Designer's Resume

Katherin Meganis Phang

Contact Info
Address : BLK 175C Punggol Field #13-553, Singapore 823175
Mobile No. : +65 90511224
Email : katherin.phang@ymail.com

Personal Particulars
Date of Birth : 11 Sept 1981
Nationality : Indonesian, Singapore PR
Gender : Female
Marital Status : Single

Educational Background
Highest Education
Level : Bachelor Grade : 3.01 GPA
Field of Study : Art
Major : Visual Communication Design
University : Tarumanagara University
Located In : Jakarta Graduation Date : Feb 2004

Employment History
Company Name: Asia Apparel Pte Ltd
Address: 180 Paya Lebar Road #05-05, YiGuang Factory Building Singapore 409032
Industry: Publishing in books
Period: 1st July 2009 until March 2011

Work Description:
Manage every graphic work, make it applicable to the printer. Make advertising of tshirts and souvenirs like button badge, mug, wrist band, etc.


Company Name : Bhuana Ilmu Populer (Kompas-Gramedia Group)
Position Title : Graphic Designer
Industry : Publishing in books
Period : 15th June 2004 until 27th November 2008

Work Description:
Bhuana Ilmu Populer is a company under Kompas-Gramedia--one of the largest publishing company in Indonesia. Bhuana Ilmu Populer specializes in non-fiction books such as self-help, psychology, management, parenting, education and many more.
As a graphic designer in the company I am responsible with:
- Conceptualize design and layout of book covers, from pre-production to the final production where the book will be published.
- Conceptualize and involved in the process of advertising the published book in the local media, exhibition, banners and newspaper articles.
- As the company expanded, I am assigned to assist the HR department in recruitment and selection of freelance lay-outers. My duty is to manage their payment and brief them with the project details.
- Lead a team of designers consisting several lay-out artists, copywriters, book-cover designers, and editor to produce a yearly catalogue for the books published by the company.
- Doing market research for the books to understand the best design to be applied for each different book genres and titles.
- To monitor and check the progress of final artwork of coworkers.


Company Name : Tarumanagara University
Position Title : Lecture Assistant
Specialization : Illustration, Technical Drawing
Industry : Education
Period : 2003

Work Description:
As a lecturer’s assistant I am in charge of guiding the students with their projects from start to the completion.

Company Name : PT Inti Grafindo Mandiri
Position Title : Internship graphic designer
Specialization : Design of packaging, brochure, etc
Industry : Small advertising company
Period : February – June 2003
Work Description:
In my university, students are required to complete 2 months of internship before the end of their study.
In PT Inti Grafindo Mandiri, I am in charge of designing packaging, brochures, flyers, etc for a pharmaceutical client.


Additional Info

Computer Skills:
1. Adobe applications: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign
2. Macromedia Freehand
3. Microsoft applications: Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook

Activities/Interest:
1. Designer of best seller books: Conversation with God 1, 2, 3,
Staying Sane in A Crazy World, etc
2. Worker for social organization:
-HOPE Worldwide Indonesia: assisting the education of poor children
-CBN (Cahaya Bangsa Nusantara): involved in the making of advertisement
3. Worker for social events and exhibitions:
-Healthy Seminar: Food Combining Seminar
-Passion of Arts
4. Won 2nd place in an Easter drawing competition

Most people described me as:
Caring, cheerful, confident, energetic, giving, happy, friendly, religious
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Availability : Immediately after notice period of 0 month(s)

Logotype design

I made for a new company specialize in creative industry.

My Part Time Job

Before I got my job now, I have done a few part time job. One of them is at Sagana International Pte.Ltd. I made design of bag, and souvenirs.

About Katherin (Testimonial)

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Knowing Kath is like entering a fantasy world.
Take a glimpse of her is like entering the attractive gate.
By the time knowing her more, the more fantasy can be seen from her ideas, plans and goals.
She’s been learning to manage her time to realize them as creative products that are useful.
Hopefully she can keep an eye open to see the environment & atmosphere on creating different new designs.

Sincerely,
Ida Chai (friend)

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I am Ready to Step More

Book Covers

Create more than 100 book covers and its lay-outs

Make Over Book Cover Design

I make over the book cover, at below is the old one, and at up is the new one

Post Card Advertisement

Post card to advertise with book's title: Siapa Bilang Cokelat Bikin Gemuk?
Means: Who Say Chocolate Make Fat?
Adaptable from book's title: A Chocolate A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Aplication to Media

Advertise Map Book
Jakarta Map and Street Guide
Location: Gramedia Bookstore, Taman Anggrek Mall

Backlight 02

create a backlight to make the book store looks nice also to introduce the books.

this was place at Gramedia - Batam

at the top: healthy books

with green colours show the freshness

at the bottom: psychology books

Berdua lebih baik daripada sendiri means Two Better than Alone

with the blue colours show freeness

exbanner

this inform bout book: healthy food from the type of blood.

place in the book store.

Backlight 01

To advertise the book to help the job seekers

the backlight was place on the pillar in book store of Plaza Semanggi (mall).

Conversation with God

Talking with God

Find out the truth with God

Visualization about a person look at the window,

look the sky,

separate the curtain, find God,

want to make a conversation.

Get A Grip

girly book, too..

the writer told her story to be guide for young women.

Menjadi Diri Sendiri means Be Myself

the typo collaborate with the visual.

Letter I replace with a girl.

Girl Wise

Are You Being an Ok Girl Right Now?

i make over the image from the real photos to be an illustration.

bring the audience to look it girlish, fashionable..

this book is anything about girl to be wise..

what girl must do..

how to know the bra's size?

First Job in Publishing Company

from the original title: Cows Don't Give Milk,

by Promod Batra

change to be "Born to be Rich"

coz follow the previous Promod Batra's book, "Born to Win"

The story bout family business,

be rich not only at material but also at our relationship in family.

I like to use the typograph to description the money like coins.
hand put the coin visual bout save money.