Josephine Barham

Produced layout design, illustration, and animation for email newsletter, varied print applications, company website, and clinic screens. Onsite videography and video editing for Instagram, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and in-clinic screens. Marketing copywriting in English and German. Successfully conducted numerous Meta ad campaigns and increased audience engagement with the company’s social media channels by approximately 30–50%.

Illustration, animation, and WordPress + Elementor web development for a diverse client base.

Took event graphics from InDesign to After Effects, animated them & sent to 34 brick-and-mortar stores’ diverse screen sizes and types. Recut, packaged, and deployed all vendor content displayed on in-store screens. Designed & animated motion graphics for transparent (look-through) shoe displays. Created brand messaging graphics and seasonal messaging for sports stadium LEDs throughout the USA.

Designed a full ten-week curriculum for introductory production design and taught in a remote-hybrid classroom setting. Course centered on design theory, brought to practice in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
Built an Adobe Illustrator 1 curriculum for the following semester.

Created illustrations, infographics, animated video content, and product photos for use throughout SparkFun Electronics’ learning and eCommerce websites and social media channels. Supported marketing & communications team with HubSpot’s email tools, Google Ad Manager, and the SparkFun Adobe eCommerce storefront.

Shared knowledge on the ins and outs of Cinema 4D, Adobe Illustrator, and After Effects. Brought beginner students to intermediate level, and experienced users to expert level.

Generalist design work (infographics, illustrations, social media posts, 3D science visualizations, and assets for UI libraries) for small businesses and individuals across the education, science, coaching, and photography industries. Conceptualized and produced brand collateral packages using Adobe CC. Designed and updated business websites and event/promotional landing pages in WordPress and Wix.

Conceptualized, pitched and animated video in After Effects & Cinema 4D for brand messaging. Work was displayed at the Black Hat 2019 cybersecurity convention and on the Optiv in-office screens, particularly the multistory LED screen spanning the three floors of the company’s Denver campus.

Interfaced directly with clients to provide design solutions in print and digital media. Approx. halfway through employment period, became project manager and then art director. Led small teams of designers to deliver on larger or longer-term projects, including a pedestrian map-making project for the Chicago O'Hare and Midway airports.