Manager Design

KAREN LYBRAND

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EDUCATION

Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

BFA in Illustration and Advertising Design

Bridge Education, Westbrook, Maine

Dreamweaver and Flash web design certificate course

Dreamweaver CS3 Seminar

EXPERIENCE:

Proficient in digital graphics design and production, experienced with pre-press production, complicated color correction, photo retouch

and web graphics production. Familiar with web animation, file and color space conversion. Experienced in traditional commercial printing

production methods, electronic file delivery, and a wide variety of fine art and illustration techniques.

I designed and manage my website: www.karenlybrand.com

Familiar with CSS and website maintenance.

WORKING WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER PROGRAMS:

Quark XPress 6 Adobe InDesign CS4 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Dreamweaver CS4

Eye One Match Capture One Pro Adobe Illustrator CS44 Flash CS4

Acrobat Distiller Adobe Acrobat Microsoft Office Programs

RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE

(2008 - present)

PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY, Portland, Maine

Responsible for web and print design and production. Photo retouch, digital color correction, and web image production.

Website maintenance.

Email advertising (Constant Contact) campaigns and newsletter production, online ad production, asset management.

VERTIS INC, Portland, Maine

Responsible for color analysis, swatch matching, image adjustment, digital retouching and pre-media color file prep

of images used in LL Bean catalogs. Skilled in Photoshop CS4 and familiar with Photo RAW format and color manipulation.

(five years)

THOS. MOSER CABINETMAKERS, Auburn, Maine

Responsible for all in-house print design and production, including photo retouch, digital color correction,

trade show graphics, showroom displays, internal presentations and web image production.

FREELANCE CLIENTS (Partial Listing)

Smithsonian Institution Miami Museum of Science

New York Hall of Science Ravens Brew Coffee US Coast Guard (Base Kodiak) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

SOHO COHO and Ray Troll Tenji Inc. Fetch Dog Oceans Alaska (Aquarium and Mariculture) New York Hall of Science

National Association of Marine Educators North Museum Jeff Kennedy Associates

AWARDS AND OTHER INTERESTS

Print Magazine award Best in Northwest (Typography), 1997.

Fine Art and Teaching

In addition to digital graphics, I create relief and intaglio prints as well as original works in many media.

I have taught art at the community college level and also worked as an outreach art instructor in remote Native Alaska villages,

isolated floating logging camps and Ketchikan public schools.

I have also worked as a designer for William Morrow Company, Publishers, in NYC,

and for an ad agency in New Orleans, working for clients including Hilton Hotels and Tidewater, Inc.

REFERENCES

Ray Troll Longtime associate and collaborator in design work for clients including NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, US Coast Guard,

American Fisheries Society, Miami Museum of Science and other scientific organizations. 907-***-**** ***@********.***

Sandra Walling 207-***-**** (home) Former Production Manager for Thos. Moser ******@***.***

Sean Duran, Exhibits Director, Miami Museum of Science, Miami FL 305-***-**** ******@********.***

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