Valina Eckley
Hi! I am Valina Eckley, Graphic and Web Designer and head of Geeky Graphic Girl web services
Valina Eckley is an enthusiastic graphic artist with extensive experience in the Creative Suite. She is skilled in creating graphics for print, IOS applications, flash social media applications and the web. Also proficient in HTML5/CSS3, photography, and Flash implementation for Action Script. Extremely hard and committed worker who has a track record of staying a step ahead of her supervisors. Loves to give back to the community though volunteer work.
Valina was selected as a "Person of the Year" from Q Salt Lake in 2012 for her work with developing Cheer Salt Lake.
Valina Eckley's Background
Valina Eckley's Experience
Graphic Designer/Illustrator at Geeky Graphic Girl
January 2008 - Present | Worldwide
Highlighted clients: City of Kounosu, Design Farm, Sparky's Balloons, MyAsianFashion.com, Marrily Inc, The 90 Day Diet, APProcot Labs.
Multi-media: Web, mobile UI/UX, Print, Brand Identity.
Other Skills: CMS implication, Project Management
Content Manager at Skoll Foundation
June 2011 - January 2012
Using Photoshop and Wordpress to manage the content of speaker and session pages for the Skoll Foundation's World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship.
Graphic Designer at Be Cool Together Inc.
July 2009 - January 2012
Used Illustrator and InDesign to create new logos, business cards and stationary for the company's two separate branches.
Worked with the company's top client, Hitachi High Technology, to develop original teaching materials and course curriculum for business English classes.
Lead Creative Designer at YoXi 123
January 2011 - May 2011
Creating hundreds of vector assets for Huggy Hearts, a Facebook greeting card application, using Adobe Illustrator and Flash.
Leading the overall artistic direction of the project and administrating the entire flow from front end to back end of the application.
English Instructor at Freelance
July 2003 - May 2011
Worked with a wide variety of students, ages from 2 to 85, and helped them develop communication competence in English.
Focused on every aspect of the language, from children's English, adult daily conversation, development of professional skills.
Designed customized lessons for individual students and classes.
Web Designer at Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
June 2008 - December 2010
Designed a multi-lingual web UI under the corporate branding direction.
Used Photoshop to retouch product pictures for the online store, catalogs and advertisements.
Editorial Assistant at Communication Yearbook
July 2002 - July 2003
Copyedited academic journal entries under extremely tight deadlines.
Coordinated the submission process with the editor, authors and international reviewers.
Founder and Program Director at Cheer Salt Lake
August 2011
Creating the entire brand for the team, including logo, websites, stationary and recruitment posters.
Responsible for the overall management of the team, including recruitment, public relations, coordination, event planning, obtaining sponsors, and professional relationship building.
Valina Eckley's Education
University of Wyoming
2001 – 2003
MA Communication
Concentration: Media
Activities: Western Thunder Marching Band (Public Relations Manager).
Recipient of the William C. Donaghy Outstanding Thesis award.
University of Wyoming
1996 – 2001
BS Broadcasting
Concentration: Media Production
Activities: Western Thunder Marching Band
Kappa Kappa Psi
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Association
Valina Eckley's Interests & Activities
Graphic Design, Web Design, UI/UX Design, Vector Illustration, HTML/CSS, Marching Band, Cheerleading, Traditional Irish Music