Leandro Castro

ABOUT

With over 16 years of design experience in both small agencies and large corporations, I am constantly pursuing the most optimal ways to improve digital experiences in both websites and email communications through interface design. I rely on my visual branding background to provide consistent design systems for digital deliverables.

WORK EXPERIENCE

ARROW ELECTRONICS

Jan 2024 - Present

Remote

Senior Graphic Designer

• Design marketing campaign collateral for Arrow Electronics and associated business units.
• Support creative development of visual elements for Arrow's corporate brand.
• Develop creative projects for external clients and vendors associated with Arrow services.

COBALT.IO

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023

Remote

Senior Graphic Designer

• Support brand and creative initiatives for social media marketing, tradeshow events, demand generation, paid media ads, and internal kickoffs.

SECUREWORKS

Nov 2021 - Aug 2023

Remote

Senior Creative Advisor, Global Campaigns, Branding & Creative Services

• Develop creative campaigns to promote Secureworks’ cybersecurity product platform and services through multiple social media and digital channels.
• Prototype, and design interactive digital experiences to educate and inform current clients and prospects on trending cybersecurity topics.

TD SYNNEX

Jul 2018 - Nov 2021

Remote

Senior Designer / Creative Lead

• Brainstorm and design marketing collateral for vendor and reseller events.
• Focus on marketing strategies for the distribution of technology produced by VMware and DellEMC.
• Work closely with Senior designers, copywriters, and web/email specialists on the development of creative for events and vendor-focused materials.

PODS

Jul 2016 - Jun 2018

Clearwater, FL

Senior Graphic Designer

• Re-enforce updated branding efforts for corporate sales and marketing collateral and franchisee deliverables.
• Direct graphic design freelancers to follow updated brand standards.
• Collaborate with the Digital team on the application of the updated brand standards to the website and email communications.
• Work closely with IT on the integration of a project management tool and project request form for the creative and marketing teams.

Tech Data

Jan 2014 - Jul 2016

Clearwater, FL

Graphic Designer

• Design co-branded collaterals and e-mail layouts for Tech Data and its major vendor partners such as Dell, HP, Cisco, Lenovo, Microsoft, and IBM.

SKILLS

Creative

• Acrobat
• Illustrator
• InDesign
• Photoshop

UI/UX

• InVision
• Sketch
• XD
• Figma
• Ceros

Teamwork

• Workfront
• Workamajig
• Asana
• Monday
• Slack
• MS Teams
• Zoom