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KAREN E. WOOD
email: karenewood62@cfl.rr.com
EXPERIENCE
Karen E. Wood, Graphic Designer, Sole
Proprietorship, Melbourne FL
Logo designs, web
page design and maintenance, POP signage, newspaper and print advertising,
promotions and marketing campaigns, computer illustrations and designs.
Production Manager, Brevard Shopping News,
Melbourne, FL
Responsible for all aspects of graphic design and pre-publication of
three separate editions covering Brevard County as well as support materials
for the advertising consultants and office staff. Also responsible for the
weekly updating of time sensitive materials on Brevard Shopping News' website.
Owner/President, KEW
Advertising/Designs, Tewksbury, MA
Advertising promotions, 2D & 3D computer illustrations & designs, logo designs
for emerging and
established businesses, on-site and off-site desktop
publishing, web page design as well as print buying.
Responsible for all aspects
of operation of sole proprietorship.
Graphic Designer/Composition Artist,
Globe Specialty Products, Lawrence, MA
Responsibilities included:
Design/creation of inserts, tabs, newsletters, booklets and advertisements for
The Boston Globe, Headliners (a subsidiary of The Boston Globe) and Homes
magazine (Real Estate magazine)
as well as outside clients such as the Knights
of Columbus and Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino.
Assistant Art Director, Advertising and
Creative Services, Bradford Furniture, Littleton, MA
Responsibilities
included: Designed
format of Summer Sale 1994 campaign; maintained relations with
executive
officers and media representatives; collaborated on computer generated
advertisements and
electronic media; created signage for six stores, warehouse &
corporate office needs; preparation of
advertisements for service bureaus;
proofreading; maintained advertisement schedules & deadlines;
organized
photography sessions & styled merchandise; scanning, editing & enhancement of
photos;
created illustrations; troubleshooting; problem solving; print &
electronic media buying; research for
special projects; advertising packets for
store managers; order/return of vendors’ chromes/transparencies;
created &
maintained $750,000 advertising/departmental budget, co-operative billing, and
general office operation.
Production Manager, Century Typography,
Boston, MA
Management responsibilities included:
Supervising production flow & office operations; managing customer
relations;
training new employees on desktop publishing systems as well as traditional
typesetting;
type specification & proofreading.
Phototypesetter responsibilities included:
Inputting text (80-150 wpm with 99% accuracy) for local and
national companies’
publications, advertisements, direct mail, etc; IBM-MAC-AGFA-ASCII translation,
design, pagination/area composition, formatting, proofreading, paste-up and stat
making.
Student Instructor, Shawsheen Valley
Regional Vocational Technical High School, Billerica, MA
Responsible for 5-7
students’ education in phototypesetting, proofreading, paste-up, camera,
stripping &
platemaking, and lead-type setup.
TECHNOLOGY
Macintosh & PC
Software: Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, QuarkXpress,
Adobe CS 2 (Adobe Indesign,
Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator), Microsoft FrontPage, Freehand,
Norton Systemworks, and BookLog.
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