Katie Miller

Katie Miller

Graphic Design Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Art Director & Senior Brand Designer

  • Education

    • Iowa State University - College of Design

      1999 - 2003
      BFA Graphic Design minor in Advertising 3.9/4.0

      Activities and Societies: American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA), Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Study abroad Rome 2002

  • Experience

    • PLAZM

      Jun 2003 - Sept 2003
      Graphic Design Intern

      • Summer design internship• Projects include editorial design for Plazm Magazine & recruiting print booklet for Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA)

    • BOC Advertising

      Mar 2004 - Apr 2005
      Graphic Designer

      Agency designer for various clients, including Danner Footwear, LaCrosse Footwear, Leica Camera, and Buck Knives.• Special emphasis placed on footwear catalogs, packaging, billboards and print ads• Performed 70-75 hours/week during peak catalog production season

    • Gilded Branding

      Apr 2005 - Feb 2014
      Creative Director

      Freelance Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director, partnering with ad agencies, internal Marketing departments, and small business owners.Work includes:• Logo design• Brand strategy• Creative direction • Print design • Packaging• Illustration & hand lettering• Campaign creation and management• Client onboarding• Pre-press production• Content Marketing • Social media & web graphics• Wordpress site/landing page development

    • Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate

      Sept 2014 - Oct 2019
      Senior Graphic Designer

      • Partnered with CEO and VP of Marketing to design B2B communications and consumer-based initiatives. Designed multimedia assets, social media, national print campaigns, digital magazines, and event signage.• Developed ad concepts & sourced photography for online recruiting and relocation magazines.• Filmed, edited, and produced videos for agent intranet library and external recruitment efforts.• Advised real estate agents on personal branding within current corporate brand standards. Created custom logos, brochures, and web graphics. • Managed external vendors—printers, sign companies, etc. Show less

    • M Financial Group

      Oct 2019 - now
      Senior Graphic Designer

      • Led the redesign of M Financial’s logo, overall look and feel, design elements, sub-brands, and 300+ documents for its corporate rebrand (1.5-year process).• Event branding: Lead designer for 3-4 yearly conferences—event logos, style guides, environmental branding, swag, print and digital collateral, websites, emails, packaging, social graphics.• Oversee brand management and design execution across both print and digital. • Art direction, white paper creation, email design, print ads, social media campaigns, presentation design, and more. • Lead designer, and content manager of M Financial’s quarterly Board of Directors PowerPoint presentations. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Katie Miller
      Film Festival Art Juror Love Unlimited International Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2013 Jan 2013 Co-juried art show in partnership with Michael Monroe, former curator at Smithsonian and Director Emeritus at Bellevue Arts Museum.
    • Awarded to Katie Miller
      Dean's List Iowa State University May 2003
    • Awarded to Katie Miller
      Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Iowa State University May 2003
    • Awarded to Katie Miller
      Rome, Italy Study Abroad Scholarship Iowa State University Sep 2002 Kathryn Benbrook-Lapp Scholarship recipient.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Caregiver

      Issued by Hospice, Legacy Portland on Feb 2009
      Hospice, Legacy PortlandAssociated with Katie Miller