Caitlin Neeland
Graphic Designer
Newport News, VA, USAWork 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.
• 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
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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
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