My name is Rachel Sender. I’m from Barcelona, Spain. I moved to Rotterdam a few months ago to study, work and to change the scenary. I’m 27 years old.

I studied:
I’m now attending the Web Design and Development course in SAE Institute in Rotterdam. (It’s a couple of evenings a week.)
September 2006 Book binding course in Taller Obert (Barcelona).
September 2005 Silk screen course in Fem Cultura Center (Barcelona).
January to June 2005 Creative illustration postgraduate course in EINA, Escola Superior de Disseny i Art (Barcelona)
2000 to 2004 Graphic design  studies in EINA, Escola Superior de Disseny i Art (Barcelona)

Languages I speak:
English. It’s my mothertongue and I have a Certificate of Proficiency in English by the Cambridge University.
German. I went to the German School of Barcelona till I was 18 years old.
Spanish. Obviously.
Catalan.

Programmes I use:
Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Macromedia Flash (quite basic use)
Dreamweaver (very basic use)

What I’ll be learning in SAE Institute:
Motion design: Final cut Pro.
3d graphics: Maya
Audio: Apple Logic
Motion and special effects: After effects
DVD authoring: Apple dvd Studio Pro
Web programming: Dreamweaver, Flash, Joomla
Web development: Javascript, Actionscript, PHPMySQL

Professional experience:

April 2008 till now: I'm working as a freelance in Rotterdam. I have collaborated with Koehorst in 't Veld.

February 2007 to April 2008: creARTiva I was working with a team that were specialised in the design and development of exhibition installations. There were also other graphic design projects going on, web design, adverstising... I was also in charge of dealing with one of their clients, Sumol Pharma, that sold generic drugs. In the studio the packaging was prepared and all graphic elements the company would need (advertising, brochures, etc.)

March 2006 to September 2006: Stanton Studio S.L Graphic design projects, book layouts, brochure design, web design, corporate image and photo retouch.
I also collaborated in the realization (layout and colour) of the children’s book collection “La Gata Misha” (Misha the purple cat)

December 2004 to March 2006: 65 i què! Company specialised in decoration and gift articles. I developed graphics, textile design and illustrations to be applied on objects that the company sold. I also did the layout design of their catalogues, the photographs of the products and retouched them. I did the promotional posters and brochures for their shops and fairs. I used to deal with the national and international suppliers.

April 2004 to August 2004: Ciudades para Todos Architecture studio specialised in accessibility projects.  I did the layout design for an accessibility plan of many towns in Spain. I also did Flash animations for their presentations, covers of cds and dvds.

August 2001 Eureca Media S.A. company offering e-learning studies. I collaborated in the design of the learning material.