Design Professional
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Designer, Illustrator & Product Developer at Rietz Designs, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Children's Book Illustrator at "The ABC's of Yoga for Kids"
- Product Developer, Designer, Illustrator at Jetmax
- Freelance Illustrator and Designer at Enesco
- Freelance Designer/Illustrator at Roman, Inc.
- Textile/Apparel Designer at Wormser Corporation
- Designer, Illustrator & Product Developer at Diamond Toy
- Education
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- American Academy of Art
- Harper College
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Kathleen Rietz’s Summary
Professional artist with multiple ares of expertise specializing in children's Illustration, apparel, social expressions, gift, home & garden and tabletop.
Partial Client List: Abbey Press; Bonne Bell; Cadbury Europe; Demdaco; Enesco Corporation; Fantus Paper Products; Harcourt; Hershey’s; JC Penney; Joe Boxer; Kohl’s; Lillian Vernon Corp.; M&M Mars; McGraw-Hill; New Readers Press; Pier 1 Imports; Publications Int’l., Ltd.; Regina Press; Roman, Inc.; Sears: Studio North; Target; The Art Institute of Chicago; The Bradford Exchange; The Museum of Science & industry; Wilton Industries.
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Kathleen Rietz’s Specialties:
18 years traditional media and 8 years digital media, Photoshop CS2 for Mac.
Kathleen Rietz’s Experience
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Designer, Illustrator & Product Developer
Rietz Designs, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Design industry)
May 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)
Surface Designer of textiles, gift and notions, apparel.
Illustrator of children's books and educational materials; illustrations for gift and greeting cards.
Product Developer of home & garden, gift, tabetop and children's products. -
Children's Book Illustrator
"The ABC's of Yoga for Kids"
(Design industry)
July 2008 — December 2008 (6 months)
This is a children's book I illustrated.
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Product Developer, Designer, Illustrator
Jetmax
(Design industry)
2001 — 2008 (7 years )
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Freelance Illustrator and Designer
Enesco
(Public Company; Design industry)
1993 — 2002 (9 years )
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Freelance Designer/Illustrator
Roman, Inc.
(Design industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
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Textile/Apparel Designer
Wormser Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year )
Designed apparel for Kohl's, Sears, JCPenney. Some designs included licensed characters for Disney, Warner Bros., Joe Boxer, Barney. Experience with both single images and repeat patterns.
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Designer, Illustrator & Product Developer
Diamond Toy
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
1990 — 1991 (1 year )
I designed luggage, purses, and school sets for children. Lisences included Disney, Barbie, Norfin Troll.
Kathleen Rietz’s Education
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American Academy of Art
art 1986 — 1989
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Harper College
CAD
Additional Information
Kathleen Rietz’s Websites:
Kathleen Rietz’s Interests:
textile design, greeting cards, children's illustration, teaching art
Kathleen Rietz’s Groups:
I am a part time teacher at the Community School of the Arts at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL
I am a member of the SCBWI, and SCBWI-IL
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Children's Illustrators
Kathleen Rietz’s Honors:
I have written for the SCBWI-IL e-newsletter.
Two of my illustrations will appear in an upcoming SCBWI Bulletin.
Two of my illustrations were chosen to be displayed in an SCBWI art exhibit at the Chesteron Art Gallery in 2007.
Kathleen Rietz’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
