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Samantha Pepas

Located near Austin, TX

Resourceful designer blending a background in administration and academia with a passion for solution-oriented design seeks to expand design opportunities. Equipped with a diverse skill set and 15 years of administrative and academic experience, I have acquired excellent needs anticipation, creative problem solving, and research skills. In sum, I am an asset to your company because I’ve spent over a decade being, and working with, your target users.

Softwares

Adobe Suite
Figma
Sketch
Wix Editor
InVision
Trello
Miro
Slack
Quickbooks
SAP

Skills

Banding

In-depth research

UI/Navigation

Typeface

Client acquisition

Project management

Copywriting

Typeface

Prototyping/wire framing

Education

2007-2009

Bachelor of Arts

Texas State University

BA in Political Science and a minor in Philosophy.

2012-2014

Master of Arts

Texas State University

MA in Philosophy with a concentration in rational aesthetics, particularly evolutionary psychology.

10/2021-04/2022

UX/UI Bootcamp Certification
University of Texas

Certificate of completion in user experience and user interface design. 

EXPERIENCE

 

 

Feather and Scale Design — Designer

AUG 2021 - CURRENT

  • Client assessment, competitor research, proposal creation and presentation

  • Identify workflow problem areas and which website features can resolve them

  • Create and iterate deliverables that synthesize workflow across platforms

  • Build prototypes and wireframes for customer approval and QA them

  • Style tile, branding creation, and overall tone design and documentation

  • Multi-service and multi-platform production (logo, website, print)

 

Achievements: year over year growth, rapid clientele increase, skills acquisition, cross plat-form and cross media publishing, increased revenue for my clients, generally exceeds deliverable deadlines.

 

Gold Standard Fire Protection — Executive Assistant 

SEPT 2023 - CURRENT

  • Data management of client files, invoices, and record keeping

  • Conducted research and rectified all system data across multiple platforms

  • AR/AP accounting including expenses and tax filings, job costing, and payroll

  • G/L accounting, invoice reconciliation, sync error resolution

  • Inventory monitoring and management, part orders, deficiency tracking

  • Client contact, bid submission, scheduling, invoicing, and collections
     

Achievements: increased company revenue by over 175k by mitigating losses and tax burdens, oversaw data migration to new software, consulted with dev team and CTO of new software to implement data import solutions for and QA’ed changes. 

 

 

Texas State University — Lecturer

JUN 2014 - AUG 2017

  • Formulate syllabus, write/assign syllabus meeting requirements

  • Prepare and provide lectures based on research

  • Design and grade assignments, provide feedback, answer student questions

  • Departmental duties and administrative duties

Achievements: positive student reviews, active student retention, overwhelming student progress, high metrics on reviews. 

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