Talin is a seasoned creative professional with a passion for all things creative that spans 15 years. Throughout her journey, she has steered the creative helm as an art director, photographer, and award-winning graphic designer.
What sets Talin apart is not just her design acumen but also her innate ability to make strategic design decisions that drive successful project outcomes. A natural leader, she boasts a proven track record of motivating and guiding teams to deliver projects punctually and within budget constraints. Talin's collaborative and team-oriented approach has earned her the trust and respect of peers and stakeholders.
Talin's most recent achievements include consecutive Platinum MARCOM Awards (2022 + 2023) in recognition of her creativity and design abilities. As an excellent design-thinking catalyst, she consistently takes the lead on creative projects, seamlessly taking ownership from a strategic and designer role perspective. Her passion for developing creative solutions fuels her process, and her ability to think big picture while delving into details makes her a valuable voice on the team.
Over the last decade, Talin has worked for several commercial real estate companies, Rice University, and Stantec, a top-tier global design firm. Her expertise lies in developing creative visual campaigns as well as cohesive suites of branded marketing collateral, injecting vitality into a company's visual identity and elevating its marketing collateral.
Presently serving as the Design Manager at Kraton Corporation, Talin orchestrates her strategic vision, delivering high-quality marketing and communications collateral on a global scale.
While her primary focus has been on in-house marketing teams, Talin’s creative potential knows no bounds. Her unparalleled ability to generate high-quality creative solutions, manage projects of any scale, navigate ambiguity, and seamlessly collaborate makes her a dynamic force within any creative team. Her work leaves a lasting impression on the brands she works for, which is a testament to her aesthetic prowess and influential impact.
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I joined Kraton Corporation in 2021 as a graphic designer, and by the beginning of 2023, I was promoted to Design Manager within the Marketing and Communications team. We manage the most creative initiatives for the entire global footprint. I am responsible for the creative direction and delivering on all marketing collateral—from tradeshows, print, and digital ads, to developing branding for several product launches, to leading the creative concepts for our new office rebuild, brochures, sales sheets, identity design, and more. Within my first year, I was recognized with a Kraton Positive Difference Award and two Platinum International Marcom Awards for my creativity and design work.
In my personal time, I am a nature and hiking enthusiast, and I enjoy practicing bird photography.
My portrait photography work can be viewed here.
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Nice things have been said about me!
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“Talin is a talented graphic designer who brought visual life and conceptual organization to her projects; she is a committed project manager with a keen eye for timelines and deadlines; and she is a consummate design professional who ensures her partners are aware of every implication of their decisions.”
Ted Walker
Associate Director of Foundation Relations at Rice University
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"Although her core skill set is Graphic Design, Talin has proven to be a very capable Public Relations team member for the Houston Chapter of AIGA. In 2012 she has proven instrumental in promoting many of our high profile events, writing press releases for media release, working with publications on press coverage, developing hashtags for Twitter and Instagram and assisting the web team on migrating email marketing platforms from Constant Contact to MailChimp.
One area where Talin has shown very specific initiative has been her willingness to take ownership of our Instagram presence and building a new high-growth community there, engaging with followers, sponsors and venues there and generating a significant amount of real time buzz in advance of events.
She brings a willingness to engage with new platforms and adapt to new ideas and has an eye for detail that is very critical for content and email campaigns that reaches thousands of constituents on a daily basis.
2013 looks to be a very exciting year for AIGA Houston and Talin is an integral component of our online and offline strategy with engaging the public. She would make an invaluable addition to any creative/communications team."
John Luu
AIGA National Board of Directors
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"Thank you Talin! We couldn't do what we do without you and your amazing talent!"
Tina Zulu
Zulu Creative | Serious Creativity
Creative Chieftess
www.zulucreative.com
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"I can say that we were extremely impressed by her portfolio, experience and personality… To hire her would result in the gaining of a first-rate designer who would be of immediate benefit to any company."
Mark Rudkin
Executive Director of Marketing
Jones Graduate School of Business
Rice University
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"From great print ads, to web banners and email, Talin gets it: advertising is about communicating an idea powerfully and unforgettably. Not only is she a master of design and detail, she's also fast: I can't recall just how many unreasonable deadlines she's met, but my hat's eternally off to her!"
Joseph Espelage
Mulit-Media Advertising Consultant
Village Voice Media/Houston Press