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RODERIC SUAREZ

Roderic is a multidisciplinary designer with 10+ years of experience in visual brand identity, marketing, and design for land-based casino resorts, online casino and betting, free-to-play games, entertainment and sports. His ability to quickly learn new tools, understand complex concepts, and create attention-grabbing work that gets results makes him a valuable member of any team.

While employed as a Senior Designer in the North America Division at Bally’s Interactive, Roderic created graphics and layouts for the marketing of the Bally Bet Sportsbook and Bally Casino products. He also contributed creative logo designs and graphics that were key to launching the Bally Play platform and several free-to-play games, such as Smashville Selector and Dawg Pound Predictor. In addition, Roderic played a major role in developing the team’s templates, design systems, and other documentation, which helped to ensure brand consistency and maximize output of creative work.

From 2015–2021, Roderic was a major contributor to elevating all aspects of design at Agua Caliente Casinos. Some key achievements: he assisted the Social Media Team with creating videos and motion graphics, which contributed to doubling engagement on all platforms; he created the digital menu boards at all restaurants and food outlets, which eliminated printing costs and allowed more flexibility with menu offerings and pricing; finally, in 2020, Roderic led the design, development, and deployment for all digital video signage during pre-opening for Agua Caliente Cathedral City, which contributed to a very successful grand opening of the casino property.

Equipped with great attention to detail and problem solving skills, Roderic enjoys challenging projects that push him to deliver original and well-executed solutions that make the most of his abilities.

Experience

Agua Caliente Casinos

Creative Design Manager
May 2024 – Present

Creative & Digital Design Supervisor
April 2024 – May 2024

Bally's Interactive

Senior Designer
June 2022 – January 2024

Senior Graphic Designer
September 2021 – June 2022

Agua Caliente Casinos

Senior Graphic Designer
August 2020 – September 2021

Graphic Artist
July 2015 – August 2020

Production Artist
March 2015 – July 2015

MyCityEveryday

Graphic Design Intern
July 2013 – October 2013

Experience

Agua Caliente Casinos

Creative Design Manager
May 2024 – Present

Creative & Digital Design Supervisor
April 2024 – May 2024

Bally's Interactive

Senior Designer
June 2022 – January 2024

Senior Graphic Designer
September 2021 – June 2022

Agua Caliente Casinos

Senior Graphic Designer
August 2020 – September 2021

Graphic Artist
July 2015 – August 2020

Production Artist
March 2015 – July 2015

MyCityEveryday

Graphic Design Intern
July 2013 – October 2013

Education

Cal Poly Pomona

BFA in Graphic Design
September 2010 – June 2014

Minor in Marketing Management
September 2010 – June 2014

Minor in Art History
September 2010 – June 2014

Skills & Knowledge

Design Knowledge

Leadership and Mentorship
Art Direction
Project Management
Design Systems
Print and Digital Design
Brand Identity
Vector Illustration
Grids and Layouts
Typography
Color Theory
2D and 3D Motion Graphics
Photo and Video Editing
Image Manipulation
UX/UI Design
HTML/CSS

Software Skills

Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
After Effects
Premiere Pro
Adobe Dimension
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe XD
Figma
Google Web Designer
Adobe Animate
Bynder Studio
Canva
GitHub
Cisco Vision
Wordpress
Monday.com
Wrike
Asana
Microsoft Office