Melissa is currently a Senior Brand Designer at Obviouslee Marketing, where she creates logos and brand guidelines, ensuring consistency across all platforms. She also designs visuals for e-mails, presentations, packaging, point-of-purchase (POP) materials, and digital platforms such as social media, Meta Ads, and Google Ads and everything in between.
Prior to this, she worked as a Graphic Design Coordinator at Post Digital Agency, where she assisted her team with design issues, managed schedules, and developed creative solutions for brands. Her primary accounts included Stoli® RD and KAHKOW®. As a freelance motion graphic designer at Grupo Diseño República, she handled both English and Spanish accounts, including Starbucks® Dominicana, Colgate®, and PedidosYa® for the Dominican Republic and Panama.
In 2016, Melissa collaborated with Latin American musician Josean Log, animating his lyric videos and illustrating his EP covers. This collaboration led to further opportunities with artists like Juan Caly, Dany & Dary, and Azendeu. In 2020, she was selected to work on a project for Urban Outfitters® in collaboration with Where Are The Black Designers?, designing a gift card for the American Nurses Association.
A 2015 summa cum laude graduate of Universidad APEC in the Dominican Republic with a Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Melissa moved to New York in 2020 to earn her M.F.A. in Animation at NYIT. Her thesis project was a 2D animation for both children and adults.
Now living in Brooklyn with her husband, she enjoys pottery, making accessories, and maintaining a meticulous skincare routine.
Want to work together? Email her at shicakems@gmail.com