Katy Castillo

ケイティー・カスティーヨ


Freelance Visual & UX Designer
Co-Founder & Designer of Hand Design
Owner & Editor-in-Chief of Yatta-Tachi


Currently living in Upstate NY
💖 💜 💙 • She / Her


I'm Teresa (Katy) Castillo a queer, Hispanic, freelance Visual/Web Designer who focuses on creating accessible & inclusive designs through various mediums such as website design, graphic design, & branding.I run a design agency, Hand Design, with my web dev partner which focus on helping folks & companies in the fandom industry.I am also the EiC/Owner of a Japanese Pop Culture-related content & resources site Yatta-Tachi!


I'm currently available for remote work (freelance or employment)!

Starting late November 2024, I'm looking for either freelance or remote employment (part-time / full-time) preferably in the anime / manga / gaming industry.There are spots available for new client work for Hand Design as well, starting in early December.


My skillset includes, but not limited to:
Web Design • Branding • Visual/Graphic Design • Accessibility • SEO • WordPress • Social Media


Experience Working With The Following Mediums:
WCAG 2.2 • Figma • Sketch • Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign • Squarespace (7.0 & 7.1) • Gutenburg • WordPress • Quark Xpress • Balsamiq • Basecamp • Audition • Buffer • YoastSEO • Mastodon • Twitter • Instagram • Pinterest • MS Office • Google Drive • Dropbox • Keynote • Google Analytics • Mac OSX


Companies/Folks I've Worked With:
Crunchyroll, Anime-Planet, J-Novel Club, Anime Herald, Anime Feminist, Tristan Gallant (Glass Reflection), Andrew Hodgson (Translator), AniPlaylist, ECPS, Combat Revue Review, Adventure Tomes Podcast, Games Line, Yatta-Tachi


Contact Me:

For work, please fill out an inquiry on Hand Design.

For Yatta-Tachi, please email me (NO DMs): [email protected]




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