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IVAN RASMUSSEN

BACHELOR'S IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

MINOR IN DIGITAL MEDIA

I started my college as a Math major before switching to Graphic Design in 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. In 2024, I worked remotely as an email designer for FUN. I currently work for Gator Garb, where I help design promotional items for various companies. I am always looking to grow and enhance my design skills.

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WORK EXPERIENCE
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GATOR GARB (Altoona, WI)

Graphic Designer (March 2025–Current)

  • Working with various companies and brands to provide promotionalitems for their business. Following their brand guidelines closely

  • Providing design solutions to a multitude of items including clothing, office accessories, games, and others. Following over 30 different vendorguidelines including scale, file type, and templates

  • Learning to design for design processes including screen printing,embroidery, laser engraving, full color print, and more

  • Helping customers on a daily basis by offering design solutions andmaking sure the process went smoothly from customer to vendor

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FUN.COM (North Mankato, MN)

Remote Marketing Email Designer (May 2024–October 2024)

  • Main email designer for Halloween.com throughout the summer and during busy season

  • Edited photos and created lifestyles for various costumes for media pages their website

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Designed for a wide array of apparel including shoes, sweaters, glasses, helmet, and others

  • 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

  • Followed feedback, guidelines, and assets given by licensor with a wide array of licenses including Disney, Sony, Universal, FOX, Dr. Seuss, and many others

  • 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

  • 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)

  • Worked within brand guidelines to create email templates, letters, interpretation infographics, and office banners

  • Designed all the Passport to Prosperity content including postcards, flyers, a sponsorship package, signs, and social media posts

  • Served as the only designer over the summer and collaborated with all team members to accomplish goals

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HY–CAPACITY (Humboldt, IA)

Graphic Design Intern & Photo Editor (Summer 2018/2019)

  • Gathered tractor parts, took photos, and removed the backgrounds in Photoshop

  • Helped update links, fix photos, revise light sleeves, and update manuals for their new website

  • Guided new interns in their job responsibilities and answered questions

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