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Cecilia Allen  217-979-6931  allencecilia19@gmail.com  LinkedIn

    

Professional Experience: 

Discover Financial Services                                                                                                                             Chicago, IL
Digital Designer                                                                                                                                    Oct 2023 - April 2025

 

HiFi Social                                                                                                                                                             Chicago, IL

Internal Branding Intern                                                                                                                  August 2022- Dec 2022

  • Reestablished HiFi Travel’s Instagram presence aligned with a company rebrand and post-pandemic growth.

  • Designed client-focused social content highlighting event concepts and itinerary options.

  • Created a seasonal content calendar defining brand tone and intern-led posting strategy.

Inigo Communications                                                                                                                                     Chicago, IL

Promotions Apprentice                                                                                                                    August 2022- Dec 2022

  • Curated and developed digital content to support client engagement and recruitment outreach initiatives.

  • Organised, edited and retouched photography assets, recruitment materials and social content to ensure visual consistency across platforms.

  • Strengthened brand visibility through cohesive social media campaigns and newsletter communications.  

                                                                                                                                         

Creative Coordinator                                                                                                                              Jan 2022- May 2022

  • Established brand identity guidelines that defined logo application, typography, colour systems and digital presentation standards.

  • Translated conceptual direction into cohesive multi-channel assets across print, digital and video formats.

  • Led client-facing design reviews, articulating creative decisions and integrating feedback to strengthen final outputs.

 

Free People.                                                                                                                                                          Chicago, IL

Senior Stylist                                                                                                                                              July 2022- Present

  • Delivered elevated in-store brand experiences through styling, merchandising and personalised customer engagement aligned with seasonal campaigns and visual direction.

  • Drove engagement and sales through relationship-building and personalised styling, translating brand identity into tangible customer connection.

 

Education:

BA - Advertising and Public Relations, Loyola University Chicago                                                           Class of 2023

  • Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority

  • Sign Language Club

  • Sports Marketing Club

Skills

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Workiva

  • Figma

  • Miro

  • Microsoft Office Suite 

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