Katie Diduch

Katie Diduch Accessibility Web and Print Designer, Auditor, and Accessible Document Creator/Remediator -LinkedIn Profile Remote, Troy NY About I have been freelancing for over nine years and working as a designer for nearly 20 years. Ninety-nine percent of the projects I have worked on as a freelancer are protected by NDAs and cannot be posted online for public view. That said, I’m happy to talk to you about what I’ve worked on. I also have permission to share some projects “offline”. To peek a tiny sampling of my work not protected by NDAs, view my Behance profile. I am passionate about advocating for accessibility and apply accessibility best practices and standards to all projects I work on wherever I can. Accessibility-specific projects I’ve worked in 2022 are: • manual audit of design prototype for learning management system and manual and automatic accessibility audit of staging site of learning management system, providing extensive reports and summaries • manual and automatic accessibility audit of course documents for a teaching program’s coursework at NYUS • creation and/or remediation of over 50 document learning tools by NYUS faculty for a teaching program, as well as the accessible resource web page that serves them to users • creation of accessible document templates and how-to documents for an NYUS teaching program’s faculty • creation of accessible social media graphics and digital documents for various educational entities • rush remediation of a large international corporate 110-page annual report • design and build of an accessible website in webflow Skills Print Design • • • • • • • Brand guides Identity packages Logos Catlogs Annual reports Brochures One-sheets • Campaign collateral Accessibility Testing • Presentations • Manual and autommatic testing of prototypes and websites in any phase for pre-determined WCAG vesion and level • Infographics • Detailed audit reports and VPATs • Production • And, more… Web Design • Wireframes • Design systems • Prototypes • Social media Accessible Document Creation/Remediation • Creation of accessible documents and templates • Remediation of ducuments and/or PDFs to meet compliance with PDF/UA and/or WCAG standards • Style guides 1 of 2 Tools • Adobe InDesign • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Acrobat • Sketch • Figma Employment History Accessibility, Web and Print Designer, Auditor, and Accessible Document Creator/Remediator ktdid. (self-employed), FEBRUARY 2013 TO PRESENT Please refer to the About, Skills, Tools, and Sample Clients sections of my resume. • Webflow • Adobe Fonts • Google Fonts • Google Docs • Google Slides • Microsoft Word • Microsoft PowerPoint • Parallels Desktop • PAC 2021 • Callas PDF • NVDA screen reader • Axe DevTools • Markup Sample Clients • NYU Steinhardt • Noodle Partners • Code Nation • Bartley & Dick • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Senior Web and Graphic Designer Zone 5 Marketing Agency, MARCH 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2013 • Introduced and pushed for adopting web type and responsive web design into the agency workflow • Large and small print and web projects for a variety of clients in several sectors: insurance, healthcare, medical equipment, higher education, technology, and renewable energy Graphic Designer Metroland Alternative Newsweekly, MAY 2006 TO MARCH 2008 Editorial layouts, production, and entertainment-based ad design Junior Graphic Designer The Record Newspaper, JANUARY 2005 TO MAY 2006 Editorial layouts, special sections, production, and ad designs • Planned Parenthood Graphic Design Intern BBL Construction Services, • Hixny JUNE 2002 TO AUG. 2002 • Operation Smile • The International Monetary Fund Advertisements, banners, brochures, assisting the creative director • Johnson & Johnson • Capital One • American Express Education The Sage Colleges of Albany Graphic Design, AAS (3.8 GPA) 2000 to 2002 Pratt Institute Graphic Design, Incomplete 2 of 2