MARIAH MILLS LINKEDIN PROFILE

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

  • Communication / Collaborative Skills

    - Cross-functional Internal teams

    - Leadership, Executives, Stakeholders

  • Client-facing interpersonal skills for external communications

  • Handling sensitive internal / client data, honoring NDAs with the highest standards

  • B2C, B2B

  • Corporate, Non Profit, Start-Ups (Tech Industry Creative Development)

  • Brand Development (Visual Identity / Strategy)

    - Consultation, Contract, Hire

  • Asset Organization / Management

  • Creative Copywriting / Published Assets

    - Convert internal stakeholders and internal team data into presentations and assets

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Coursera - Google Certified Digital Marketing & E-commerce Course

  • Miami Dade County - Technical Certifications

    • OCP A - Desktop Publishing Assistant

    • OCP B - Design Technician

    • OCP C - Illustrator

SOFTWARE

  • MacOS, PC

  • Abode CC - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign (Expanding After Effects + Premiere Pro Skills)

  • Accessible Design: NVDA Screen Reader, PAC pdf checker, Colour Contrast Analyzer

  • Accessible Design Experience: Beginner (Less than 1 year)

  • Animation - Adobe Express / After Effects, Biteable & The Brief (fka Creatopy)

  • Microsoft Office - Word, Powerpoint, Excel

  • MacOs - Pages, Keynote, Numbers

  • Mailchimp / Hubspot digital newsletters

  • Teams, Slack, Trello, Jira, Wrike

  • Sharepoint, OneDrive, Google, Air Table

professional roles

CREATIVE CONSULTANT

  • Assist in providing creative direction for your design needs

    • Helping you create and finalize designs that will be relevant and effective for your design needs.

    • Meet up weekly to discuss ideas, review created drafts, assist with sourcing and finalize the designs.

    • Created design files will be provided to you in an organized manner so that you may confidently use them as needed for your design needs.

 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

  • Logo Design and Branding

  • Corporate Identity - Logo, Letterhead, Business Cards, Packaging

  • Tradeshow Marketing Materials and Artwork Design for Booth Display Materials

  • Various forms of Printed and Digital Advertising (but not limited to):

    • Large Format Designs - Large Banners and Ads

    • Book Cover Design

    • Booklet, Magazine Layout, and Design

    • Magazine & Newspaper Ads

    • Newsletters - Print & Digital

    • Illustration

    • Invitations

    • Postcards, Flyers, Banners

    • Website (Intermediate experience)

      • Website Platforms
        Squarespace, Wix, Elementor

      • Creative Direction

        • Visual Layout
          Desktop & Responsive

        • Design Digital Assets

        • Published or Hand-Off

        • Purchasing Domain

FASHION DESIGNER

  • Machines - Straight Stitch, Serger, Cover Stitch

  • Digital Apparel Design - Graphics for Apparel, Textiles, Technical Flats Illustrations

  • Fashion Apparel and Accessory Collection Illustration

  • Tech Packs - Construction, Placement, Finishes / Packaging and Components

  • Mood Boards, Color Ways (Pantone TCX, RGB and CMYK)

 

PRINT PRODUCTION

  • Pre Press Software:

    Pre Press - PPA / Fiery Applications

    EFI (Fiery Comman Workstation, Centralized software)

    ▪ Submit / setup print production workflow, Pre Press

    ▪ Color, Copies, Layout and Finishing such as Folding,

    Binding or Stapling

    ▪ Fiery preflight, Sample Review, Production and Packaging completed orders

    • Printers

    Cut Sheet and Wide Format printers (Print & Hi-Res Scan)

    - Canon C500 (Cut Sheet)

    - HP Plotter (Wide Format)

    • Binding / Cutting Machines

    - Coil Binding Machine

    - Drilling Machine (Hole Punching)

    - Electric / Manual Paper Cutter Machines

Creative aspirations (2025 - 2028)

Interests

  • Lifelong learner eager to share

  • Gardening

  • Sewing

  • Wood works

  • Community Engagement / Community-based Organizations

  • Art Therapy

Short Term

  • Professional Development: (Currently Enrolled Courses) User Experience Design Fundamentals

  • Professional Interest: Inclusive & Accessible Design Development

    • IAACP Membership: Interested in joining the IAAPC to learn from experts, members, and fellow designers who are committed to creating accessible design that makes a meaningful impact.

    • Deepening ADA accessibility skills by approaching design with every user in mind from the start, ensuring the final experience is clear, usable, and genuinely supportive of how people engage with content.

  • Design: Animations, Digital Illustrations

  • Volunteering: Design services for Non-Profits and Qualifying

  • E-commerce: Operate an online shop selling designed digital assets and merchandise

Long Term

  • Volunteering: Coordinate / Support artistic volunteer outreach efforts to bring art to others in a therapeutic form of art and creative expression.

  • Sewing and Mixer Media: Create more hands on expressions of art and look at ways to possibly make them immersive with digital experiences.

  • Digital: Photography & Video (capturing simple footage, best practices & professional skills for my design needs).