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Sarafina Pavlak
Design | Print | Digital | Web

A highly creative and detail-driven designer with a strong passion for packaging, print, and digital media. Known for thriving in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, I bring an organized, solutions-oriented approach to every project — from developing innovative packaging concepts to crafting cohesive brand assets across fashion, retail, and editorial. I collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams, vendors, and creative leaders to bring ideas to life while maintaining brand integrity and visual consistency. With experience spanning packaging design, marketing collateral, editorial layout, and rebranding initiatives, I stay continually inspired by emerging trends and dedicated to delivering thoughtful, elevated design solutions.

Experience

Haddad Brands | Senior Associate Package Designer | March 2025 - present

  • Conduct market research and develop concept recaps to inform new, innovative, and on-trend packaging initiatives

  • Manage print production workflows and assist in designing cost-effective hang tags and structural packaging across seasons

  • Update artwork, copy, and production files based on cross-functional feedback

  • Partner with global vendors on pricing, materials, and submit approvals; troubleshoot production and approval issues

  • Review digital/physical submits for color, substrate quality, layout, and finishes

  • Track development progress and ensure seasonal deadlines are met by identifying and resolving risks

  • Maintain brand consistency across high-volume retail packaging executions

  • Design and execute packaging systems for global brands, including Levi’s, Nike, Converse, Hurley, and Huggies

Generation Love Clothing | Junior Graphic Designer | Jan 2024 - March 2025

  • Designed branded marketing materials and visual assets across digital channels

  • Partnered with the Social Media Manager to design cohesive social media content aligned with brand strategy

  • Designed email marketing campaigns and delivered production-ready assets

  • Color corrected and retouched on-model and product images

  • Managed image workflows, including reviewing, resizing, and organizing digital assets

  • Conceptualized and designed digital creatives for website updates and advertising campaigns

  • Ensured brand continuity with garments, lighting, and color consistency

  • Supported end-to-end photoshoot production, including planning, on-set coordination, and asset execution

Century 21 Stores Graphic Designer | March 2023 - Oct 2023

  • Collaborated with the VP of Marketing and Art Director to drive key initiatives and brand projects

  • Conceptualized and designed high-impact marketing signage, wayfinding solutions, and wall decals for in-store and back-of-house

  • Contributed to the successful rebranding of the Century 21 Stores

  • Designed and delivered compelling email marketing campaigns weekly

  • Led development of cohesive branding for events, including logos, signage, digital advertisements, email marketing, and website assets

  • Assisted in photoshoot planning and styling

  • Partnered with the Social Media Manager to develop and implement content initiatives across platforms

WestFair Communications | Art Director | Oct 2020 - March 2023

  • Collaborated with editorial leadership on business and lifestyle magazine design and content curation

  • Directed weekly production of a digital Business Journal, overseeing research, organization, and layout design, and final delivery

  • Contributed to a major magazine rebrand, elevating it into a business–lifestyle publication

  • Designed promotional materials, in-house advertising, sales collateral, and custom client-specific advertisements across digital and print

  • Designed weekly email newsletters and supported social, marketing, and event initiatives

  • Managed daily website updates to maintain fresh, on-brand content

Cottages & Gardens Magazine | Design Intern | Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  • Collaborated directly with the Art Director to support editorial design and production workflows

  • Contributed to designing editorial layouts for the Connecticut, New York City, and Hampton editions

  • Conducted thorough research and meticulously organized photographs to enhance visual elements

Skills

• Adobe InDesign 

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Acrobat

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Microsoft Excel

• Canva

• Trello

• Figma

• Shopify

• Mailchimp

• Outlook

Typography

Photography

• Illustration

To learn more about Sarafina click the link to download her full resume.

©2020 by Sarafina Pavlak.

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