Kati Cospy: Senior Graphic Designer in Englewood, OH

Collaborative Project Management Strategic Relationship Building Process Development MARKETING EXPERIENCE Senior Graphic Designer The Marketing Formula (January 2020 to Present) • Design for both print and digital form such as: magazines, product collateral, promotional collateral, electronic media, direct mail, packaging, electronic presentations, and environmental design. • Meet with clients to gain an understanding of what they want their proposed communications to look like. Create or incorporate illustrations, pictures, and designs to reflect the desired theme and tone of the communications.

Demonstrated strong communication and organizational skills in managing a high-volume workload in a fast-paced environment. Able to successfully prioritize a varied range of concurrent projects. Managed internal and external team resource needs. • Led the creative team and execution of marketing communication initiatives, including copywriting and graphic design. Scope of projects included: new website development and launch, collateral materials, sales tools, trade show graphics, product launch, direct marketing and branded promotional items. • Traveled as needed to meet and work alongside team members or clients in other locations. • Hired, trained, and mentored junior graphic designers. Acted as a player/coach to both lead and perform the work. • Developed concepts, design direction and oversaw execution and production of all promotional marketing materials. Responsible for working within project budget constraints while producing high-quality communications materials. • Collaborated with internal Promotional Marketing team members to develop communication solutions that achieved marketing objectives and supported the company brand. • Demonstrated creative leadership within marketing communications department--providing art direction, concept development, production management and execution of effective, brand-building marketing materials. • Assisted with project billing, resource reporting, budgeting, and creative presentations.

• Established, implemented and managed in-house workflow processes for project distribution and tracking. • Effectively interfaced with different business levels and disciplines, as necessary. Resourceful at gathering information, pulling together content, getting answers to tough questions and overall project execution. • Managed flow of digital and print projects with internal and external resources; prioritized and delegated work based on capabilities and capacity to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines. Improved efficiencies of processes for project intake, timeline scheduling, and digital asset management. • Prepared web ready graphic files and worked closely with the development team to optimize the elements according to professional web standards

Conceptualized and designed different promotional pieces which could be part of major campaigns including banners, emails, promotional landing pages, brochures, flyers, posters, etc. • Served as in-house photographer for promotional events and product shots. • Presented creative work in a variety of presentation settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, in-person and via phone conferences. • Efficiently balanced creative, strategic and operational responsibilities while managing simple and complex projects simultaneously, with exceptional attention to detail in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.