Jearum Arboleda Castro
May 8, 1983
About Me
I am a Philippines-based designer with a keen eye for detail and a love for pushing the boundaries of design and illustrations. With a background in Industrial Design and a passion for the arts, I am dedicated to creating visually stunning illustrations and functional designs that resonate with clients and audiences alike.
Work History
2020 - Present
Freelance
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Creating commission-based artwork for various individuals on the internet. Mainly in the style of anime. Sometimes these are comic books styles.
2008 - 2020
Sony India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India
Retail / Web / Exhibition
Dec. 2008 - Sept. 2009
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Joined the Internal Design Team in a key role on developing designs for the Sony brands stores. Tasked to provide store layout for store reference.
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Sept. 2009 - Dec 2015
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Transferred to the internal Web Team. Assigned to design and develop web pages for the Sony India website to promote special promotion. The assignment also includes creating online promotional banners.
Jan. 2019 - Feb. 2020
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Transferred back to the internal Design Team. Tasked on creating and developing store display fixtures, various consumer exhibition, special launch events and store small product displays.
2008
Nextbro
Makati, Philippines
Web Designer
July 2008 to November 2008
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Graphic Designer - tasked in creating graphical elements for web based projects
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Flash Developer - contributed flash actionscripts for the team on web based projects
2006 - 2008
Rendition Digital Inc. - Makati, Philippines
Localization Specialist
​​June 2006 to July 2008
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Transferred translated text to existing documents (copy and paste) while maintaining the original layout of the document.
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Maintaining the visual integrity of documents for ready for printing.
2004 - 2005
Hokei Subic Philippines Subic, Philippines
Product Designer
​​February 2004 to November 2005
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Tasked in creating new product ideas for the company.
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Created 3D files of products
Education
2004
Mapua Institute of Technology (now known as Mapua University)
Intramuros, Metro Manila
Graduate
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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
2000
Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology
San Isidro, Nueva Ecija
Graduate
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High School
Software and Skills
Adobe Photoshop
20+ Years
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Photo manipulation
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Graphics and Illustrations
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Custom GIF creation
Adobe Illustrator
20+ Years
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Graphics and Illustrations
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Logo creation
Adobe Flash / Animate
20+ Years
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Graphics and Illustrations
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Animation
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Coding and Development
Adobe InDesign
5+ Years
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Typesetting
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Document Creation
SketchUp
17+ Years
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3D Modeling
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Capable of creating 3D assets to be used in other software like Clip Studio Paint
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Detail oriented
Procreate (IOS)
7+ Years
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Illustrations
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Capable of creating custom brushes
Sony Vegas
13+ Years
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Basic Video Editing
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Capable of creating content from Adobe Animate usable to be used for video content creation
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Capable of creating 3D and Panoramic Photo posts on Facebook with the use of Photoshop
Clip Studio Paint
5+ Years
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Graphics and Illustrations
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Capable of integrating custom 3D assets that can be used to create content
