• RIT Game Symphony Orchestra Branding

• LOGO
• BRANDING
• PRINT
• MANAGEMENT

Created a new brand design for a university’s student-run video game symphony orchestra club, spearheaded the configuration of the club's design-making process, and led a team of artistic club members to create posters and merchandise.

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• Otaku Choir Branding & Marketing

• LOGO
• BRANDING
• MARKETING

Designed a logo, brand guidelines, and various marketing graphics for the New York City Otaku Choir organization.

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• Fanzine Graphics, Formatting, & Production

• LOGO
• BRANDING
• PRINT
• MARKETING
• MANAGEMENT

Leading moderator teams, creating marketing graphics, and laying out fanart and fanfiction works into digital and printed magazine formats for online collaborative fandom projects.

• PROJECT DETAILS

Who I am

Hi, I'm Nicole Lopez, and I’m a marketing and editorial designer! My most recent employment has been at mobile game companies where I've been working as a marketing designer creating advertisements for games, and I was graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2021 where I studied New Media Design and minored in the Japanese language as well as Game Design. I'm searching for new employment in the field of marketing, graphics, and/or editorial design, and I am available to start at any time.

What I do

Although my focus is within the field of marketing/brand and editorial design, I have a strong passion for all of the various areas that comprise the encompassing field of design.Also, my primary goal through my work is to make people happy! In other words, I want to my designs to bring enjoyment to others by making things more usable, more fun, and of course, more beautiful.

More about me

I am a total nerd: I love watching Japanese anime as well as playing tabletop games and video games. I also enjoy singing both American and Japanese pop songs, so I'm always down for karaoke!

OBJECTIVE

I am an enthusiastic and dedicated designer currently seeking employment in the field of marketing, graphics, and/or editorial design.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Part-Time Marketing Designer

Computer Lunch LLC | Remote
Oct 2024 - Present

Designing and animating promotional static and motion graphic advertisements for the mobile game “Cell to Singularity”.

Marketing Design Contractor | Junior Marketing Designer

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | New York, NY
May 2019 - Nov 2019 | Aug 2021 - Jan 2023

Collaborated with members of the “Two Dots” mobile game marketing team to brainstorm and animate top-performing video advertisements that attracted new paying users to the game.

Production Lead, Graphic Designer, & Editorial Designer

Various Collaborative Fanzines | Remote
Jan 2021 - Present

Leading and participating in the creation of online collaborative fandom magazine projects from conception through physical print production and release to the public. Designing static and animated promotional materials in addition to formatting zine PDFs for both digital and print release formats.

EDUCATION

New Media Design BFA, magna cum laude (GPA: 3.79/4.0)

Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY
Aug 2016 - May 2021

ACTIVITIES

Marketing Team Lead Volunteer

Otaku Choir | New York, NY
Jan 2025 - Present

Designed the organization’s logo, brand, and brand guidelines in addition to creating social media assets and promotional graphics.

Public Relations Officer | Vice President

RIT Game Symphony Orchestra Club | Rochester, NY
Sep 2018 - May 2020 | Aug 2020 - May 2021

Led a team of over 10 artists in designing merchandise, posters, videos, and concert programs for concerts and promotional events.

RIT Game Symphony Orchestra Branding

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Design a logo and create brand guidelines for Rochester Institute of Technology’s student-run Game Symphony Orchestra club. Also create promotional materials to market the club to potential members as well as the public audience.

INTRODUCTION

RIT Game Symphony Orchestra is an active student-run orchestra club at Rochester Institute of Technology that focuses on playing music from video game soundtracks. They began recruiting members in 2017, and they needed a club brand to promote themselves both to potential student members as well as the general public.

Otaku Choir Branding & Marketing

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Design a logo and create brand guidelines for the New York City Otaku Choir organization. Also create promotional materials to market the group to potential members as well as the public audience.

INTRODUCTION

Otaku Choir is a recently created New York City area public choir that specializes in performing choral arrangements of music from Asian pop-culture (ie. Asian pop music, Japanese anime, etc.) and video games. Their first meeting was held at the start of 2025, and they needed a cohesive brand to help them stand out and allow them to better market themselves to the public.

Fanzine Graphics, Formatting, & Production

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Lead fanzine projects from conception through print production and fulfillment. Design logos, animate announcement graphics and create other promotional materials to market the products in addition to formatting contributor works for digital PDF distribution and physical book printing.

INTRODUCTION

Fanzines are small magazines produced by unofficial enthusiasts of a fandom (a community of fans of a particular person, subject, media, etc.) to be distributed to other fans either for free or for charge.Every project's team tends to consist of a head moderator who leads the project, various other moderators who are in charge of specific tasks and leading specific sub-teams of contributors, and contributors who create the main content of the zine and any merchandise sold alongside it.