Katy Walneuski Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, California, United States

Menlo Park, Ca

Conceptualize, design, and implement engaging visual stories and user experiences that meet strategic business objectives, increase competitive advantage, and elevate brands.Partner with clients, key stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver dynamic solutions. Own the design process from concept to completion for both digital and print. Work in an extremely fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Manage multiple projects at various stages of… Show more Conceptualize, design, and implement engaging visual stories and user experiences that meet strategic business objectives, increase competitive advantage, and elevate brands.Partner with clients, key stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to deliver dynamic solutions. Own the design process from concept to completion for both digital and print. Work in an extremely fast-paced environment with tight deadlines. Manage multiple projects at various stages of development.Specialties:Brand look and feel, brand refresh, concepting, art direction, responsive web design, visual design, style guides, identity design, typography, project management, teamwork, and mentoring.Strengths: Curiosity, listening, creative exploration, learning, and customer serviceVisual Design:Concept and design for all responsive breaking points. Collaborate with C-level, marketing, UX designers, product teams, and writers. Create wireframes, design interactions, quick sketches, low- to high-fidelity prototypes and components. Deliver all files to developers including redlines and style guides. Collaborate closely with developers to ensure design integrity. Produce pixel-perfect or printer-ready files. Conduct and manage the quality control process.Print Design:Experienced with CMYK and PMS, and how to obtain optimal color for digital, offset, and letterpress printing. Collaborate with printers. Produce printer-ready files. Manage press, die, and bindery checks. Show less

Sunnyvale, Ca

Created strong brand touch-points, built and governed visual identity systems, and delivered original creative work. Balanced high-level, holistic reason with detail-oriented design. Extended and maintained the Proofpoint visual identity system. Created world-class designs that supported and reinforced the Proofpoint vision, brand, and business objectives across all touch-points (online and print). Took an active role in brainstorming sessions and design reviews. Presented design work… Show more Created strong brand touch-points, built and governed visual identity systems, and delivered original creative work. Balanced high-level, holistic reason with detail-oriented design. Extended and maintained the Proofpoint visual identity system. Created world-class designs that supported and reinforced the Proofpoint vision, brand, and business objectives across all touch-points (online and print). Took an active role in brainstorming sessions and design reviews. Presented design work to Marketing teams, and other internal customers for review and feedback. Contributed to the group’s best practices for design.Deliverables: digital marketing collateral, social media assets, banners ads, web assets, emails, reports, white papers, event graphics, and infographics Show less

Los Gatos, Ca

Designed and produced in-store displays, club packs, merchandising kits (digital and print), and product documentation. Developed graphics for banner ads, social campaigns, and website. Participated in nation-wide consumer focus groups. Managed press checks.

Palo Alto, Ca

Led teams, worked on teams, or worked solo to create new brands or refresh existing ones. Developed unique, ownable visual languages. Managed the design process. Met with clients and key stakeholders, presented creative, incorporated feedback, and delivered design iterations. Successfully launched new brands, products, and positioning.Collaborated with developers, produced final files (desktop to mobile), and managed QC.Hired photographers, created shot lists, managed and art… Show more Led teams, worked on teams, or worked solo to create new brands or refresh existing ones. Developed unique, ownable visual languages. Managed the design process. Met with clients and key stakeholders, presented creative, incorporated feedback, and delivered design iterations. Successfully launched new brands, products, and positioning.Collaborated with developers, produced final files (desktop to mobile), and managed QC.Hired photographers, created shot lists, managed and art directed photoshoots. Mentored junior designers and design interns, providing creative direction, insight, and inspiration.Clients included: Zscaler, HyperGrid, Palo Alto Networks, Castlight, Prologis, Flipboard, Flex, Dell, Veracyte, Centrify, SAPSuccessFactors, Platfora, Cofense, Versive, Synaptics, Omniture, Agilent, Stanford Health Care, NBC Bay Area, JumpstartMD, Siemens Medical, Mercer Health & Benefits, Stanford University, Bamboo, Agilent, Invisalign, Bank of the West, Kleiner Perkins, and CitiVentures. Show less

Menlo Park, California, United States

Los Gatos, California, United States

Concepted, designed and executed integrated campaigns including advertising, web, direct mail, and brand identity. Designed custom high end packaging direct mail targeted campaigns. Presented creative to clients, supervised press checks, interfaced with vendors, directed photo shoots and managed projects.

Los Gatos, California, United States

Book Design: "The Naked & the Nude: Images from the sculpture series" by Sky Bergman, Professor of PhotographyUniversity Art Gallery: Designed show invitations, assisted Curator with exhibits, served as gallery receptionist

Bachelor Of Science, Graphic Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology - Behavioral Development

Mobile Interface Design