About — Elmo Chavez

Elmo Chavez is a Visual Designer located in the heart of Central Texas. He is an avid fan of movies, television, animation, video games, & tabletops, and builds his own games and stories on the side.

He is proficient in Art Direction, Trademark/Icon design, Branding, and Motion Graphics.

Contact me

elmostreetside@gmail.com

210.852.3645

Education

Texas State University BFA Communication Design Fall 2019 - Fall 2023

Alamo Colleges Fall 2016 - Spring 2019

Work

CE Group

Creative Intern— Jan 2025–May 2025

Designed and illustrated custom icons and logo treatments for internal needs, including pitch decks and fiesta medals celebrating CE Group’s 35th anniversary.

Partnered with the creative team to expand and refine client branding and touchpoints for upcoming events, ensuring that client identity remained fresh and recognizable.

Collaborated across multiple departments to develop and produce high-quality materials for client events, such as gift boxes, presentations, programing, wayfinding, and signage.

TruePoint Communications

Graphic Designer Intern — Aug 2024–Dec 2024

Conceptualized and designed visually consistent social media and printed ads for Harmony Bank with rapid weekly turnaround.

Created arena stripe graphics, wayfinding signage, and venue branding for EO Excentric’s Unbridled Conference under a tight deadline that aligned with branding guidelines, ensuring visual consistency throughout the conference.

Managed multiple internal projects, simulatiously balancing agency and client requests for design services.

Optical Balance

Freelance — 2024

Rebranded Optical Balance’s logo and B2B website to pivot from lens production to the optical pad market.

Designed and created the company’s catalog for both print and online to promote their line of optical pads for lens crafting.

ADRC (Art Department Resource Center)

Work Study — Jan 2022-Dec 2023

Spearheaded and designed promotional materials for a XenceLab demonstration and survey, where students could demo new drawing tablets and provide feedback to Texas State’s School of Art and Design.

Mentored and tutored Art and Design students on Adobe software and equipment in addition to providing conceptual input on their design projects.

Managed the Art and Design inventory, as well as monitored and learned the ins and outs of the printers used by students and faculty resulting in an efficient and comfortable work environment.

Involvement

AIGA TXST

Officer — 2023-2024

Designed various promotional materials for AIGA, such as event posters, chapter t-shirts, and stickers. Successfully organized a photo room event for students to take professional headshots.

Texas State Film Club

Member — 2019-2022

Worked on set for several student short films, served as colorist for club wide short film: Haven, and worked as the marketing lead for the 2nd club wide short film: Near Miss.