Caitlin Neeland

Graphic Designer

Newport News, VA, USA

Work Experience

Batavia Downs Gaming

Graphic Design/Marketing Dept.

• Design monthly newsletters, covers, mailings, menus, brochures, posters, print and internet ads, email blasts, digital media, and logos. Create and design twelve-page monthly newsletters to send to customers and promote marketing events using Illustrator and InDesign.
• Collaborate with team to complete projects across many platforms including the web, korbyt, kiosk, social media, and signage to ensure consistency of marketing material.
• Set up digital signage board layouts for marketing promotions and restaurants to reduce poster printing, increase exposure of information to player’s, and increase food sales.
• Research and redesign restaurant menus to successfully interact with their surrounding environment.
• Maintain and design content for websites using Wordpress.
• Create short videos for internal digital signage using After Affects.
• Support departments by taking photographs of events, facility spaces, and food.
April 2016 - New York, United States

Six Flags Darien Lake

Freelance Design

• Implemented the companies new brand guidelines to provide consistency through new promotional material.
• Asked various print houses to provide quotes on different projects in order to acquire best prices for the company.
• Submit and coordinate projects with chosen print house.
• Collaborated with client to create new restaurant menus, hotel directory, posters, campground map, posters, forms, and hotel welcome folder.
• Managed timeline to complete projects before park opened.
November 2015 - April 2018 New York, United States

Six Flags Darien Lake

Hotel Front Desk, Front of house lead, Waitress, Hostess, Busser, Human Resources Helper

• Demonstrated exemplary customer service with knowledgeable experience of the amusement park to create memories worth repeating for the guests.
• Identified guests requests with appropriate information, directions, recommendations, and advice to leave the guest satisfied.
June 2008 - September 2017 New York, United States

Suburban Pediatrics

Freelance Design

• Researched competitors for sketch ideas, created color palettes, and digital mock-ups for meetings.
• Created print material including business cards, letterhead, and envelopes.
• Created simple brand guidelines to help the company sustain a consistent look into the future.
February 2016 - October 2016 New York, United States

Education

Fredonia State University

BFA in Graphic Design

August 2011 - May 2015 Fredonia, New York, United States

Skills

Adobe, After Affects, Attention To Detail, Branding, Digital, Digital Media, Drawing, Excel, Freelance, Illustration, Illustrator, Indesign, Leadership, Lightroom, Logo Design, Logos, Menus, Mixed Media, Multitask, Organized, Photography, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Print, Print Design, Problem-Solving, Videos, Word,

Accomplishments

Unconventional
Senior Show \ Marion Art Gallery \ Apr 17–24, 2015

Artist books
Octagon Gallery \ Westfield, NY \ Mar 20–Apr 17, 2015

Wanted
A selected piece part of Fredonia’s permanent collection \ 2014
A Walk in the Woods

Book cover \ Fredonia’s student showcase \ Marion Art Gallery \ Spring 2013

Selected drawing
SUNY exhibition in Albany, NY \ Spring 2013