As an enthusiastic designer, versatile content creator, and dedicated learner, I am driven by my passions. I work as a graphic designer and art director on clients from beauty brands like Saie and Tatcha to financial clients like Capital Group and CFA Institute. I am motivated by the underlying story and purpose behind every design and the impact it has on the user experience.
Get to know me and the experiences that have made me the designer and person I am.
Let’s solve your design solutions together
catiehaugen@gmail.com
(763) 807-3132
Available for remote or New York City based freelance work for hire.
Experience
Big Spaceship, MSQ, Graphic Designer | previously Junior Graphic Designer
New York, New York | August 2023 - Present
Art directed and executed visual concepts for a global brand campaign from ideation through final production, supporting a $4M integrated media buy. Translated creative briefs into multiple strategic visual concepts across print and digital, directly contributing to new business wins. Concepted, developed, and presented campaigns aligned with brand strategy, audience insights, and business objectives across multi-channel initiatives in collaboration with copywriters and strategy. Provide strategic creative leadership for multiple global social media accounts, ensuring consistency, innovation, and agile execution.
Redken, L’Oreal, Freelance Social Graphic Designer
New York, New York | January 2026 - Present
Designed on brand, product-focused organic and paid social assets informed by creative briefs, audience insights, and platform best practices. Edit, retouch, and finalize high-volume social content, owning the full editing pipeline from first draft through final delivery for product, trending, and holiday-based content. Work published across Redken social channels, contributing to content reaching 1.7M+ followers.
Vital Impacts UX Designer and Shopify Manager
Remote | January 2023 - December 2023
Translates business and product requirements into user flows and wireframes to contribute to the current site and create new site pages. Implemented high-fidelity designs into Shopify while maintaining the integrity of the brand design and website’s coding.
Synchrony UI Designer & Emerging Technology Intern
New York City Office, Remote | February 2023 - August 2023
Implement pixel-perfect app flows across Pay Later functions to maintain business, audience, and product requirements. Documented and designed a brand style guide using AI to detail rules to allow simple understanding and clear guidelines.
CBRE Graphic Design & Marketing Intern
London, United Kingdom | May - July 2022
Developed visual concepts for international workplace solutions pitches, embracing the client’s goals and identity. Designed digital financial graphics, effectively illustrating quantitative benefits to prospective and recurring clients
University Girl Magazine Design Director | Previously Graphic Designer
Syracuse, New York | January 2022 - May 2023
Lead a team of 15 designers through three rounds of revisions to create a 46-page Guilty Pleasures spring issue. Lead design workshops across campus for designers to aid the growth of the magazine's designers. Worked with the EIC and creative team to align the design message and curation. Designed four spreads for the final product and approved each spread for print. Previously a graphic designer.
Adaptive Sports CNY UIUX Designer & Content Systems Manager
Newhouse Syracuse University | March 2023
Worked as a liaison between the UIUX development teams for the website rebranding. Aided a team of 15 designers to create low and high-fidelity wireframes. Created the back-end WordPress site with custom fields for the scheduling page of the website.
Jerk Magazine Executive Web Designer | Previously Graphic Designer
Syracuse, New York | September 2021 - May 2023
Redesigned Jerk Magazine’s website using Squarespace in combination with HTML and CSS extensions. Created page layouts in Adobe XD to improve user experience and accessibility. Designed illustration graphics for one article header per week.
Teacher’s Assistant for Introduction to Front-End Website Design
Syracuse University School | August - December 2022
Attends the lab section weekly to aid in students’ understanding of HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript. Holds a weekly office hour to answer lab questions and discuss weekly coding concepts. Reviews lab submissions weekly to assist with grading.
Education
S.I. Newhouse School of Public
Communications BS Graphic Design
School of Information Management
& Technology BS Information
Management & Technology with a
Concentration in Website Design
May 2023 | Dean’s List | 3.7
Skills
Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, XD, AfterEffects, Lightroom,
Premiere Pro, Dimension, Figma,
Sketch, Invision
Social Media: Instagram, Facebook,
Tik Tok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest
Coding and CMS: HTML, CSS,
PhP, SCSS, WordPress, mySQL,
Squarespace, Shopify
AI: Mid-journey/ Discord, ChatGPT