Katie Damato
Graphic Designer
Chicago, IL, USAWork Experience
Nicer Design, LLC
Freelance Designer
Assist in the creation of materials for clients including real-estate brochures, business cards, e-blasts, custom brochures, event invites, and other collateral. Assist in conceptual creation of re-design for client website and various materials. Handling and organizing data for content management for a website.
August 2012
- March 2013
Illinois, United States
Comply Enterprises
Freelance Designer
Assisted in a 7-week refresh of a set of brochures of varying length for a client in the exam prep industry. Laid out brochures based on existing ideas and aesthetics. Also assisted with various other jobs including flyers and photo retouching upon request.
May 2013
- July 2013
Naperville, Illinois, United States
Step Brightly Creative Group
Intern
Assisted in the creation of work for various clients in all aspects of the creative process. Assisted in the creation of presentations for clients. Assisted in the creation of physical work for events. Created two promotional videos featuring the Step Brightly portfolio as well as the Step Brightly creative process.
May 2012
- August 2012
Oak Park, Illinois, United States
The Bradford Exchange
Advertising Design Intern
Created advertisements featuring products for the company's Hawthorne Village division. Worked closely with marketing, photographers and copy writers to create ads for both direct mail and magazines.
June 2011
- August 2011
Illinois, United States
The Daily Illini
Senior Designer
Created graphics and illustrations for the campus newspaper. Created page layouts using K4 system in Adobe InDesign. Attended meetings and gave creative input for future page artwork and directed certain artistic elements of the newspaper.
February 2011
- May 2012
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Education
University Of Illinois
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
BFA in Graphic Design with minors in both Art History and Italian Studies.
August 2007
- May 2012
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Italian (Conversational),
Skills
Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
IMovie,
Photo Restoration,
Branding,
Concept Development,
Customer Service,
Design Production,
Digital Photo Retouching,
Graphic Design,
Microsoft Office,
Photography,
Social Media,
Web Design,