Graphic designer

LANA KOSOGOVA lanadesign.ca **/**

LANA

KOSOGOVA

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

linkedin.com/in/lanakosogova

lanadesign.ca

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647-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Graphic Designer with extensive experience in packaging, retail, e-commerce, editorial, digital content, presentations, and print production. Creates clear visual systems and production-ready assets that maintain accuracy and consistency across formats, product lines, channels, and recurring campaigns. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, prepress, image retouching, workflow automation, and high-volume production. Experienced in project ownership and collaboration with teams and vendors while adapting to changing priorities. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• FOUNDER & CREATIVE PRODUCTION LEAD 2026–PRESENT EspaTips — Independent Project, Toronto, ON

• Founded and currently lead an English-Spanish edutainment project spanning graphic design, short-form video, original music, and publishing.

• Developed the brand identity, social graphics, covers, educational card systems, and reusable layouts using Photoshop and curated AI imagery.

• Direct content production across multiple social media platforms in vertical and horizontal formats, maintaining consistent visual and publishing standards.

• Built repeatable workflows for assets, metadata, rights, quality checks, and scheduling, and now oversee a Control Center used to organize production.

• GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2015–2025

Hillman Group Canada, Toronto, ON

• Designed packaging, labels, retail displays, POP signage, catalogues, sell sheets, and e-commerce visuals for Canadian retail programs.

• Created scalable packaging systems for product lines across hardware, fasteners, picture hanging, bath, kitchen, and home decor categories.

• Supported programs for The Home Depot, Walmart, Canadian Tire, RONA+, Kent, and NAPA while following retailer, brand, dieline, and production requirements.

• Developed bilingual English/French layouts for packaging, signage, shelf strips, labels, and marketing materials with close attention to consistency and accuracy.

• Built an automated InDesign Data Merge workflow that generated labels for 1,000+ SKUs from structured Excel data, reusable templates, barcodes, and product images, saving months of manual production.

• Created e-commerce product content including hero images, dimensions, line drawings, feature graphics, lifestyle visuals, and retouched photography.

• Produced technical illustrations, diagrams, and Blender 3D packaging visuals for instructions, displays, catalogues, and sales materials.

• Prepared final print and digital files in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat, coordinating with vendors, suppliers, and production teams.

• Improved digital asset organization and reduced search time by approximately 70%; mentored interns and trained staff in Adobe tools. CORE SKILLS

• Production Design

• Packaging & Label

Design

• Retail / POP Design

• Brand Identity & Visual

Systems

• Presentation Design

• E-Commerce / Product

Visuals

• Social Media Content

• Email & Campaign

Graphics

• Infographics &

Technical Illustration

• Product Photography

• Image Retouching

• AI-Assisted Creative

Production

• Format Adaptation

• Prepress & Print

Production

• High-Volume

Production

• Template Systems

• Workflow Automation

• Quality Control

TOOLS /

SOFTWARE

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe Acrobat Pro

• Adobe Premiere Pro

• Blender

• Mailchimp

• Microsoft Excel / Office

• HTML5 / CSS3

• Midjourney

• ChatGPT / Codex

• HyperFrames

LANA KOSOGOVA

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

LANA KOSOGOVA lanadesign.ca 02/02

EDUCATION

Master’s Degree in

Computer Programming

Kherson National

Technical University,

Ukraine

2000–2001

Master’s Degree in

Economics

Kherson National

Technical University,

Ukraine

1991–1996

PROVEN IMPACT

• Automated production

of labels for 1,000+

SKUs using InDesign

Data Merge, saving

months of manual work

• Designed and led

the implementation

of a visual file

management system

with project thumbnails,

searchable metadata,

and filters, reducing

file search time by

approximately 70%

• Researched and

introduced Helicon

Focus stacking,

reducing multi-image

compositing from

approximately 20

minutes to seconds

per product

• Mentored interns and

trained colleagues

in Adobe tools,

photography, and

production workflows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE — CONTINUED

• GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2014–PRESENT

RJS Enterprises Inc. — Golfpassport, Toronto, ON (Part-time)

• Design the annual Greens’ Fee Passport, including covers, publication layouts, coupon pages, maps, forms, promotional graphics, and seasonal materials.

• Manage recurring InDesign revisions, photo corrections, colour conversions, and print-ready PDF exports for each publication cycle.

• Create vector graphics, logos, maps, email banners, PDF forms, and production artwork while maintaining typography and brand consistency.

• Designed a premium Greens’ Fee Passport cover featuring Scodix UV embossing.

• WEB GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2008–2013

Technovate Inc., Toronto, ON

• Designed websites, newsletters, posters, business cards, digital graphics, and print materials based on client requirements and brand standards.

• Developed and maintained websites using HTML, CSS, and Dreamweaver.

• Managed multiple web and print projects simultaneously.

• WEB EDITOR 2008

United Way Greater Toronto, Toronto, ON

• Maintained website content and layouts for public campaigns and events.

• Created and updated graphic content while ensuring readability, consistency, and a clean front-end presentation.

SELECTED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

RONA RETAIL FASTENER PROGRAM

Client: RONA lanadesign.ca/project/rona-project

Built a scalable packaging, label, shelf-strip, and planogram system supporting more than 1,000 SKUs. Used structured Excel data and modular InDesign templates to produce accurate artwork efficiently. AMAZON PRODUCT IMAGE SYSTEM

Client: Amazon lanadesign.ca/project/amazon-project Created product-page visuals that explain fit, features, dimensions, use cases, and value through hero images, technical graphics, image retouching, and lifestyle compositions.

ANNUAL GREENS’ FEE PASSPORT

Client: RJS Enterprises Inc. lanadesign.ca/project/golf-book Designed a modular editorial system for an annual golf publication, organizing hundreds of course listings, maps, QR codes linking to directions, and coupons into clear, repeatable layouts. Created a premium cover featuring Scodix UV embossing.

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