Krystal Carpintieri Design

10/30/2023

06/16/2023

Check out my recent work from Le Puzz! Using my skills of animation and motion graphics, I created 70+ Instagram stickers and gifs. I also helped them get brand approved on GIPHY. If anyone is in need of some gifs, send them my way! 💛

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Animation & Motion GraphicsLe Puzz Animated Stickers & GifsScroll ↓ About the ProjectLe Puzz is a new jigsaw puzzle company inspired by vintage puzzles from decades past! Le Puzz creates quality, hand-drawn, random-cut jigsaw puzzles of 500 and 1000 pieces. They especially love collecting vintage ...

03/31/2023

Congratulations 2023 Crystal Prism Award Winner: Krystal Cotriss, Creative Manager, Barcoding!

Awarded for outstanding contributions to the Baltimore advertising community through the AAFB.

03/15/2023

I am honored to have won the Crystal Prism award and a Silver ADDY for Barcoding Inc.!

Six years ago, I attended my first AAF Baltimore event, the 2016 ADDYs where I was awarded a student scholarship while I attended Stevenson University. After that, I won a student ADDY in 2017 & 2018. Four years ago, I started volunteering for the ADDY committee and it’s been such a great experience ever since. In 2020, I joined the board and I have served as the secretary and have many roles on multiple committees such as the creative & marketing committee, Addy committee, and scholarship committee. I am honored to announce that a new role for me this year will be serving as AAF Baltimore’s Vice President!

About the Crystal Prism Award:
The AAF District Two Crystal Prism Award was established to single out and spotlight an individual who has made outstanding contributions to their advertising community through their local ad federation. This District award bestows the honor and the gratitude of the local ad federation to an individual whose efforts have contributed to it success. It acknowledges their commitment, contributions and giving of themselves to further the industry’s standards and to enhance the image of advertising.

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We’re proud to announce that Barcoding has won an ADDY award during the 49th Annual American Advertising Awards Show, presented by AAFB (the American Advertising Federation of Baltimore).

09/19/2022

So honored to have won FOUR GD USA Magazine Inhouse awards with Barcoding Inc.!

We are incredibly honored to share that we've been awarded four GD USA Magazine In-House Design Awards for our Barcoding Research Study, National Barcode Day Campaign & Video, and the IntelliTrack website. This was a collaborative effort by various teams at Barcoding, Inc. and Weidert Group, and we are proud to call this a collective WIN!

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07/21/2022

Today I am sharing all of my great marketing & design tips and more on the BlueStar TEConnect Podcast!

Go check it out: https://youtu.be/9cRr7mh9VUI

Having smart content, a strong message, and an understanding of your audience is a great place to start marketing, but without great design, it’s just so many words. We turned to an expert, Krystal Cotriss, Lead Designer & Content Strategist with Barcoding Inc., who stresses the importance of design to attracting customers, making a good impression, and driving engagement. She’ll help us explore free or low-cost tools anyone with little to no experience could use, from photos to fonts and beyond. We’re also talking website design (one of John’s pet peeves) and some design aesthetics and clichés that Krystal is “over.”

Having smart content, a strong message, and an understanding of your audience is a great place to start marketing, but without great design, it’s just so man...

07/14/2022

Jigsaw puzzles are a huge passion of mine! Puzzles help me to decompress and relax, it's a great activity to focus, sit back, and unwind.

Today I am sharing an article on the data behind my jigsaw puzzle collection. Check out all the stats including the total number of puzzles and puzzle pieces, puzzles by brand, puzzles by piece count, and much more!

There are lots of tips and puzzle fun facts throughout too. Guess the number of puzzles and puzzle pieces below! ⬇️

https://krystalcarpintieri.medium.com/organzing-my-jigsaw-puzzle-collection-stats-behind-the-puzzles-221abdbf50ba

06/15/2022

I think it's important to make free design resources accessible to all levels of designers and marketers. Here is my collection of resources including, stock photos and videos, fonts, textures, colors, mockups, email marketing, helpful chrome widgets, and a list of Adobe alternatives.

Most of the resources are completely free and safe for commercial use (unless otherwise noted).

Please share!!

Here is a resource list of design resources for stock photos & video, fonts, colors, textures, mockups, and even adobe alternatives.

05/05/2022

Your resume is a huge key factor when you are applying for a job. Don't be the batch of resumes that get thrown out— here's how you can succeed.

https://krystalcarpintieri.medium.com/resume-dos-and-don-ts-for-graphic-designers-creatives-6469c7a51a14

Apply today: Junior Designer at Barcoding Inc.
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Your resume is a huge key factor when you are applying for a job. Don’t be the batch of resumes that get thrown out — here’s how to…

03/03/2022

If you have never done a puzzle, this is a great guide to getting started. Here are some awesome tips and tricks to complete a puzzle faster than you ever have!

Your guide featuring all sorts of tips and techniques for completing a puzzle faster than you ever have!

02/18/2022

Just launched my new portfolio website, go check it out!

If you don't know me, I'm an award-winning Graphic+Web Designer, typography enthusiast, puzzle addict, and penguin lover!

My new site features work from Barcoding Inc., Pasadena Sound, Baker's Best, San Jose State University, and more.

An award-winning Graphic+ Web Designer, typography enthusiast, puzzle addict, and penguin lover!