My name is Rachel Thompson! I’m a Graphic Designer from Missouri who enjoys illustration and design. I use art for both my career and personal projects. I dedicate time to creating stickers and graphics to share with my loved ones and express myself while also exploring new skills and concepts to better my professional work.
I am a BFA Graphic Design Undergraduate from Oral Roberts University. I studied programs from the Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects. We developed skills in animation, layout and packaging, digital and printed graphics, and team building. While studying design courses, I also pursued courses in photography and fine arts such as watercolor, illustration, and crafts.
I have worked as a graphic designer for a couple non-profits: Childhood Cancer Society and ThriVe. At these organizations, I used my skills to assist in developing their brands through posters, social media graphics, animations, illustrations, apparel prints, and additional marketing material. While with CCS, I assisted in building a team of designers to develop the social brand for Adventure Ted. While with ThriVe, I worked with both social media and marketing, strengthening not only our brand but also creating media and designs that expanded our reach to multiple states and connect to our partners.
Work History
Graphic Design Intern: ThriVe Express Womens Healthcare
2022 - present
• Developed promotional and motivational social media posts
• Designed graphics and materials for events, appeals and holidays
• Created and updated digital and static billboard graphics in multiple demographics across multiple states
• Assisted with the creation of large national branding projects
• Consulted for branding guidelines and themes for new national website and blog pages
Administrative Assistant: ThriVe Express Womens Healthcare
2022 - 2023
• Completed monthly media statistic and anonymous patient survey reports
• Processed and organized company wide bi-monlthy orders
• Communicated with private donors and contributing organizations daily to further deepen partnership connections
• Organized holiday gifts, wellness and sympathy gift protocols, receipts, and additional specialized mailings
Graphic Design Intern: Childhood Cancer Society
2021
• Developed designs, comics, and additional content used in social media
• Created additional design materials for local marketing
• Assisted in forming and delegating projects within a team of designers
• Consulted with design team and contributed concepts and themes in company meetings to further expand the Adventure Ted brand
Children’s Book Illustrator: Turkey Town (2019)
2017 - 2018
• Character Concept Artist and Sole Illustrator of Turkey Town (Nancy Benes)
Additional non-design work experience can be viewed on my LinkedIn under Experience.