IVAN RASMUSSEN
Graphic Designer
Minor in Digital Media
I started my college experience as a Math major before switching to Graphic Design my sophomore year. I had internships with Hy-Capacity and Iowa International Center doing photo editing and marketing. After graduating from Iowa State in 2022, I began my design career at FUN where I designed Halloween costumes and small amounts of merchandise. I then worked remotely as an email designer for FUN. I got to create unique emails for Halloween.com and Halloweencostumes.com. I also got to work on a large catalog for costumes, which was a lot of fun. I am always looking to enhance and grow my design skils!

Education
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
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Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design
Minor in Digital Media
Graduated May 2022
GPA: 3.57/4.00
HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL​
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Graduated May 2017 with a Focus in Math
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Skillset
ILLUSTRATOR
PHOTOSHOP
IN-DESIGN
ADOBE XD
WIX.COM
TRAITS:
Leader, Creative, Organized, Time Management, Kind
Work Experience





FUN.COM (North Mankato, MN)
Remote Marketing Email Designer (May 2024–October 2024)
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Main email designer for Halloween.com throughout the summer and during busy season
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Edited photos and created lifestyles for various costumes for media pages their website
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Completed various tasks as needed including making fliers, flash sale templates, and cleaning product photos
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FUN.COM (North Mankato, MN)
Jr. Graphic Designer/Costume Designer (July 2022–April 2024)
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Learned how to create costume artwork for three main processes: embroidery, screen-print, and sublimation. Varied from simple face vector artwork to fully printed detailed costumes
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Picked up new skills like creating complex patterns, how to line-up artwork over seams, using a costume template, and providing a list of pantones
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Designed for a wide array of apparel including shoes, sweaters, glasses, helmet, and others
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Worked with concept artists and developers to follow certain design direction of the costumes. This included several rounds of edits sometimes and updates based on meetings
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Followed feedback, guidelines, and assets given by licensor with a wide array of licenses including Disney, Sony, Universal, FOX, Dr. Seuss, and many others
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Adjusted to certain busy times including September/October (called Season) and right before Chinese New Year to try and complete as many designs as we could in those time spans
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Spent time out in the warehouse (primarily Season 2022) putting inventory onto shelves, picking orders on scooters, and packing orders to be shipped out for Halloween
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IOWA INTERNATIONAL CENTER (Des Moines, IA)
Remote Graphic Design Intern (Summer 2021)
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Worked within brand guidelines to create email templates, letters, interpretation infographics, and office banners
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Designed all the Passport to Prosperity content including postcards, flyers, a sponsorship package, signs, and social media posts
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Served as the only designer over the summer and collaborated with all team members to accomplish goals
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PERSONALI–TEES (Humboldt, IA)
Freelance Graphic Designer (Winter 2020 & Summer 2021)
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Turned raster images into vector designs
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Helped design Iowa, Iowa State, and Wildcat shirts for the upcoming Cy-Hawk game
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Introduced to basics of screen printing
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HY–CAPACITY (Humboldt, IA)
Graphic Design Intern & Photo Editor (Summer 2018/2019)
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Gathered tractor parts, took photos, and removed the backgrounds in Photoshop
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Helped update links, fix photos, revise light sleeves, and update manuals for their new website
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Guided new interns in their job responsibilities and answered questions