Roberto Sabas

Sole Proprietor, Commercial Art and Creative Services

Dba Roberto Sabas, Artist & Writer • ZZP

May 1996 - Present • 30 yrs

Provide creative services including illustration, graphic design, logo/logotype art, writing, self-publishing; maintain communications with clients throughout project schedule; maintain business through direct-mail marketing, email, and telephone; remain proficient in graphic skills via the attendance of seminars, the upgrade of graphics software, and the acquisition of new skills; maintain business records and file; prepare /file taxes and financial statement at end of year.

Print & Online Media Design Specialist for non-profit

Roberto Sabas, sole proprietor • Freelance

May 2022 - Dec 2025 • 3 yrs 7 mos

Fulfilled the primary task of laying out a weekly set of bulletins (in-person print bulletin, in-building window poster, and online bulletin); provided printing of the above in-person/in-building materials (multiple copies of each as needed; upload and linking of online bulletin; management and distribution of online media assets on a weekly basis through the Mailchimp suite (e.g. NCF Newsletter, NCF Virtual Church); managed weekly printing and distribution of physical mailings to designated recipients. On occasion, I also designed posters, print and online ads, fliers, and a financial informational brochure for a pilot reparations program organized through NCF. My final contribution to NCF in this role was to oversee the succession process of 1) software and hardware recommendations to NCF contacts so they could purchase the needed items enabling 2) the training and handing off of responsibilities to my successor. The programs and portals which I used on a daily basis in this capacity were: Adobe InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop; Affinity Design and Affinity Photo, and lastly Mailchimp. (Please see the attached letter of recommendation accompanying the above.)

Art Exhibitor and Fine Arist/Vendor

Dba Roberto Sabas, Arist & Painter • ZZP

Oct 2018 - Dec 2024 • 6 yrs 2 mos

As a fine artist, I created works to exhibit and sell, using my fine art and framing skills to create and present works of painting, digital collage and illustration, and block-print making. I had my first show at the Illini Union Art Gallery, October 2018. September 2019, I exhibited at Common Ground Food Co-Op exhibition space and later that month as a pop-up booth vendor. December 2019, I donated a piece for exhibit in a NPO fundraiser at Art Coop, Urbana, IL. September 2022, I exhibited and sold my fine art works (print and paintings) at the inaugural West Side Arts Festival in Champaign, IL October 2022, I then sold more artwork at All Together Now CU art market, Lincoln Square Mall, Urbana. Concurrently from Oct 2022-July 2023, I exhibited a juried art print at the Busey Art Show, Urbana. Betwen 2022 - 2024, my work was represented and sold at the Gilbert Art Gallery in Urbana. I was once again a vendor-exhibitor at the West Side Arts Festival, September 2024. I closed out the year exhibiting and selling art at the Flannel Fest, in October, and at the Illini Media Holiday Art Market, iHotel Conference Center, Dec 2024.