Katie Damato

Graphic Designer

Chicago, IL, USA

Work Experience

The Morton Arboretum

Graphic Designer

August 2015 - Lisle, Illinois, United States

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,