Kate Rennie

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead Designer, POS Digital & Print Media at DJ City & AVE Audio Visual Engineering
October 1, 2024 - October 20, 2025
Lead Designer for POS digital and print media across DJ City & AVE. Designed and developed POS/ABL materials, managed brand standards, and led brand management for loyalty programs and new ventures. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive campaigns and produced assets for events and initiatives, including standardising graphic styles for maps and maintaining internal brand documentation.
Casual Online Tutor & Resource Designer at Write On School for Young Writers
June 1, 2023 - October 20, 2025
Designed and wrote educational resources for students aged 7 to 18. Conducted online and in-class tutoring, created tailored materials, and provided post-session feedback to learners.
Junior Map Designer (Contract) at Oh! Media
January 31, 2023 - October 20, 2025
Illustrated detailed 2D maps of shopping centres, stations, and PTI sites for MOVE 2.0. Produced over 140 maps, established a standardised graphic style for railway-line maps, and ensured geographic asset accuracy.
Marketing and Design Intern at Double Dribble Group
April 30, 2022 - October 20, 2025
Managed social media platforms, menus, and signage for multiple venues. Organized influencer collaborations and photoshoots, contributed to marketing materials, and maintained client relationships.
Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Self-employed / Freelance
January 1, 2019 - Present
Designed branding assets, logos, posters, and print materials for musicians, producers, and authors. Created custom layouts for web and print, organized art exhibitions and events for own business ventures.
Digital Designer at DJ City & AVE Audio Visual Engineering
February 1, 2023 - October 1, 2024
Lead Designer for POS digital and print media across the company; designed POS and ABL materials; developed multi-channel design assets and branding; collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive campaigns.
Casual Online Tutor & Resource Designer at Write On School for Young Writers
February 1, 2021 - June 1, 2023
Designed and wrote educational resources; tutored students age 7 to 18; provided after-hours feedback and editing support; built engaging learning materials.
Junior Map Designer (Contract) at Oh! Media
July 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Created detailed maps of shopping centres and transport hubs to support MOVE 2.0 audience measurements; illustrated and ensured accuracy of geographic assets; managed Excel spreadsheets and benchmarks for map production.
Marketing and Design Intern at Double Dribble Group
December 1, 2021 - April 1, 2022
Social media copywriting and management; designed print and digital marketing material; maintained client relationships and supported event activities.
Freelance Graphic Designer & Illustrator at Freelancer
January 1, 2019 - Present
Illustrative branding projects; print and digital layouts; event marketing and management; logo development and merchandise design; built and sold personal multimedia artworks.

Education

Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at Ara Institute of Canterbury
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Certificate of Proficiency in Creative Writing at University of Canterbury
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Paper in Writing For The Young at University of Victoria
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at Ara Institute of Canterbury
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Paper in Writing For The Young at University of Victoria
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Certificate of Proficiency in Creative Writing at University of Canterbury
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Qualifications

Certificate of Proficiency in Creative Writing
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Paper in Writing For The Young
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Paper in Writing For The Young
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Certificate of Proficiency in Creative Writing
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Retail, Software & Internet
    uniE608 Animated Album Cover Reel
    This is a personal project where I animated an Illustration of mine that is a album cover concept. I played around with the notion of sickly sweet, which can fit within a variety of alternative sounds/genres. This Vector illustration could be spread across all forms of digital and print media for a band. advert video animator Illustrator albumart
    uniE621 Double Page Spread Design
    This project required finding suitable imagery, creating a snappy title and laying out type in accordance to a publications standards. designer layoutdesign typesetting
    uniE608 Rewards Program Reel and Branding
    This Project required a reel to explain how to subscribe to a rewards points program. I had design a logo, brand colours and illustrations that I could animate and apply to assets in variety of media from print to digital. video animator videoeditor Illstrator
    uniE621 Music City Logo
    My client needed a logo for a nationwide music store that aligned with a clean modern take on a vintage music logo style. logo branding graphicdesigner
    uniE621 Bespoke Printing for Quick-Q Display
    This bespoke print project was to fit underneath the newest Quick-Q model highlighting it's main features in the branding style of the Quick-Q models. designer printdesign
    uniE621 Rewards Program Car Wrap
    This branding project, for a rewards program, included a print ready car wrap design to be placed on the back of the sides and re-view mirror of a SUV.
    uniE608 Open Dex competition reel
    This video created in after effects was made to promote a DJ competition, sponsored by Pioneer DJ and the company I was working for DJ City.
    uniE621 Radio Station Show Re-Brand
    this project was a full re-brand for a radio show on Kiss Fm in Naarm, Melbourne. I Illustrated and designed a variety of assets for this job including animated reels to print ready pop-up banners. If you'd like to see more examples from this campaign feel free to contact me. illustrator graphicdesigner branding logo