Antonina Shvets

About Me

Antonina Shvets is a concept-motivated designer with a creativity-driven personality. She entered the professional industry in 2010. Antonina has broad experience in packaging design, branding, developing creative themes, and collateral marketing materials. Antonina Shvets effectively supervised multiple clients’ accounts, managed digital archives, and contributed to cross-cultural team collaboration and training new team members. She worked in a deadline-driven environment and displayed strong communication and diplomacy skills.

Antonina received her MFA in visual communication at East Texas A&M Dallas (former TAMUC). She worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at TAMUC, overshadowing senior-level classes, assisting professors in grading, preparing course materials, and participating in students’ critiques.

Antonina’s client experience varies from small clients to well-known retail companies, such as Target and Lowe’s. She worked on retail packaging projects as an in-house designer at Gemmy Industries. She provided product design, media solutions, collateral, and marketing materials for Plastipak, a global leader in the packaging and recycling industries.

Antonina uses Adobe Creative Suite as her primary tool for visual communication. Antonina Shvets displays a passion and penchant for family photography. She enjoys the hands-on painting process in acrylics and oils.

Antonina is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian and is always ready to have a conversation.

Skills

Creative & Visual Skills:
Typography
Color Theory
Layout & Composition
Branding
Concept Development
Attention to Detail

Technical & Software Skills
Adobe Creative Suite:
Ps • Ai • Id • Ae • Pr • Br • Pf
Microsoft Office:
Word • Excel • PPT

Other Skills:
Photography
Painting

Strategic Thinking
Marketing Knowledge: designing for campaigns, engagement, and conversions
Problem-solving and developing design-centric solutions
Visual Storytelling: conveying narratives through images and design elements

Soft Skills
Communication: explaining design rationale clearly to clients or teams
Collaboration: working with copywriters, developers, marketers, and clients
Time management: meeting deadlines, juggling multiple projects
Feedback receptiveness: listening, iterating, and growing from critique
Giving feedback: providing constructive, professional, and inspiring critique
Adaptability: Shifting between design styles, trends, or project types

Professional & Organizational Skills
Portfolio development: presenting work clearly and effectively
Client interaction: professionalism in communication and presentations