PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

****–present Design Strategy Consultant

Kristin Kaineg { Creative Strategy & Design

Create effective and award-winning design solutions for creative firms, organizations, entrepreneurs, and start-ups.

Analyze project needs and recommend strategic solutions working within the budget and timeline.

Manage multiple projects, work through the life-cycle from creative brief to concepts to completion, coordinate project timelines, and meet time-sensitive deadlines.

UI and UX designer with experience developing surveys, personas, and journey maps, able to create wireframes, userflows, site flows, and build prototypes in Sketch, Adobe Xd, and InVision for various digital products from interfaces, apps, landing pages, dashboards, etc.

Multi-disciplined designer with experienced creating original design solutions for brand identity campaigns, presentations, proposals, social media campaigns, packaging, white papers, and print materials. Expert knowledge Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat.

Participate in team discussions to improve and refine the design and user experience 2016–present & 2005–2015 Professor of Design

Shepherd University, Shepherdstown WV

Lead creative brainstorming sessions and design sprints with 20+ designers

Art direct and project manage approximately five student-client projects a year for the university and community. Three notable student-client projects to highlight: Collaboration with Jefferson County Community Ministries, COPLAC, and Historic Shepherdstown Museum

Create, narrate, produce, and deliver video tutorials to demonstrate project objectives, strengthen comprehension, and encourage student engagement through various channels.

Coordinate the curriculum for a 4-year (8-semesters) graphic design program. Develop course curriculum and teach four courses a semester. Course work includes: 2D foundations, typography, layout, packaging, HTML and CSS, user interface design, user experience design, creative strategy, and self-promotion

Establish pathways for students to transfer from 2-year programs to Shepherd’s 4-year program by coordinating 2+2 transfer agreements and updating course articulation agreements with three community colleges.

Mentor and advisor for the Literary Arts Magazine, Sans Merci. As the Faculty Advisor, I work closely with one student designer and 10 editors to complete the design deliverables, select and curate the submitted art, and help organize the annual event. Coordinate the print vendor, printing costs, and print schedule for the Literary Arts Magazine, Sans Merci, and manage the distribution of the annual magazine across the campus and into the community.

Advise and mentor over 40 students each semester to help them progress in the degree program and prepare them for a career in design

2015–16 Sr. Art Director

LEVICK, Washington DC

Execute design solutions for corporate communications campaigns that include branding, presentations, and digital strategy across a diverse set of industries including technology, healthcare, financial services, automotive, education, and energy.

Design and develop new business proposals and presentations for C-suite executives under time-sensitive deadlines.

Collaborate with team members to develop concepts, and produce design deliverables across various platforms from social strategy to web design to print and brand identity campaigns. adhoi3@r.postjobfree.com

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Summer 2013 COPLAC Fellow, funded by the Teagle Foundation Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges

Art directed, mentored and prepared three designers to re-design the COPLAC brand identity and to present their concepts at the COPLAC Annual Meeting.

Surveyed the 150 meeting attendees on their design selection and lead discussions with 25 members of the Board of Directors to gather feedback to refine the selected concept.

Work closely with design team to refine and finalize the brand identity, create a styleguide, and produce print and web deliverables for the organization. EDUCATION

Certificate (15-week course) in User Experience Design, 2015 • General Assembly • Washington, DC

M.F.A. Graphic & Interactive Design, 2004 • Tyler School of Art, Temple University • Philadelphia, PA

B.A. Graphic Design, 1998 • American University • Washington, DC DESIGN AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Baby Pibu (2015-2014) Silver Addy–The American Advertising Awards, District 2 • Gold Addy–The American Advertising Awards, Greater Frederick • Runner-up Graphic Design Professional–Creative Quarterly, Issue 35.

ACFF Campaign (2009) Gold Addy–The American Advertising Awards, Greater Frederick

Super Gung Ho Design (2005) • Merit Award–How Self-Promotional Design Annual COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

Adobe Creative Suite: Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Xd, Dreamweaver, Animate

Other applications: Microsoft Office, Camtasia, InVisionApp, Sketch, Brackets

Markup + coding : CSS, HTML, JavaScript

Content management: Squarespace, Wordpress, Wix

Project management: Basecamp, Teamwork

SELECTED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

2020 S.H.E Week Committee – Frederick MD

Collaborate with a team of volunteers to plan the events for Women’s Equality Day during S.H.E. Week in Frederick, MD. Invited and coordinated two guest speakers for the virtual panel. Designed the interactive workbook to support the speakers, panels, and workshops presented throughout the week. The workbook was provided to all S.H.E. week participants. 2018 Asbury 150th Anniversary Celebration – Shepherdstown WV

Collaborated, organized, designed, and produced book highlighting the past, present, and future of Asbury Methodist Church, their members, and community involvement. Project resulted in 80+ page perfect bound book.

2013–2014 Jefferson County Community Ministries (JCCM) – Charles Town WV

Art directed, coordinated, and led fifteen students (five groups of three students each) to design logos, promotional materials, and develop a strategic campaign to promote the Community Gardens. We worked directly with JCCM to produce materials and presented solutions to community leaders. 2011–2012 Voices from the Storm – Shepherdstown WV

Collaborated with Shepherdstown Historic Museum and Shepherd Alumni, Nicholas Redding, to design Civil War Exhibition Design. Met with community members to determine the goals and timeline, managed and coordinated project, supervised student designers, analyzed and organized content to determine the flow and exhibit arrangement, collaborated with print vendor for estimates and production schedule, prepared files for press, and installed exhibition. adhoi3@r.postjobfree.com

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