced and screen printed by me straight from my parents garage. Creator and designer of clothing brand. First clothing brand I created after graduating high school where I was first learning the ropes of logo design on photoshop/ illustrator, as well as producing product images for the website. All t-shirts were also produced and screen printed by me straight from my parents garage.

Education

  • ArtCenter College of Design
    Graphic Design
    2020 - 2023
  • Pasadena City College
    General Education
    2019 - 2020
  • Mt. San Antonio College
    2015 - 2017

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