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Gabrielle Hester
Multidisciplinary Designer & Marketer
gabrihester@gmail.com
gabriellehester.com
linkedin.com/in/gabriellehester
College Park, MD
Experience
Digital Infuzion Summer 2025
UX Design & Marketing Intern
  • Streamlined how reviewers evaluate government RFP responses by designing the UX for an AI-assisted proposal system.
  • Earned staff trust in AI-generated drafts by pairing prompt engineering with clear, editable interface design.
  • Kept writers driving proposal strategy by rebuilding the interface from a single flat prompt into guided, Mad-Libs-style inputs across two design iterations.
University Career Center, UMD Jul 2025 – Present
Marketing Designer
  • Reach 10,000+ students annually by designing career fair and campus event materials end to end.
  • Keep every touchpoint on-brand by owning event signage, pamphlets, and brochures from concept to print.
Hack4Impact, UMD Aug 2023 – Present
Co-Director of Design (promoted Apr 2025)
  • Shipped two K-12 nonprofit platforms, Y-Knot and All Districts Read, by leading Figma prototyping through weekly client and engineering sprints.
  • Raised design quality across every active project by mentoring and directing the club's full design team.
  • Extended output past the two flagship platforms by directing sponsorship decks, merch, and event materials across the full club.
Amazon Project Kuiper Fall 2024
UX Designer, via App Development Club
  • Delivered weekly design updates to Amazon leadership by building high-fidelity satellite-anomaly dashboards.
  • Kept 16 engineers aligned on interface decisions by collaborating through the project's full build cycle.
  • Built the project's full design system and separate pitch and handoff decks from scratch, after self-teaching the orbital mechanics and signal models the dashboard needed to visualize.
Abercrombie & Fitch (Hollister) Aug 2024
Brand Marketing & Experiential Design Fellow
  • Won a nationwide fellowship, 1 of 50 applicants selected, by pitching a full brand campaign concept.
  • Presented directly to A&F executive directors by building Hollister's "Denim Darlin'" campaign end to end: consumer profiles, trend forecasting, omnichannel assets.
  • Won over executives with a give-back charm bracelet concept, donating 15% of each purchase to Flying Horse Farms, while leading marketing for a 7-person team.
Student Entertainment Events, UMD Nov 2023 – Jan 2025
Marketing Director & Promotion Team Lead
  • Grew Instagram 40% in two years by directing marketing for 90+ annual events drawing 30,000+ attendees.
  • Booked and managed talent including Colin Jost and Eric Andre by serving as the org's primary agent liaison.
  • Designed the full campaign identity for the 40th Art Attack XL, SEE's biggest annual event, while running on-site stage builds and headliner hospitality.
The Petal Project, UMD Sept 2023 – Present
Co-Founder + Senior Advisor
  • Scaled a 2-person idea into a 32-member organization by founding and running UMD's largest anti-abuse student org.
  • Reached 2,000+ students a year and secured $2,500+ in grants by building an annual six-week campaign with weekly workshops averaging 200 attendees.
  • Ran all 18 campaign events with zero reschedules and sub-30-minute setup, while followers grew roughly 200% year over year.
Education
University of Maryland
B.A. Immersive Media Design, Honors College
Expected May 2026
Skills
Figma · Illustrator · Photoshop · InDesign · Premiere Pro · Canva · Webflow · HTML/CSS · Prompt Engineering · Data Analytics
Additional Experience
  • Technica – Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Dec 2023–Oct 2024
  • The Phillips Collection – Digital Marketing Intern, May–Aug 2024
  • Adobe – Product Ambassador, Jul 2023–May 2025
  • Warner Music Group – Social Media Designer, May 2021–May 2024
  • Hirshhorn Museum – ArtLab Collective / Event Design Intern, Apr–Jul 2022
  • UMD Esports – Graphic Designer, Jul 2023–Jun 2024
  • Honors College, UMD – President, Design Cultures & Creativity, May 2023–May 2024
Awards
  • Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit: 1 of 65 selected nationwide (2025)
  • Design Nation, Business Today: 1 of 100 selected nationwide, Princeton University (2025)
  • DCC Capstone Award: highest student accolade, for The Petal Project (2024)
  • RESET Scholarship: Iribe Initiative for Inclusion & Diversity in Computing (2024)
  • Capital One Design Launch Your Career (2024)
  • Our Voices Summit, Institute for Citizens & Scholars: 1 of 40 selected nationwide (2025)
  • President's Scholarship, University of Maryland
  • Gold Crown, Scholastic Press Association: Fine Lines Literary Magazine
  • University of Maryland Top 3 Senior (Wilson H. Elkins President Award)
  • UMD Top Ten Freshman
  • UMD Sophomore Leader of the Year Finalist
GABRIELLE HESTER
gabrihester@gmail.com gabriellehester.com linkedin.com/in/gabriellehester College Park, MD
Experience
Digital Infuzion Summer 2025
UX Design & Marketing Intern
  • Streamlined how reviewers evaluate government RFP responses by designing the UX for an AI-assisted proposal system.
  • Earned staff trust in AI-generated drafts by pairing prompt engineering with clear, editable interface design.
  • Kept writers driving proposal strategy by rebuilding the interface from a single flat prompt into guided, Mad-Libs-style inputs across two design iterations.
University Career Center, University of Maryland Jul 2025 - Present
Marketing Designer
  • Reach 10,000+ students annually by designing career fair and campus event materials end to end.
  • Keep every touchpoint on-brand by owning event signage, pamphlets, and brochures from concept to print.
Hack4Impact, University of Maryland Aug 2023 - Present
Co-Director of Design (promoted Apr 2025)
  • Shipped two K-12 nonprofit platforms, Y-Knot and All Districts Read, by leading Figma prototyping through weekly client and engineering sprints.
  • Raised design quality across every active project by mentoring and directing the club's full design team.
  • Extended output past the two flagship platforms by directing sponsorship decks, merch, and event materials across the full club.
Amazon Project Kuiper, via App Development Club Fall 2024
UX Designer
  • Delivered weekly design updates to Amazon leadership by building high-fidelity satellite-anomaly dashboards.
  • Kept 16 engineers aligned on interface decisions by collaborating through the project's full build cycle.
  • Built the project's full design system and separate pitch and handoff decks from scratch, after self-teaching the orbital mechanics and signal models the dashboard needed to visualize.
Abercrombie & Fitch (Hollister) Aug 2024
Brand Marketing & Experiential Design Fellow
  • Won a nationwide fellowship, 1 of 50 applicants selected, by pitching a full brand campaign concept.
  • Presented directly to A&F executive directors by building Hollister's "Denim Darlin'" campaign end to end: consumer profiles, trend forecasting, omnichannel assets.
  • Won over executives with a give-back charm bracelet concept, donating 15% of each purchase to Flying Horse Farms, while leading marketing for a 7-person team.
Student Entertainment Events, University of Maryland Nov 2023 - Jan 2025
Marketing Director & Promotion Team Lead
  • Grew Instagram 40% in two years by directing marketing for 90+ annual events drawing 30,000+ attendees.
  • Booked and managed talent including Colin Jost and Eric Andre by serving as the org's primary agent liaison.
  • Designed the full campaign identity for the 40th Art Attack XL, SEE's biggest annual event, while running on-site stage builds and headliner hospitality.
The Petal Project, University of Maryland Sept 2023 - Present
Co-Founder + Senior Advisor
  • Scaled a 2-person idea into a 32-member organization by founding and running UMD's largest anti-abuse student org.
  • Reached 2,000+ students a year and secured $2,500+ in grants by building an annual six-week campaign with weekly workshops averaging 200 attendees.
  • Ran all 18 campaign events with zero reschedules and sub-30-minute setup, while followers grew roughly 200% year over year.
Additional Experience
Technica, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Dec 2023 - Oct 2024: led branding, advertising, and accessibility for the world's largest all-women/non-binary hackathon.
The Phillips Collection, Digital Marketing Intern, May - Aug 2024: ran social strategy and content for a 50,000+ follower audience.
Adobe, Product Ambassador, Jul 2023 - May 2025: built a campus-wide Creative Cloud marketing plan across 20 clubs.
Warner Music Group, Social Media Designer, May 2021 - May 2024: designed platform-specific creative for two signed artists.
Hirshhorn Museum, ArtLab Collective / Event Design Intern, Apr - Jul 2022: designed interactive elements and events for a museum serving 1M+ annual visitors.
UMD Esports, Graphic Designer, Jul 2023 - Jun 2024: branded graphics and templates for a Division I Esports team.
Honors College, UMD, President, Design Cultures & Creativity, May 2023 - May 2024: led a 9-member student council and a 180-student community.
Education
University of Maryland, College Park, MD Expected May 2026
B.A. Immersive Media Design, Honors College
Skills
Figma · Illustrator · Photoshop · InDesign · Premiere Pro · Canva · Webflow · HTML/CSS · Prompt Engineering · Data Analytics
Awards
  • Allstate Foundation National Youth Service Summit: 1 of 65 selected nationwide (2025)
  • Design Nation, Business Today: 1 of 100 selected nationwide, Princeton University (2025)
  • DCC Capstone Award: highest student accolade, for The Petal Project (2024)
  • RESET Scholarship: Iribe Initiative for Inclusion & Diversity in Computing (2024)
  • Capital One Design Launch Your Career (2024)
  • Our Voices Summit, Institute for Citizens & Scholars: 1 of 40 selected nationwide (2025)
  • President's Scholarship, University of Maryland
  • Gold Crown, Scholastic Press Association: Fine Lines Literary Magazine
  • University of Maryland Top 3 Senior (Wilson H. Elkins President Award)
  • UMD Top Ten Freshman
  • UMD Sophomore Leader of the Year Finalist