WHY MY WORK MATTERS
I’m sick of boring -- why must things all be the same!
I’ve lived in the same Bronx neighborhood my whole life, and maybe that’s what makes me itch for learning new things. Successful copy and content are innovative, disruptive, and force people to remember it long after they see it. It's beyond the words and images on the page. It's about impact and memorability.
My experiences thus far in copy, communications, and content has sharpened my ability to transform complex ideas into accessible, relatable stories.
This is what makes me seek agency and in-house creative experience. These teams are what make brands elevate from a company that sells a product to a company that stands for something.
And making has always been a core part of my identity.
To be able to conceptualize an idea, workshop it with peers, and bring it to reality, all while ensuring that I make that thing FRESH, is to be able to create a new world from scratch.
Storytelling and people are at the core of all that I do.
RESUME
CURRICULUM VITAE
Nicole Marie Cepeda
742 Amherst Ave, Claremont CA, 91711
ncepeda25@cmc.edu
(347) 398-6808
Education
Claremont McKenna College (2021-2025), Media Studies and Philosophy Dual Major - Applicable courses include: Video Art, Digital Art, Digital Media Studies, Fiction Writing, Theories of Interaction, Worldbuilding, Mexican Visual Cultures, Philosophy of Modern Art, Philosophy: Modern and Political Issues, Epistemology, Logic
Milton Academy, Milton MA (2016-2020) - Applicable courses include: Advanced Portfolio: Drawing and Painting (Fall 2019); Advanced Painting (Spring 2019); Studio Art (2017-2018); Class IV Visual Arts Spring 2017,
Awards + Exhibition History
CCMA Awarded Best Illustration: 3rd Place (2024)
Scholastic Art Awards, Honorary Mention (2019)
Advanced Portfolio Show, Arts Commons Gallery, Kellner Performing Arts Center, Milton Academy, Milton, MA (December 2019)
Adolescent Chaos (Juried Exhibition), Gallery 334 of the Milton Art Center, Milton, MA (May/June 2019)
THE BIG SHOW, Arts Commons Gallery, Kellner Performing Arts Center, Milton Academy, Milton, MA (March/April 2019)
THE BIG SHOW, Arts Commons Gallery, Kellner Performing Arts Center, Milton Academy, Milton, MA (March/April 2018)
THE BIG SHOW, Arts Commons Gallery, Kellner Performing Arts Center, Milton Academy, Milton, MA (March/April 2017)
AANEPS Juried Exhibition - All Art Is Political, VanDernoot Gallery, the College of Art + Design, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA (December 2017)