Caitlin Ainsworth
Graphic Designer
Detail-oriented and creative-minded graphic design student who is committed and eager to learn new skills within the industry. Passionate about graphic design, web development, and accessibility as it relates to user experience. Seeking to collaborate with clients and teammates to provide powerful, effective visual communication solutions and user-friendly web design.
Work Experience
- theCurious Student Magazine
- Charlotte, NC
March 2024
- Creative Director
- Led a team of 9 designers and writers, and editors, providing direction and feedback to achieve the desired aesthetic for the inaugural student magazine.
- Managed timelines and workflows to ensure that all creative elements and written content were completed by each deadline.
- Guided the layout, typography, and visual style to ensure consistency and appeal.
- Nest Photo Studio
- Charlotte, NC
Aug 2023
- Studio Admin / IT Manager
- Integrated various project management solutions, client databases, and online client experiences which increased workflow efficiency by 30%.
- Sorted over 1,000 client records into categories that would allow for targeted marketing campaigns based on previous client purchasing.Analyzed 18+ underlying systems to identify and measure potential areas of improvement.
Education
- Central Piedmont Community College
- Charlotte, NC
May 2025
- AAS Advertising + Graphic Design
- Completed coursework which includes Graphic Design IV, Typography I & II, History of Graphic Design, Graphic Design for Web II, Computer Design Techniques, and more, while maintaining a cumulative 3.93 GPA.
- Earned a certification in Introduction to Graphic Design via Central Piedmont Community CollegeEarned certifications in HTML Essential Training, CSS Essential Training, Responsive Web Design via LinkedIn Learning
- Appalachian State University
- Boone, NC
2014-2018
- Education Coursework
- Completed 102 total credit hours towards a degree in Elementary Education with a cumulative 3.44 GPA. Coursework included Social Psychology, Cultivating Creative Expression Through Art, Psychology of Personality, and more.
Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Acrobat
- Responsive Web Design
- Bootstrap Framework
- Sublime Text
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- Figma
- Airtable
- Zapier
- Notion
- Canva
- Jotform
- Webflow
- Squarespace
Organizations
- theCurious
- Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society
- Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
- Graphic Artists Guild
