I am a unique hybrid of Graphic Designer, Packaging Designer, and Industrial Designer who loves to see and create things that are pleasant to view and easy to use. I think that presentation is as important as the content, and that the story of how an object came to be gives it a necessary dimension that makes the experience all the more fulfilling.
I welcome and look forward to my next design challenge.

Work Samples

  • Graphic Design

  • Packaging Graphics

Work History

Tatyana Balte
San Francisco, CA

WORK EXPERIENCE

Full Time Positions

Tesser, Inc.
2012
Graphic Designer

Full-time contractor Graphic Designer for a branding
and interior retail spaces design firm. Latest branding
success is the new Wendy's logo and in-store artpack.
Other clients include Ben & Jerry's and Musco Olives.

Worldwise, Inc.
2010
Senior Graphic Designer and Industrial Designer

Created the Full Circle Visual Identity for a
sustainability program between Worldwise, Inc.
and Walmart. Icons appear on all packaging
and marketing materials nation-wide.
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The Clorox Company
2008
Industrial Designer, Packaging Designer

Worked on the design of well-established
brands like Brita, STP, Green Works, and
Hidden Valley. Closely involved in the
design and consumer research during the
development of Visual Design Languages
for major Clorox brands.
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Studio One Eleven
2007
Industrial Designer, Graphic Designer, Packaging Designer

Designed structural packaging and visual
branding for major and mid–tier brands
like Tropiclean, Orville Redenbacher, and
H2O+. Collaboratively designed Colgate–
Palmolive's Softsoap Nutri Serums body wash
new iconic look. ROI of this design: +3.4%
market share achieved before any advertising
money was spent!
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TEAMS Design, USA
2005
Visual Branding Designer, Industrial Designer,
Packaging Designer, Web Designer, Art Director

Designed for major and mid–tier brands
like Bosch and Emjoi. Also, functioned as
lead Graphic designer for the studio;
responsible for the brand identity and web
design for TEAMS Design. Designed iconic
logo and packaging for Emjoi's Rotoshave
men's electric razor as seen on uncrate.com.
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A.W.T. World Trade, Inc.
2004
Graphic Designer, Trade show booth Designer

Lead Graphic Designer for A.W.T World Trade:
an established manufacturer of professional
screen printing equipment. Responsible for the
design of equipment support literature, web
and print advertising, product photography, and
trade show booth graphics.
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Co-op Positions

Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Sponsored Design Project
2005
Graphic Design, Product Design

Team Graphic Designer responsible for the
design of CME's conceptual new trading floor.
Designed icons, print and digital presentations,
and created renderings and maps of conceptual
working environments.
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Copco
Interdisciplinary Product Design Project
2004
Product Design, Marketing and Product Development

Helped design a new product for Copco's
thermals division; a cushioned tempered glass
take-along thermal container. Established and
researched a consumer niche previously
untapped. Took product from concept to
functioning models.
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EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Chicago
School of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design

SKILLS

Equipment
Mac, PC, Wacom Cintiq

Software/Web
5-8 years: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXpress, Corel Painter

2-3 years: Rhino, Flamingo, Hypershot, HTML/CSS

Foreign Languages
Russian (fluent)

HONORS

Professor John E. Walley Memorial Scholarship for Industrial Design
University of Illinois at Chicago
2004

Honors College
University of Illinois at Chicago
2001

MEMBERSHIPS
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA)

Education

  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    • BFA Graphic Design and Industrial Design
    • 2000 - 2005

    Dual Degree Grad.

Specialties

Affiliations

IDSA

Awards

Honors College University of Illinois at Chicago

Professor John E. Walley Memorial Scholarship for Industrial Design

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