Greetings!

I’m Monika Chas, a visual communicator with a knack for clear, impactful design. I create and art direct brand-aligned, cross-channel marketing and communication assets. For me, good design connects genuinely and powerfully with its audience.

WORK

• Banners

• Brochures

• Branding/Identity

• Digital ads (static/motion)

• Direct Mail

• Emails/Newsletters

• Infographics/Explainer Graphics

• Packaging

• Presentation decks

• Reports

• Signage

• Social posts

• Templates

• Web graphics

• …and beyond!

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Experienced in: Adobe CC, Canva, Google Workspace, CMS, Microsoft Office / Familiar with: Adobe After Effects, UX/UI Principles, Figma,
HTML, CSS, Google WireframePro

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Designer 2025-Present
Rizbee Studio
Contract

Senior Designer 2020–2024
CIC, Cambridge, MA
Marketing & Communications

Graphic Designer & Art Director 2019–2020
Firefly Health, Cambridge, MA
Service Design/Marketing

Graphic Designer & Art Director 2017–2019
Veritas Genetics, Danvers, MA
Marketing

Senior Designer / Copy Specialist 2004–2017
Pearson Education, Boston, MA
North America Strategic Marketing

Freelance Graphic Designer 2003–2004
Portsmouth, NH

Art Director 2001–2002
MSCO Marketing, White Plains, NY

Senior Designer 1996–2001
MSCO Marketing, White Plains, NY

Junior Designer 1996–1998
SCR Interior Design, New York, NY
Communications

EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Art
Continuing Education

School of Visual Arts
Continuing Education

Montclair State University
M.A. French Literature

Colby College
B.A. French Literature / Minor Art History

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Designer 2023
All in Energy, a nonprofit startup focused on accelerating an inclusive transition to a clean energy economy

Director and Designer 2015–2017
Boston Green Team, a volunteer-run internal sustainability group at Pearson Education, Boston

Researcher and Designer 2008–2009
Sierra Club of Massachusetts

Big Sister Mentor 2006–2015
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

RECOGNITION

Best Covid-19 Pandemic-Related Communications (Team Award), Healthcare Leadership 2022
CIC Health

Outstanding Performance in Advertising 2017, 2008
Pearson Education

Best Brochure Design 2002
Westchester Women’s Association

Most Recognizable Ad in a Trade Magazine 2001
Forbes Magazine