Kateryna Metelytsia Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Usa

- Creating and selling oil paintings, autonomously achieved artistic goals.- Published in three magazines.- Conducting in-person and online art classes for children and adults.- Developed a ten-year curriculum.- Skilled in recordkeeping, scheduling, student check-in, payment processing, and financial reporting.- Experienced in extensive correspondence.- Designed all marketing materials for the Studio including logo, photo and video, website (on Wix platform), and social media content, maintained media presence.

United States, Kyiv Ukraine

- Created and sold oil paintings.- Participated in exhibitions and competitions across Ukraine, Poland, and Italy.- Managed payment processing, financial reporting, and recordkeeping.- Maintained digital media presence.

Ukraine, Kyiv

- Created game art for Slot games, Hidden Objects games, including symbol art, and UI art within strict deadlines.- Demonstrated exceptional file structure and organization skills.- Generated sketches and translated concepts into illustrations.- Revised work of other artists.

Ukraine

- Conducted art classes for children.- Planed, developed and implemented curriculum.- Kept records, scheduled, checked students in, took payment, and financial reports.- Students took part in competitions and exhibitions and took the highest marks from the judges confirmed by diplomas.- Working independently.

Ukraine, Kyiv

Blank-Press is a modern full-service printing company that specializes in providing services of the production of advertising printing products, various kinds of strict accountability forms on offset and self-copied paper, illustrated works of art, children's and scientific works.- Promoted from Graphic Designer to Art Director.- Developed brand-focused advertising campaigns and print materials.- Researched clients' businesses, and analyzed client projects to identify needs, goals, and proposed solutions and options.- Stayed abreast of current trends by researching new technologies and social trends.- Managed multiple projects, often under tight deadlines.- Mentored and inspired team members to achieve high performance.- Handled extensive correspondence.The company's site still presents samples of the design of my works, since even today they look very modern. The company participates in exhibitions and competitions with designs of some of my best works.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Blank-Press is a modern full-service printing company that specializes in providing services of the production of advertising printing products, various kinds of strict accountability forms on offset and self-copied paper, illustrated works of art, children's and scientific works.- DESIGN OF PRINTED PRODUCTS. Took subject matter ideas or a set of instructions to create a visually compelling advertising campaign that matches the requirements of the company's brand and products, recommend changes, taking into account the technology of the print process and the purpose of the printed matter. Communicated, did changes, got design approval.- RESEARCHED for matching thematic assembled images and illustrative material.- WORKED WITH MUSEUMS and galleries to achieve perfect characteristics of slides or files.- WORKED WITH ARTISTS in concert to develop a layouts of catalogs of paintings. Stylized artists’ paintings for printing exclusive limited-edition Prints by a stencil printing method. - WORKED WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS in concert to develop a layouts of catalogs of artistic black-and-white photos and exclusive limited-edition postcards. Prepress for printing images in two colors (Black and color Pantone) to achieve the greatest depth of tone. - Annual HANDWRITTEN CALLIGRAPHY of personalized invitations for Chanel company.- PARTNERSHIP on multiple various projects with the production department, marketing department, and an editor within specifications. - TECHNICAL EXPERT: prepress of the layouts for offset printing, screen printing, bookbinding, printer, artistic die-cut or for packaging, spot UV, embossing, preparation of a layout for hard and soft book covers. Cropping, scaling, retouching photos and illustrations, hand drawing, and scanning, slide scanning, color correction, reproduction processes such as letterpress, gravure.PROMOTED from graphic designer to art director.Was invited to become a member of the "Union of Designers of Ukraine" organization.

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

Alkor was (the company ceased to exist) a printing company specializing in the production of methodological aids for state institutions and banks, and the printing of advertising materials such as letterheads, business cards, postcards, calendars, booklets.- DESIGN OF PRINTED PRODUCTS. Creating visually attractive layouts of methodological aids for state institutions and banks, considering the technology of the print process and the purpose of the printed matter.- MAINTAINED, UPDATED, AND PREPRESS the layouts for offset printing, stencil printing, spot UV, for embossing, for soft book covers, prepress for artistic die cuts. - WORKED WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS to obtain files with required characteristics and attractive images with the fitting standpoint, lighting, and proportions for design. Accepted or rejected photographs.- CORRECTED SPELLING of small texts in Ukrainian and Russian language. - COMMUNICATED with clients, submitted for approval of several sketches or layouts for presentation to the client, did changes to the design according to the agreements with the clients, got design approvals.- TECHNICAL EXPERT: prepress of the layouts for offset printing, screen printing, for the printer, prepress for artistic die-cut for packaging, for embossing, image retouching, color correction.The "Alkor" company became the only manufacturer of souvenir printing products for the state railway of Ukraine.

Kyiv City, Ukraine

“Boyko-Sport” company has been producing the equipment for boxing, wrestling, and single combat since 1994. Due to using the best materials and traditions the equipment corresponds to the world standards of quality. A lot of the top-level sports clubs, outstanding sportsmen, in particular champions of Ukraine, Europe, and Olympic Games prefer to “Boyko-Sport” company apparatus for boxing and wrestling. - DESIGNED A VISUALLY ATTRACTIVE ADVERTISING campaign and marketing materials for the needs of “Boyko-Sport” company: product tags, labels, blanks, business cards, booklets, catalogs, etc., considering the technology of the print process and the purpose of the printed matter. Prepared and submitted for approval of layouts for presentation to the director. Rebranded the company’s Logo.- CREATED AND ORGANIZED OF THE CATALOG STRUCTURE. Created the first catalog of all the company's products - more than 300 items. Organized the catalog structure with additional visual design elements to show the scale of each piece and material options. - WORKED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER. To create this catalog, I worked closely with the photographer to obtain files with required characteristics from the fitting standpoint and lighting. The task was complicated by the fact that most of the products are made of black leather. Prepared and assembled images, scanned, image retouched, color corrected. - CORRECTED SPELLING of small texts in Ukrainian and Russian language. - ADVERTISING FOR A SPORTS EVENT OF CLIENTS. Did the individual exclusive design of “Boyko-Sport” company products in the style of client's event advertising, recommended and dispositioned sponsors' ads.The company still uses my logo design. Although the range of products of the company now is changing, and they made some design changes but still use the principle of structure and additional design elements that I created.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Design And Applied Arts, Excellent

Studied fine arts, fundamentals of composition, a composition for printing, book illustration, art graphics, painting, type design.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Art/Art Studies, General, Excellent

Studied fine arts, fundamentals of composition, a composition for printing, book illustration, art graphics, painting, type design.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Design And Applied Arts, Excellent

Diploma Project: "The main Entrance and Gate-2 to the Institute". Creation of an Art Composition in accordance with the dimensions.

Basic Skills

Classes: Drawing, Painting, Composition, Sculpture, Art History Sem/Clock Hours Completed: 8 Semesters / 164 Hours