Danielle
Cuestas
Website Engineer + Content Creator
4+ Years of Experience in:
Graphic Design
Video Content Creation
2+ Years of Experience with:
HTML
CSS
About Me
Web developer and graphic designer with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Science. I am interested in careers within programming and development and have the most experience with front-end development. I still have a great interest in practicing and learning more about back-end development. I have 4+ years of experience in working with Adobe’s Creative Suite and am also Adobe Certified in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe Photoshop. I’ve had extensive experience in graphic design work, video content, and redesigning/updating websites and product displays. I am also bilingual and fluently speak English & Spanish.
Photo credit to: Andre (@Freexmoney)
Skills
Adobe Premiere CC 2015 Certified (2/23/2017)
Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Certified (4/13/2017)
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 Certified (5/25/2017)
Experienced in all Microsoft programs
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Have experience in the following Adobe Programs:
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After Effects (1 year)
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Lightroom (1 year)
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Bridge (2 years)
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Animate (2 years)
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InDesign (2 years)
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Premiere (6 years)
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Photoshop (4 years)
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Illustrator (8 years)
Coding Languages
HTML (3 Years)
CSS (2 Years)
C++ (1 Year)
Java (<1 Year)
Python (<1 Year)
JavaScript (<1 Year)
PHO (<1 Year)
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Bilingual - Fluent in English and Spanish
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Organized
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Good at multitasking
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Quick learner
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Outgoing communication skills
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Cooperative Team Member
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Easily adaptable
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Described as a leader
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Problem-solver
Education
JANUARY 2020 - MAY 2022
Bachelor's Degree : University of South Florida
Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Information Science, with a concentration in web-development. I was also the Editor-in-Chief of Strike Magazine USF in 2022.
JUNE 2018 - DECEMBER 2019
Associates Degree in Arts : Palm Beach State College
I graduated with an Associates Degree in Arts as a communications major. I was a part of the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, which was awarded to me due to academic excellence.
AUGUST 2014 - MAY 2018
High School Graduate : A.W Dreyfoos School of the Arts
I majored as a communications major in an art-centered high school. I was able to learn and practice my skills within film, journalism, and graphic design. During my last two years, I had the opportunity to be the website editor in our award winning school magazine, where I took charge of keeping all website articles on schedule and up to date.
Work Experience
AUGUST 2022 - PRESENT
TRANSPERFECT | TRANSLATIONS.COM
WEBSITE ENGINEER
In this position, I analyze web sites and applications for localization potential and time/material requirements, re-engineer and re-code components including scriptwriting and other technical changes as needed to accommodate localization, ensure compliance with clients requirements and integrity of data, as well as coordinating with project management and art-graphics personnel, sales and customers.
SEPTEMBER 2021 - JULY 2022
VELA
GRAPHICS/WEB DESIGN ENGINEER I
My duties include both graphic design and website manipulation. I'm in charge of creating Vela marketing images, graphics, videos, and collateral for products, events, and more. I use programs within the Adobe's Creative Suite throughout projects such as Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and more. Website manipulations include working with a web hosting service and using PHP, HTML, and CSS in order to keep the website up to date and appealing. I'm expected to communicate with the Marketing, Sales, and Software team in order to ensure that our documents are accurate and up-to-date.
AUGUST 2021 - JANUARY 2022
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA STUDENT GOVERNMENT
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
I'm in charge of managing my marketing team, which consists of a social media specialist, two graphic designers, and a multimedia specialist. I'm expected to have clear communication, schedule marketing requests in a timely manner, and be on top of my team at all times. We use our social media to bring our student body together by knowing what we can do for them as student government, what resources they have, and promoting events in order to build a closer bond within our University. I have to make sure that Student Government gets proper marketing out to our student body by creating the content requested with my team, and assigning it to be posted on social media.
SEPTEMBER 2020 - JULY 2021
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA STUDENT GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST
I was in charge of scheduling posts to social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. I had to communicate not only within my marketing team, but also the executive and federal branch. I needed to be active on social media and research how to continuously increase discoverability and engagement on all platforms. One of Student Government's greatest known initiatives for our 1st consolidated term is transparency, which is where my position had high expectations in communicating frequently with the student body and creating a closer relationship between our students and Student Government.
MAY 2019 - NOVEMBER 2019
BARNES & NOBLE
BARISTA
As a Barista, I had experience with customer service, the register, preparing cafe food, and all the drinks on the menu. We followed the same drinks as Starbucks and I exercised my skills within multitasking, quick learning, good memory and attention to detail.
APRIL 2019 - JUNE 2020
DÉLITE WHITENING
DIGITAL MARKETING INTERN
Within this internship, I've been working on creating content for Délite Whitening. I've created animations, web edits, product photography, photo editing, video production for product advertisements, video editing, and social media content creation. I exercised skills in working with Wix, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and learning more about social media marketing.
AUGUST 2018 - PRESENT
MARKED ESSENCE
CREATOR/OWNER
I created and co-own this small business. Our mission is to support local artists, which we do through conducting free video interviews for our local artists' exposure purposes. I manage and produce all the video content creations, created the website and manage it using WiX, and direct our photoshoots, meetings, create the apparel designs and work with our printer, coordinate all scheduling and more.
MARCH 2017 - NOVEMBER 2018
SIX:02
FULL-TIME ASSISTANT MANAGER
Promoted position added responsibilities involving leadership to teach the team better communication skills, product knowledge, and to develop techniques that were greatly recognized in myself while I was a Sales Stylist. Additional responsibilities included organization with paperwork, being a reliable person to avoid retail loss/floor awareness, introducing guests to the loyalty program and sharing benefits of joining.
