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IVAN RASMUSSEN

Graphic Designer

Digital Media/Illsutration

I started my college experience at Iowa State as a Math major before switching to Graphic Design my sophomore year. I had internships with Hy-Capacity and Iowa International Center doing photo editing and marketing. After graduating from Iowa State in 2022, I began my design career at FUN where I designed Halloween costumes and small amounts of merchandise. I now own an online shop called Ivan Dezignen and am looking to bring new and fun designs to communities across Iowa!

Education

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

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Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Minor in Digital Media

Graduated May 2022

GPA: 3.57/4.00

HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL​

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Graduated May 2017 with a Focus in Math

GPA: 4.00/4.00

Skillset

ILLUSTRATOR

PHOTOSHOP

IN-DESIGN

ADOBE XD

WIX.COM

TRAITS:

Leader, Creative, Organized, Time Management, Kind

About Ivan Dezignen

My brand identity primarily comes from a rhyme of my name with design. Back when I was a kid, people would sing I've been working on the railroad and replace "I've been" with Ivan. This led me to thinking of Ivan Dezignen or I've been designing. Dezignen is split into DE7 which stands for 24/7. The D has two strokes, the E has four, and the Z is split into a 7. So my logo in total stands for "I've been designing 24/7" which is definitely the case. I am always taking in new designs, ideas, and inspiration. Lastly the color scheme is a combination of some of my favorite colors inspired by my favorite show Arcane. It's a combination of hot pink, light blue, dark blue, purple, and black.

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My inspiration for creating designs for high schools goes back to my days in high school. I went to Humboldt High School where I was involved in various activities like track, cross country, and band. I took a lot of school pride and always appreciated the school spirit around high schools.

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I then went to Iowa State University for 5 years where I graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. I loved my time at Iowa State and am still a huge cyclone fan. One thing I loved about ISU was some of their school merch and mascot designs. I figured why can't I make fun and new designs like colleges but for high schools? So that is where the idea was born of online shops for high schools to celebrate their own school spirit with unique and cool designs. I take pride in living in Iowa where everyone is friendly and where I went to high school and college. I figured if I can give back to this state and the people in it, then that would make me feel good as well. Here's to celebrating school spirit!

Work Experience
Fun
Iowa International Center
Personali-Tees
Hy-Capacity

FUN.COM (North Mankato, MN)

Jr. Graphic Designer/Costume Designer (July 2022–April 2024)

  • Learned how to create costume artwork for three main processes: embroidery, screen-print, and sublimation. Varied from simple face vector artwork to fully printed detailed costumes

  • Picked up new skills like creating complex patterns, how to line-up artwork over seams, using a costume template, and providing a list of pantones

  • Designed for a wide array of apparel including shoes, sweaters, glasses, helmet, and others

  • Worked with concept artists and developers to follow certain design direction of the costumes. This included several rounds of edits sometimes and updates based on meetings

  • Followed feedback, guidelines, and assets given by licensor with a wide array of licenses including Disney, Sony, Universal, FOX, Dr. Seuss, and many others

  • Adjusted to certain busy times including September/October (called Season) and right before Chinese New Year to try and complete as many designs as we could in those time spans

  • Spent time out in the warehouse (primarily Season 2022) putting inventory onto shelves, picking orders on scooters, and packing orders to be shipped out for Halloween

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IOWA INTERNATIONAL CENTER (Des Moines, IA)

Remote Graphic Design Intern (Summer 2021)

  • Worked within brand guidelines to create email templates, letters, interpretation infographics, and office banners

  • Designed all the Passport to Prosperity content including postcards, flyers, a sponsorship package, signs, and social media posts

  • Served as the only designer over the summer and collaborated with all team members to accomplish goals

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PERSONALI–TEES (Humboldt, IA)

Freelance Graphic Designer (Winter 2020 & Summer 2021)

  • Turned raster images into vector designs

  • Helped design Iowa, Iowa State, and Wildcat shirts for the upcoming Cy-Hawk game

  • Introduced to basics of screen printing

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HY–CAPACITY (Humboldt, IA)

Graphic Design Intern & Photo Editor (Summer 2018/2019)

  • Gathered tractor parts, took photos, and removed the backgrounds in Photoshop

  • Helped update links, fix photos, revise light sleeves, and update manuals for their new website

  • Guided new interns in their job responsibilities and answered questions

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