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Associate Industrial Designer
Katie Khau
Naperville, IL
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Education
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BFA Industrial DesignUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2010 - 2014
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Experience
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Associate Industrial DesignerEcolabGlenwood, ILMay 2015 - Present (9 years 7 months)Member of Engineering Systems Design team. Collaborated with engineers to design and draft technical drawings for industrial water treatment equipment. Created 2D and 3D CAD designs to be built in house. Maintained a 2D and 3D asset library. Managed bills of materials in SAP. Appointed role of “Safety Champion” and lead meetings, inspections, and safety reports.
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Committee Chair and DesignerCUDO PlaysChampaign, ILAug 2014 - Present (10 years 4 months)Set agenda for meetings. Designed print and web marketing materials such as posters, banners and flyers. Maintained industry and local contacts for partnerships. Designed and managed competition website. Created the content and layout for a document guiding teams through the board game design process. Developed and taught a design workshop for community members. Developed curriculum for instruction of grade school students in board game design at Stratton Academy of the Arts.
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Designercow&duck studios, LLCNaperville, ILSep 2013 - Present (11 years 3 months)Designed, developed, and playtested board games. Worked on illustration and graphic design for publishers including, Pandasaurus Games, Bellwether Games and Stonemaier Games. Executed multiple projects for each named client. Developed print ready layouts and design files for production. Created layouts for rulebooks. Successfully negotiated publishing contract leading to game release.
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Lead CounselorGirls Make GamesBoston, MAJul 2015 - Jul 2015Conducted lessons on the video game engine, Stencyl, to girls between the ages of 8-13. Responsible for guidance, technical assistance and coordination of camp teams. Adapted curriculum from a three week program to a two week program. Coached a team of four girls to design and create a game utilizing Stencyl, leading to their selection for appearance at the finals in California. Developed a board game design curriculum for nationwide use.
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DesignerA215 IncChampaign, ILDec 2013 - Aug 2014 (8 months)Designed a mobile game interface. Collaborated with other designers and front-end engineers to develop the designs.
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Makerlab TrainerFeb 2013 - May 2014 (1 year 3 months)Designed print tutorials to teach 3D scanning and printing. Planned and taught workshops that trained people how to use software and equipment to 3D scan and print their own objects. Composed blog posts endorsing the workshop and tutorial.
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InternMay 2012 - Aug 2012 (3 months)Collaborated on advertising campaigns from brainstorming to writing, designing, branding, and implementation. Designed HTML based e-mail blasts and newsletters, flash animation banners, HTML for Wordpress websites, composed Twitter posts, and wrote Wordpress and Drupal tutorials for clients when transferring content management responsibilities.
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Media ConsultantDec 2011 - Apr 2012 (4 months)Edited a video of high altitude launches for a viral publicity stunts
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InternJun 2011 - Aug 2011 (2 months)Collaborated on advertising campaigns from brainstorming to writing, designing, branding, and implementation. Designed HTML based e-mail blasts and newsletters, flash animation banners, HTML for Wordpress websites, composed Twitter posts, and wrote Wordpress and Drupal tutorials for clients when transferring content management responsibilities.
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Graphic Design InternAmerican Business Graphics IncNov 2009 - Apr 2010 (5 months)Designed logos, business cards and magazine advertisements for clients
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Awards
IndieCade 2016
- Official Selection
IndieCade 2014
- Finalist
CUDO Plays Board Game Design Competition 2014
- First Place: Visual Design
- First Place: Marketability
Discarded to Precious Challenge Spring 2012
- Award Winner from the Technological Entrepreneur Center (College of Engineering) for the transformation of materials
Theatre Technician of the Year 2010
- Naperville North Performing Arts Center
Cool Ride Clean Choice Logo Contest 2008
- First Place
Exhibitions:
"I'D..." Industrial Design Exhibition - Fall 2013
New Media Exhibition - Fall 2013
Ideate Create Design Exhibition - Spring 2013
Metals Exhibition - Spring, 2012
I Dream Design Exhibition - Fall, 2011
Foundations Group Exhibition - Spring, 2011 -
Affiliations
Champaign Urbana Design Org.
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On Coroflot@katiekhau, member since 2012
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