Katie Parland

About

With over a decade of experience in brand development and graphic design, I help businesses—big and small—find their visual voice and connect with their audiences. As Partner and Art Director at Agnes Studio, I lead creative direction and strategy, blending research, collaboration, and design to build brands that feel authentic and lasting. My work has been featured in Vogue Magazine, Cool Hunting, The Strategist, and AIGA. I love diving into the details, finding smart, unexpected solutions, and bringing a sense of play into my work.

Experience

• Partner · Agnes Studio2016-11-01 –

  Agnes Studio is a graphic design firm that specializes in strategic, big-picture branding. We aim to create beautiful, engaging, smart design solutions and help clarify a narrative—taking an idea and making it real. We build identities that empower our clients and inspire their audiences to act, invest, explore, trust, and love because we aim for meaningful human interaction. It’s also true that we’ve been known to bring our clients to (happy) tears. We like to connect and collaborate. We’ve worked with large institutions, small businesses, start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, artists, non-profits, magical thinkers, schools, publishers, theatres, museums, and ice cream makers.

• Lead Graphic Designer · Counter Culture Coffee2014-02-01 – 2016-10-01
• Designer · Agnes Studio2010-07-01 – 2013-06-01
• Freelance Illustrator · American Greetings2011-01-01 – 2011-01-01

  Recruited to illustrate cards for AG Interactive's JustWink mobile app

• Graphic Design Intern · Boondock Walker2009-01-01 – 2011-01-01

  Designed promotional materials, information graphics, simple web site updates, photo editing, advertisements, publication design, vector illustration, mock-ups, general production

• Graphic Design Intern · MOCA Cleveland2008-09-01 – 2009-01-01

  I worked with the in-house design department at MOCA Cleveland, completing various projects for several events and organizations at the museum. These materials included handouts for upcoming events, postcards, posters, logos as well as signage.

• Freelancer · BCDC Ideas2012 – 2016

Education

• Cleveland Institute of ArtBFA, Graphic Design
• The Cleveland Institute of ArtBFA Graphic Design, Graphic Design

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