Verenice Gutierrez (She/They/He) is a first-generation, Mexican-American Visual Communications + Production Designer living and working in Portland, Oregon. I practice daily creativity through doodling, fashion styling, singing about it, transparent conversations, and a curiosity-fueled love-affair with life.

I’m an obsessively detail-oriented Visual Communications + Production Designer with 9 years of experience creating work across agency and in-house environments. Work spans campaigns, presentations, digital, social, OOH, print, and everything in between.

With a foundation in production design, I bring an eagle-eye, systems thinking, a love of editing and QC’ing, and a passion for turning complex ideas into clear, engaging, joy-injected visual stories.

Career

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  • QTV: Quick-Turn Vern

    Nickname lovingly bestowed upon me by the Director of Project Management & Operations and the Art Director / Sockeye, 2020

  • “How can someone so small leave such big shoes to fill?”

    Director of Project Management & Operations / Sockeye, 2022

  • “Your superpower is attention to detail.”

    Senior Visual Designer / Cue Health, 2022

  • "It's rare for a designer to combine speed and quality. Most designers give you one or the other — hardly ever both. But Vern effortlessly combines both in every project. Even under tough circumstances, Vern always delivers a successful outcome."

    VP, Design / Studio Science, 2025

  • "PS. you're a fantastic designer — you've got great craftsmanship. I really love getting work from you."

    Creative Lead / Salesforce, 2025

  • "Yes, you can do it quickly, but it's not just the speed. The joy for the work is evident every time you show me something, and I feel like the clients see it too. It helps remind me that we're pretty lucky to get to do what we do for a living and to not take it so seriously. Thanks for having an infectious approach to the work."

    VP, Design / Studio Science, 2025

  • "Your attention to detail is beautiful."

    Creative Director / Sales Cloud, Salesforce, 2025

  • "Thank you for holding your work to a really high standard. Your design execution and ideation drove all of what the promos and final ebook look like now, again with constant changes to the text or new ideas from the team. During our review of the ebook, our CMO specifically said that you absolutely killed the design on this one."

    Product Marketing Analyst / Sales Cloud, Salesforce, 2025