ADOBE PHOTOSHOPADOBE INDESIGNADOBE ILLUSTRATORADOBE BRIDGEADOBE ACROBATADOBE AFTEREFFECTSSKESKETCHFIGMACAMPAIGN MONITORSAILTHRUG SUITEGOOGLE SLIDESGOOGLE DOCSGOOGLE SHEEGOOGLE SHEETSMICROSOFT OFFICEMICROSOFT POWERPOINTMICROSOFT WORDAPPLE KEYNOTEDROPBOXBASECAMPSLSLACK

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DIGITAL & PRINT DESIGNBRANDINGADVERTISING DESIGNSOCIAL MEDIA DESIGNTYPOGRAPHYCOLOR THEORYIICON CREATIONGIF CREATIONWIREFRAMINGMOCKUPS & COMPSVISUAL HIERARCHYIMAGE SOURCINGDIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONAPAPPAREL DESIGNTRADITIONAL MEDIUMS

skills

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITYBFA IN GRAPHIC DESIGNQUEENS, NY 2007 2011

education

FREELANCE DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION2009 PRESENT

Selected to be part of a new creave team, apart from the original, that would ulize unique new ways to generate interest for brands on social media.Gained a reputaon for creavity and resourcefulness, becoming the designer people would seek when they needed to try something completely new, difficult to pull off with limited resources, or with a quick turnaround.Produced creave for brands across all vercals and styles, creang graphics for everything from Coca-Cola, to Ugg, to Kra, to Fisher-Price, and more..

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JUNIOR DESIGNER360iNEW YORK, NY MAY 2012 APR 2013

Created profiles, widgets, adversements, and more that matched look and feel of TV shows across all genres, oenmes without assets or direcon.Created mockups, presentaon materials, and other collateral that contributed towards Beamly’s purchase by Coty.Ulized previous experience in social media and working across mulple vercles in order to transion from television graphics to beauty adversing....

SENIOR DIGITAL DESIGNERCOTY & BEAMLY INC.NEW YORK, NY MAY 2013 MAY 2016

Updated and expanded upon previously outdated branding, with the intent of posioning Dering Hall as a contemporary soluon in a tradional industry.Served the various teams as the company’s sole designer, seamlessly switching from sales, markeng, editorial, social media, and tech projects.Redesigned the newsleer template to look clean and beauful, take half the me to create, and include three mes the products of the previous version, leading to greater clickthrough rates and more inquiries.

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GRAPHIC DESIGNERDERING HALLNEW YORK, NY AUG 2016 PRESENT

experience

KATRIN ASTARITADESIGN & ILLUSTRATIONwww.katrinastarita.comkatrin.astarita@gmail.com609.529.5421

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