My mission has always been to make the world if nothing else, a little more aesthetically pleasing. I have been an artist for as long as I can remember, and according to duCret: School of Art, I am a certified graphic designer! I have over three years of professional experience in graphic design and over a year of professional web development experience. I have also always loved film and animation and I have taught myself how to cut videos and animate motion graphics. I also like to think I am a pretty talented fine artist and you can check out my fine art at  fineart.steveycip.com. I guess you can call me a jack-of-all trades when it comes to art and design.

Education

Raritan Valley Community College

Branchburg, NJ

2015-2016

Web Developers Certification (16 Credits)

duCret School of Art

Plainfield, NJ

2009-2013

Diploma/Certification in Graphic Design (Valedictorian)

Internship

Square Melon Communications

Westfield, NJ

December 2012 to May 2013

At Square Melon I mainly helped design mock up compositions and preliminary designs.

Skills

I have extensive skills in Logo Design/Branding, Page Layout, Marketing Materials. As well as experience with Web Design, Kinetic Text Videos and Animation, Packaging and Illustration. I am proficient in the following programs.

Adobe Creative Suite CC

  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Acrobat
  • Dreamweaver
  • After Effects
  • Premier Pro

Microsoft Office

  • Word
  • Power Point
  • Excell

Computer Languages

  • HTML5
  • CSS/SCSS
  • JavaScript/jQuery
  • Wordpress PHP

Experience

The Fanatic Group LLC

Edison, NJ

Current Position

For The Fanatic Group, I wear many hats. I'm part of the graphic design team. That consists of setting up product orders for clients and many branding endeavors we do for our own company.

DeSola Group

Irvington, NY

For DeSola group I built and maintained websites for their clients mainly focused in the financial industry.

Below is a list of clients I have worked with as DeSola

  • Segall, Bryant & Hammel
  • Bahl & Gaynor
  • Sage Mountain Advisors
  • LCG Associates

Liquified Media

Somerville, NJ

August 2016 - August 2017

My title at Liquified Media was Graphic Designer, but I did so much more than just design. I came up with wireframes and built UI/UX for applications, I would also build landing pages and full sites for clients.

Main Responsibilities

  • UI/UX wire framing
  • Logo Design
  • Wordpress Building/management
  • Email Templates

Reliance Vitamin Co.

Edison, NJ

May 2013 to May 2015

My main job at Reliance was to design “Private Label” Vitamin Labels, this often included designing/updating logos for existing clients. I also helped design the trade show booth for PlantFusion, as well as worked on marketing flyers for both Reliance and PlantFusion.

Main Responsibilities

  • Private Label Design
  • Logo Design
  • Marketing Flyers
  • Monthly Sales Flyers