Katie Krcmarik

Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Director | Educator

Fenton, MI, USA

Work Experience

Weight Watchers Of Western Michigan

Website and Graphic Design Specialist

Responsibilities included all print design and production and all website design, functionality development and content management for the Western Michigan and Northern Indiana franchise, the Italian franchise and the Greek franchise.
August 2002 - December 2004 East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Octane Design

Graphic Designer

Responsibilities included account management along with print design and production for John Deere Landscapes (formerly Century Rain Aid), website management and content update for Singh and National Birchwood, assisting with print production for a variety of clients, and assisting with website design for a variety of clients.
May 1999 - July 2002 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Mott Community College

Adjunct Faculty and Advisor

Courses Taught: Intro to Graphic Design Theory and Practice (online and in person), Graphic Design Survey(online and in person), Intro to Computer Based Art, Typography and Type Design, Publication Design for Web I, Publication Design for Web II, Intro to 3D Modeling and Digital Art, Two Dimensional Design, Studio 205, and various independent studies.
September 2005 - Present Flint, Michigan, United States

Mott Community College

Temporary Full Time Faculty

One semester appointment to cover someone's sabbatical. Courses Taught: Intro to Graphic Design Theory and Practice, Typography and Type Design, Publication Design for Web I, Two Dimensional Design, and Studio 205.
January 2015 - May 2015 Flint, Michigan, United States

ITT Technical Institute

Instructor

Courses Taught: Rapid Visualization Techniques, Sustainable Graphic Design, Modeling in 3D, Animation I, Animation II, Design Project, Graphic Communications and Design Capstone Project, Graphic Design for the Web, Instructional Design, Visual Design Theory, Interactive Communication Design, Interactive Design with Flash, Broadcast Graphics, Video Production Techniques, Audio/Video Techniques, Graphic Design Production Processes and Digital Prepress.
March 2008 - March 2014 Swartz Creek, Michigan, United States

Freelance

Freelance Designer/Art Director

Responsibilities included art direction, initial concept development, layout, and production on a variety of print materials including brochures, posters, flyers, newsletters and advertisements as well as development and production of websites.

Clients: Fox Run, MQHA, Stoops Freightliner, Greater Flint Arts Council, Electro-Matic Products, Inc., Northville and Novi Garden Club, Michigan State University Department of Pediatrics, Kresge Art Museum, Weight Watchers of Western Michigan, and Atlantis Campus Communities
January 2003 - Present Fenton, Michigan, United States

Michigan Education Association

Graphic Design and Multi-Media Specialist

Responsibilities included logo design, development of yearly calendar, development of conference and training materials, video taping and editing, basic web updating, tweeting, development of materials for elections, and other various print and multi-media projects.
April 2014 - January 2015 East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Electromatic Products

Contract Graphic Designer/Art Director

Responsibilities included art direction, initial concept development, layout, and production on a variety of print materials including brochures, mailers, and advertisements as well as development of their four websites.
May 2005 - August 2009 Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States

Education

Wayne State University

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art/Graphic Design

Graduated Cum Laude
September 1996 - December 1999 Detroit, Michigan, United States

Michigan State University

Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art/Graphic Design

Completed 44 credits but didn't finish degree
August 2002 - December 2009 East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Michigan State University

Master of Arts in Educational Technology

4.0 in Program
August 2013 - December 2014 East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Awards

LAND Conference

First Place Adjunct Category

2014

Mott Community College

Faculty Innovation Award

2013

BFLS Top Design Contest

Gold Award in Mailers, Bronze Award in Labels/Tags

2001

Skills

3ds Max, Adobe, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Creative Cloud:, After Effects, Blackboard, Camtasia, Captivate, CSS, Director, Dreamweaver, Excel, Flash Including Actionscript, Google Sketchup, HTML5, Illustrator, Indesign, MAYA, Microsoft, Office Suite: Word, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Premiere, Quark X-Press, Various Screencast Software, WordPress,