katie ekins

freelance web designer

About

Hi, I'm Katie. I am a well-rounded graphic designer with over four years of work experience. I have a balance of right-brained creativity and left-brained analytical skills. I specialize in web and Wordpress design, branding, and UX. I have growing capabilities in illustration and motion graphics. I’m driven by a love of clean, functional, beautiful design. I seek to have a deep understanding of the project so that the design captures the essence of the message. I believe design truly is visual communication.

Country

united states

City

lisle

Industry

design

Skill

graphic design, photoshop, indesign, illustration, web design, social media, typography, public speaking, branding and identity, illustrator, adobe illustrator, css, early childhood education, teaching, tutoring, proofreading, copywriting, editing, time management, non profits, fundraising, community outreach, mental health, classroom management, service learning, adobe photoshop

Experience

after school teacher and substitute

st peter's school

2011-9 - 2012-6 · 10 mos

volunteer

philly aids thrift

2011-2 - 2011-6 · 5 mos

Cleaned and organized, helped process donations, assisted customers, and executed other tasks to help the store run smoothly.

graphic designer

argonne national laboratory

2018-6 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

freelance web designer

katieekins.com

2016-7 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

* Design logos and websites for clients * Develop Wordpress websites using plugins and customized themes

english teacher

primas kids

2012-7 - 2013-2 · 8 mos

* Lived and worked in South Korea for 8 months * Taught English Language Arts to classes of varying ages and English levels

early learning center assistant teacher

educationworks

2010-6 - 2011-6 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Worked full time for a non-profit early learning center serving at risk children. * Worked as a team with the lead teacher to implement lesson plans and activities promoting the intellectual and socio-emotional development of the children. * Provided care to children at all times, valuing them as individuals. * Encouraged cooperation and negotiated conflicts between the children effectively. * Completed over 30 hours of trainings through Pennsylvania Keystone Stars.

teacher's aide

plebe anna thorne school

2009-9 - 2010-5 · 9 mos

Helped implement lesson plans and activities to promote language development. Encouraged cooperation and participation among the children.

client and office assistant intern

sharing connections furniture bank

2009-6 - 2009-8 · 3 mos

* Greeted clients and escorted them to their appointments. * Entered data regarding the clients and donations using the client and donations databases. * Answered phone inquiries from the public regarding services. * Performed other administrative and office tasks as directed by Executive Director and Development Manager.

tutor

bryn mawr college civic engagement office

2008-9 - 2009-5 · 9 mos

* Tutored and mentored students in grades 3-5 from the area in a variety of school subjects. * Implemented enrichment activities in language and mathematics. * Helped children build confidence in their ability while challenging them to reach their potential.

web intern

sandwich county fair

2014-6 - 2014-8 · 3 mos

* Redesigned and coded the charts across the site using concise HTML and CSS * Updated pages with new content as directed * Built an interactive 24 page wireframe of the entire site

lead graphic designer

bureau gravity

2015-6 - 2018-6 · 3 yrs 1 mo

* as The Chamberlain Group, Texas Mutual, and University of Illinois. * Lead Graphic Designer * Design projects for a variety of clients, from concept through completion * Work closely with developers to build company websites * Design social media ads and landing pages that convert * Create strong logos for growing companies * Design layouts for print media, ranging from business cards to * wall installations * Manage task lists and communicate proactively with operations manager, * team members, and client * Complete high volume of design projects and consistently meet * deadlines, budgets and requirements

Education

bryn mawr college

english language

college of dupage

graphic design

2013-1 - 2015-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

First Place in Packaging Design, College of DuPage Portfolio Night: Moon Tea Room First Place in Identity Design, College of DuPage Portfolio Night: Portfolio Night 2015 Honorable Mention for Portfolio Activities and Societies: AIGA member, Published in Brainflower Magazine