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RESUME

Tati Okkema

Senior Graphic Designer

tatiokkema@gmail.com // 226-507-2526 

MISSISSAUGA , ON // CANADA

highlights
  • Senior Graphic Designer

  • Professional Illustrator

  • Print & Digital Media designer

  • Information Design Specialist

  • Highly organized and great project management skills

  • 10+ years of work experience

Work Experience

MAY 2023 - PRESENT

OCT 2021 - PRESENT

AUG 2018 - JUN 2022

JAN 2018 - AUG 2018

JAN 2008 - AUG 2014

JAN 2008 

Co-founded Okkema Industries Inc. 

Mississauga, ON // CANADA

Graphic designer [contract] at Insert Marketing.

Mississauga, ON // CANADA

Health Informatics researcher in Data Visualisation for Precision Medicine [full-time Ph.D. researcher] at University of Waterloo.

Waterloo, ON // CANADA

Innovation consultant [full-time] at MJV Technology & Innovation.

São Paulo, SP // BRAZIL

Graphic Designer & communications coordinator [full-time] at Risk Office S. A. [defunct]

São Paulo, SP // BRAZIL

Started working as a freelance graphic designer.

São Paulo, SP // BRAZIL

Skull Sketches

Skills

softwares

  • Adobe CC [Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Xd, Fresco]

  • Microsoft Office 

  • Miro Board

  • Artboard Studio

technical

knowledge

  • Digital design

  • Print design

  • Branding & Logo design

  • UX/UI principles

  • Vector illustration

  • Diagramation

  • Sensemaking

  • Knowledge management

  • Instructional design

soft skills

  • Problem-solving

  • Project management

  • Time management

  • Collaboration

  • Leadership and initiative taking

language

  • Fluent English [IELTS 8.5]

  • Brazilian Portuguese [Native]

  • Spanish [Basic comprehension]

  • French [Basic reading]

Academic Experience

AUG 2018 - JUN 2022
[incomplete]

JAN 2016 - DEC 2017

JAN 2022 - DEC 2012

JAN 2006 - DEC 2008

Ph. D. Candidate at the University of Waterloo

Waterloo , ON // CANADA

Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering at UFABC

Santo André , SP // BRAZIL

Graduate Knowledge Management Specialist degree at Centro Universitário SENAC

São Paulo, SP // BRAZIL

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Bachelor's Degree in Visual Communication and Graphic Design at Centro Universitário SENAC

São Paulo, SP // BRAZIL

Volunteering

Co-chair of the Inter-university Workshop (IUW 2019)

Responsible for coordinating team meetings and tasks, event communication, venue booking, participant reception, budget estimate, hand-out design, and others.

UI designer for the "Analysis and Integration of Manage Systems in Healthcare" extension project [UFABC]

Responsible for developing the UX/UI profile, branding and overall design of the new platform.

Full curriculum vitae available upon request.

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