Kate Mulligan
Graphic Designer
About
Hey there! Currently whipping up graphics @ JLL. Born and raised in the capital of Texas, working and living in the capital of the USA. Lover of movies, cooking, and great design. See my work and play below.
Case Studies
2025
The Homer Building Branding and Marketing Strategy
An identity overhaul and marketing roll-out of a 420,000 square foot trophy office building in Washington DC.
The Homer Building
Case Study
Ongoing
Industry March Madness Party
Annual March Madness party hosted by my team at JLL for clients and other industry brokers. A fun way to show our team’s personality.
March Madness
Case Study
2024
1100 New York, an old Greyhound bus station brought to life
Creating an approachable but prestigious brand for a historic DC landmark.
1100 New York
Case Study
2022
The Yards National Roadshow, Brookfield Properties
A complex, data-driven campaign delivered across US cities to show companies why this DC development is the next best HQ.
The Yards National Roadshow
Case Study
See More Work
No case studies or reading here, just images.
Side Projects
2024
GirlsUp Pink Party
A special fundraiser to DC’s GirlsUp program and the family that created it.
2024
Hank’s Construction
Identity for a DMV construction company.
2024
Sapphic Lit
Identity for a DMV based lesbian authors collective.
Ongoing
Collages, Photography, and the Eternal Attempt at Creative Fulfilment
Personal Work
Gallery
Work Experience
2021 — Now
Senior Graphic Designer at Jones Lang Lasalle ↗
Washington, DC
- Lead designer of pitch decks and research presentations for local and national real-estate investment management companies resulting in 10 new clients and $2.7M in company profits to date.
- Direct our team’s marketing and design strategy, collaborating with the senior brokerage team and overseeing junior designers.
- Strategize team vision and client needs with print, video, and digital art vendors leading to high conversion rate of leasing.
- Build ad campaign strategy, lead art direction and collaborate with ad agencies on social media and other publication channels.
- Create and manage updates to ongoing projects and lead QC processes in fast paced real estate environment.
- Develop brand identities for clients involving new logos (150+), color palettes, typography, patterns, and use cases.
- Lead art direction for graphical maps, motion graphics, photography, renderings, brochures, presentations, emails, custom packaging, event invitations, and websites.
2020 — 2021
Content Designer at Design Army ↗
Washington, DC
At Design Army, I began as a fresh-from-college content designer, and ended as a lead designer training several new employees. As a small company, I had the opportunity to bring my design knowledge to help kick off branding projects and campaigns, providing an extra hand during strenous projects.
- Curated and created photo, graphics, and video content for for over 15 brands’ social media feeds across Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
- Aided in branding implementation and tone-of-voice creation for clients new to social media, such as metropolitan apartment complexes, wedding venues, and eye wear brands.
- Assisted in the marketing and social media needs of multinational and domestic clients’ advertising campaigns for companies such as Saucony, JW Marriott, and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
2020 — 2021
Product Specialist at Apple
Austin, TX
- Worked on the sales floor addressing needs of customers from buying new products to navigating through repair processes.
- Assisted in setting up product displays and inventory counts.
Awards
2020
Austin Advertising Awards, Student, Silver
Katie Stone, CW, and I, AD, won silver for our OOH ad campaign “Touch Anything” for Purell. Ironically, three months later in March of 2020, we would not be touching anything at all...
Education
2017 — 2020
Bachelor’s of Science in Advertising at The University of Texas
Austin, Texas
2018 — 2020
Texas Creative Advertising Sequence at UT’s School of
Advertising & Public Relations
Austin, Texas
Texas Creative is an admittance-based, world-renowned advertising portfolio development program. This four-class sequence is where students learn the art of the concept, develop their creative process, and begin applying their skills towards creating the next great advertising campaigns. This sequence is supplemented by additional seminar classes that focus on growing skills necessary to support the student’s progress, internships, and exposure to real-world clients with real-world problems.
Contact
k8mulligan ↗
Phone
512-983-9910
katemulligan27@gmail.com ↗
Kate Mulligan
Graphic Designer
About
Hey there! Currently whipping up graphics @ JLL. Born and raised in the capital of Texas, working and living in the capital of the USA. Lover of movies, cooking, and great design. See my work and play below.
Case Studies
2025
The Homer Building Branding and Marketing Strategy
An identity overhaul and marketing roll-out of a 420,000 square foot trophy office building in Washington DC.
The Homer Building
Case Study
Ongoing
Industry March Madness Party
Annual March Madness party hosted by my team at JLL for clients and other industry brokers. A fun way to show our team’s personality.
March Madness
Case Study
2024
1100 New York, an old Greyhound bus station brought to life
Creating an approachable but prestigious brand for a historic DC landmark.
1100 New York
Case Study
2022
The Yards National Roadshow, Brookfield Properties
A complex, data-driven campaign delivered across US cities to show companies why this DC development is the next best HQ.
The Yards National Roadshow
Case Study
See More Work
No case studies or reading here, just images.
Side Projects
2024
GirlsUp Pink Party
A special fundraiser to DC’s GirlsUp program and the family that created it.
2024
Hank’s Construction
Identity for a DMV construction company.
2024
Sapphic Lit
Identity for a DMV based lesbian authors collective.
Ongoing
Collages, Photography, and the Eternal Attempt at Creative Fulfilment
Personal Work
Gallery
Work Experience
2021 — Now
Senior Graphic Designer at Jones Lang Lasalle ↗
Washington, DC
I started off as an associate designer, and rose to senior in early 2024. I’ve been my director’s InDesign tech support, to leading full branding and marketing strategies. I work on projects of any scale, from first sketch to final pixel.
- Lead designer of pitch decks and research presentations for local and national real-estate investment management companies resulting in 10 new clients and $2.7M in company profits to date.
- Direct our team’s marketing and design strategy, collaborating with the senior brokerage team and overseeing junior designers.
- Strategize team vision and client needs with print, video, and digital art vendors leading to high conversion rate of leasing.
- Build ad campaign strategy, lead art direction and collaborate with ad agencies on social media and other publication channels.
- Create and manage updates to ongoing projects and lead QC processes in fast paced real estate environment.
- Develop brand identities for clients involving new logos (150+), color palettes, typography, patterns, and use cases.
- Lead art direction for graphical maps, motion graphics, photography, renderings, brochures, presentations, emails, custom packaging, event invitations, and websites.
2020 — 2021
Content Designer at Design Army ↗
Washington, DC
At Design Army, I began as a fresh-from-college content designer, and ended as a lead designer training several new employees. As a small company, I had the opportunity to strengthen my design knowledge by assisting closely with creative directors on branding projects and campaigns, providing an extra hand during strenuous projects.
- Curated and created photo, graphics, and video content for for over 15 brands’ social media feeds across Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
- Aided in branding implementation and tone-of-voice creation for clients new to social media, such as metropolitan apartment complexes, wedding venues, and eye wear brands.
- Assisted in the marketing and social media needs of multinational and domestic clients’ advertising campaigns for companies such as Saucony, JW Marriott, and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.
2020 — 2021
Product Specialist at Apple
Austin, TX
- Worked on the sales floor addressing needs of customers from buying new products to navigating through repair processes.
- Assisted in setting up product displays and inventory counts.
Awards
2020
Austin Advertising Awards, Student, Silver
Katie Stone, CW, and I, AD, won silver for our OOH ad campaign “Touch Anything” for Purell. Ironically, three months later in March of 2020, we would not be touching anything at all...
Education
2017 — 2020
Bachelor’s of Science in Advertising at The University of Texas
Austin, Texas
2018 — 2020
Texas Creative Advertising Sequence at UT’s School of
Advertising & Public Relations
Austin, Texas
Texas Creative is an admittance-based, world-renowned advertising portfolio development program. This four-class sequence is where students learn the art of the concept, develop their creative process, and begin applying their skills towards creating the next great advertising campaigns. This sequence is supplemented by additional seminar classes that focus on growing skills necessary to support the student’s progress, internships, and exposure to real-world clients with real-world problems.
Contact
k8mulligan ↗
Phone
512-983-9910
katemulligan27@gmail.com ↗