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Brand and visual communication designer with extensive experience partnering with agencies and clients to build identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral. Strong creative leadership from concept through final execution, with a clear focus on consistency, business goals, and timelines. Operational and project coordination experience in a fast-paced accounting environment, managing high-volume workflows and client deliverables. Skilled at organizing complex systems, improving internal processes, mentoring designers and coordinating resources to support creative and business teams.…Brand and visual communication designer with extensive experience partnering with agencies and clients to build identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral. Strong creative leadership from concept through final execution, with a clear focus on consistency, business goals, and timelines. Operational and project coordination experience in a fast-paced accounting environment, managing high-volume workflows and client deliverables. Skilled at organizing complex systems, improving internal processes, mentoring designers and coordinating resources to support creative and business teams.

Kristi Doran

Designer, Brand Designer, Art Director, +2

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Brand and visual communication designer with extensive experience partnering with agencies and clients to build identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral. Strong creative leadership from concept through final execution, with a clear focus on consistency, business goals, and timelines. Operational and project coordination experience in a fast-paced accounting environment, managing high-volume workflows and client deliverables. Skilled at organizing complex systems, improving internal processes, mentoring designers and coordinating resources to support creative and business teams.…Brand and visual communication designer with extensive experience partnering with agencies and clients to build identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral. Strong creative leadership from concept through final execution, with a clear focus on consistency, business goals, and timelines. Operational and project coordination experience in a fast-paced accounting environment, managing high-volume workflows and client deliverables. Skilled at organizing complex systems, improving internal processes, mentoring designers and coordinating resources to support creative and business teams.

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Brand and visual communication designer with extensive experience partnering with agencies and clients to build identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral. Strong creative leadership from concept through final execution, with a clear focus on consistency, business goals, and timelines.

Operational and project coordination experience in a fast-paced accounting environment, managing high-volume workflows and client deliverables. Skilled at organizing complex systems, improving internal processes, mentoring designers and coordinating resources to support creative and business teams.

Skills

Brand Identity

Branding

Presentation Design

Experience Level

Brand Identity

Expert

Branding

Expert

Presentation Design

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

French

Beginner

Work Experience

Office Administrator (Operations & Project Coordination) at Circle CPA

August 1, 2023 - Present

Coordinate tax and compliance workflows for a 500+ client portfolio, administering and managing 30–50 projects weekly to ensure accurate and timely deliverables. Support CPAs in managing client accounts by coordinating onboarding, documentation, and preparation workflows for individual, business, estate, and trust tax returns while maintaining confidential financial records and internal databases. Serve as a key contributor in the firm’s transition to Financial Cents, becoming one of two internal experts responsible for creating and maintaining project structure to establish consistent workflows across 700+ tracked projects. Manage client communications across phone, email, and mail for onboarding, document collection, signatures, and delivery of completed filings. Improved operational efficiency by redesigning the client filing system and refining internal templates/forms to increase clarity, organization, and consistency in client-facing and internal documents.

Graphic Designer at Legrand | AV

December 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

Collaborated with the Creative Director on brand strategy, concept development, and design execution across eight North American business lines for the Customer Experience (CX) department. Led development and implementation of a new workflow process to streamline creative requests from 50+ internal clients across product, marketing and brand, reducing weekly revisions by an average of 50%. Instituted weekly meetings for the 9-person internal creative team, improving transparency regarding expectations, strategy, resources, and workload on projects.

Creative Design Specialist | Graphic Designer at Professional Research Consultants, Inc.

May 1, 2015 - November 1, 2017

Supported marketing goals, brand development and creative direction for a B2B healthcare research consultancy. Translated data-heavy content from an annual study for the consumer and brand product line into a cohesive visual identity system, applied across various marketing materials including a 20-page annual report. Stepped in to support responsibilities across two additional creative roles up to director level following team departures, tripling daily strategic and production workload.

Marketing Specialist at Wohlner’s Midtown Grocery & Deli

June 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014

Refreshed branding and executed marketing initiatives in partnership with the Midtown Crossing business and residential development in Omaha. Collaborated with Midtown Crossing business owners to coordinate marketing initiatives, events, and promotional partnerships to support store traffic and brand visibility. Conceived, designed, and executed the “Grill This” and “Season Your Greetings” campaigns, including billboard and elevator signage, paid digital ads, web banners, flyers, and digital TV signage.

Senior Art Director & Brand Designer at Freelance

December 1, 2012 - Present

Partner with agencies and independent clients to deliver brand identity systems, campaign assets, and marketing collateral aligned with business objectives and project timelines. Collaborate directly with clients to define brand strategy, align creative direction with business goals, and ensure consistency across deliverables. Lead concept development and creative direction for branding and marketing initiatives, guiding projects from ideation through final execution. Develop cohesive visual identity systems that strengthen brand recognition and engage target audiences across digital and print channels. Mentor junior designers and direct any outside resources.