Graphic Designer Customer Service

CAROLINE OLIVIA INGLOT

*** ***** ***** **** **********, IL 60107

Telephone 224 -659-4482 • ********************@*****.*** Graphic / Web / Social Media Designer

Talented graphic designer with 13 years of experience in print, web, social media and marketing design who is highly motivated, creative, and versatile. Skilled in creating and directing corporate and new business design and new design trends. Exceptional interpersonal skills with team members and subordinates. Accomplished in incorporating the desires of the client with a high design solution. I am seeking a company that demands high-quality design to further business goals and professional image.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Catalina Marketing, Schaumburg, IL January 2012-Present Presentation Specialist

• Design, produce and edit PowerPoint presentations from copy, images and graphics as directed.

• Reformat quantitative data from reports or output for use in PowerPoint documents.

• Enhance visual formatting of PowerPoint documents within various design styles.

• Provide rigorous, consistent spellchecking and proofreading.

• Manipulate imagery and graphic elements in InDesign or Illustrator or Photoshop when necessary.

• Applying dynamic content including but not limited to animation, video, and interactivity.

• Also support sales team with executive administrative assistance Leica Biosystems, Buffalo Grove, IL June 2011 - January 2012 Senior Graphic Designer

• Creating and producing all marketing material for the global division of Leica Biosystems.

• Responsible for any and all flyers, brochures, posters and any other marketing that is need for the company

• Responsible for all Photographs, which included photo adjustment, manipulation, file structure, and involved in professional photo shoots.

• Responsible for purchasing and licensing of all images that were involved from internal photo shoots and third party sites.

• In charge of printing the various materials as needed, managing my jobs through a test track system, and also been

• Involved in the expanding the Leica Biosystems into the Social Media Avenue which includes Facebook, Twitter and You Tube and creating various Email Blasts.

Bartlett Nature Center, Bartlett, IL October 2010 - June 2011 Office Support & Graphic Designer

• Typical daily office support tasks from answering phones, taking registrations, customer service and etc.

• Responsible for any and all flyers, brochures, posters and any other marketing that is need for the Nature Center

• Responsible for maintaining the web for the nature center and providing new photography of the center by physically taking the images and adjustments in Photoshop.

• Responsible for all Marketing and Promotions via Print, email blasts and through various Social Media avenues at the nature center.

American Eagle.com, Park Ridge, IL March 2008 - October 2010 Account Manager & Graphic Designer/ Web Designer

• Worked as an Account Manager for 50 + plus clients and their live websites.

• Responsible for updates, design changes, additions, issues and/or errors the client wants and/or receives with their site.

• Proficient and experienced in html, .asp/x, Photoshop with psds, jpegs, gifs, pngs, File structure, File tagging/indexing, Illustrator and InDesign

• Responsible for creating and designing home and interior pages for new sites and re-designs of existing sites.

• Portfolio includes Wendella Boats, Nanophase.com, Presidio.com, Chicago Bears, EmployAid, Toronto Marlies, Pack Your Boots

Star Creations, Wheeling, IL, August 2007- March 2008 Graphic Designer/Product Designer

• Created and designed framed art work for such buyers as Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Goods, Cost Plus, Kirkland’s, Z Gallerie

• Prepared visual presentations for buyer meetings using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign,

• Took photographs of final sample products and create real versions of final product within the Photoshop program. Fabric Images, INC, Elgin, IL, October 2005-June 2007 Graphic Designer

• Created and designed exhibits in large format printed on paper first and then transferred onto various types of fabric.

• Responsible for creating, designing and fabricating exhibits made out of fabric and other materials for tradeshows and museums.

• Handled client’s logos, flyers, images and concepts ideas in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Quark from standard print to large format.

Internship -KBA Marketing, Chicago, IL, June 1998 - August 2000 Production/Graphic Designer

• Responsibilities included creating and designing promotional items in Photoshop and Illustrator for three major cities in the United States as well as working on smaller projects for the company.

• Clients included R J Reynolds, Winston, CMT, and Coca Cola. EDUCATION

NYIT-Ellis College Old Westbury, New York - In Progress Masters in Communications- Advertising/Public Relations The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg, IL - December 2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications/Graphic Design Bradley University, Peoria, IL - January 2000

Graphic Design/General

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Photoshop, Illustrator

Premiere

FlashMX

DirectorMX

Corel

InDesign

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

HTML

Admin (websites)

COURSE WORK

Typography I and II

Video and Digital Photography

Package and Advertising Design

Info Graphics

Art Direction

TRADITIONAL SKILLS

Bilingual Polish/English

Storyboards and Presentation Skills

Concept Drawing

Sketches

Photography

Social Media

Food/Beverage Industry 8+ years

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