As an enthusiastic graphic designer, versatile content creator, and dedicated learner, I am driven by my passions. I work as a graphic designer on financial clients like Capital Group or CFA Institute to clothing brands like The Out East. 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

The Gate Worldwide, MSQ, Graphic Designer | previously Junior Graphic Designer

New York, New York | August 2023 - Present

Art directed and designed executive level initiatives for Capital Ideas Pro, Conversations with Mike Gitlin (Capital Group), CFA marketing and brand campaigns, and MOAA’s The Hill Initiative. Uses Ai to bring conceptual ideas to life in client presentations. Created CRM emails and animated gifs for DoorDash campaigns across audiences. Served as a versatile design resource, contributing to new business pitches and creative campaigns across clients. Previously Junior Graphic Designer.

Vital Impacts UX Designer and Shopify Manager

Remote | January 2023 - December 2023

Designed and executed the pages for the film Remembering Sudan, the 2023 Grant and Mentorship Program, and the Educational Speaker Series for approval from the COO and Director. Worked with the product team to create wireframes in Figma. Produced full pages using Shopify to aid in the sale of the film and raise donations.

Synchrony UI Designer & Emerging Technology Intern

New York City Office, Remote | February 2023 - August 2023

Used Figma, Sketch, and Invision to create final user interface designs for Pay Later and password alterations for approval from AVP leads. Utilized ChatGPT and Figma to document the design system for all design employees to use. Led the design interns and greater creative team in a portfolio workshop across levels to enhance professional development across the interns.

CBRE Graphic Design & Marketing Intern

London, United Kingdom | May - July 2022

Researched complex clients to design thoughtful conceptual brands for new business pitch decks for global workplace solutions from RFP to final pitch. Executed these themes in each deck to bring the story to life during each new business pitch. Created digital financial graphics in Adobe Illustrator to explain savings to potential clients with approval from the sales lead.

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 for across campus 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 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 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