Administrative Assistant Project

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JOANNE S. KENT

Joanne Kent, Graphic Designer, has 30 years of professional experience. She designs and

produces publications, brochures, newsletters, posters, and other marketing materials, and

designs logos. Ms. Kent also paints and sculpts, frequently exhibiting her work professionally.

She has received several grants for artists, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant and

grants from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She has a Master of Fine Arts

degree from the University of Minnesota.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Consultant (2012–present)

Designs and produces publications, brochures, newsletters, posters, and other

materials for various clients. Also designs logos.

DAI, Bethesda, Maryland

Designer and Desktop Publishing Specialist, Office of Communications and Office of

Publications (1985–2012)

Senior Graphic Designer/Desktop Publishing Specialist (1992–2012). Designed and

produced brochures, newsletters, posters, and other marketing collateral and publications

in English, French, and Spanish. Photographed all home office staff and many field staff

and DAI events. Assisted in videotaping staff interviews and events. Provided graphic

support to DAI international offices. Has designed, developed, and maintained websites.

Redesigned the DAI and USAID Microenterprise Innovation Project websites, and has

designed several other technical assistance project websites. Also proofread and edited

reports and proposals.

Desktop Publishing Specialist (1987–1992). Worked part-time and as a freelancer for DAI,

producing reports, proposals, and marketing materials.

Word Processor/Proofreader (1985–1987). Formatted technical reports and proposals,

and proofread text.

Freelance Consultant (1985–1997)

Editor, Chemonics International (1990–1997). Edited reports and proposals for USAID-

and World Bank-funded projects.

Graphic Artist/Desktop Publisher, Pan International, Inc. (1989–1994). Designed and

produced newsletters, publications, and miscellaneous graphic materials.

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Desktop Publisher, United Nations Development Programme (December 1993–January

1994). Produced camera-ready copy of French translation of a book published by UNDP.

Word Processor/Proofreader, IDEA, Inc. (1985–1988). Worked part-time assisting with

proposals and reports.

Artist (1978–present)

Paints and sculpts; exhibits work professionally. One-person exhibitions have included shows

at Gallery K, Parish Gallery, Anton Gallery, and Hardart, all in Washington, D.C., and at the

Gray Gallery at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Has also participated in group shows at

Signals 66, the Museum of the Americas, World Bank, District of Columbia Arts Center,

Washington Project for the Arts, Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, and many others in Washington,

D.C.; Lindberg Gallery, New York City; Intervistas outdoor sculpture exhibit in Brooklyn;

McLean Project for the Arts in Virginia; the BauHaus in Baltimore; and in Atlanta, Georgia.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Has worked for Louis Berger, International; Synergy, Inc.; Energy/Development International;

Gordian Associates, Inc.; and National Public Radio doing document production work. Also

worked at the University of Maryland’s European Division as administrative assistant to the

coordinator of its English classes, which were taught at U.S. military bases throughout Europe,

and as administrative and research assistant for the Washington Bureau of Newsday (a Long

Island daily).

While in graduate school at the University of Minnesota, taught drawing classes to architecture

students for two years and taught one class of painting to art students.

EDUCATION

M.F.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1978

B.F.A., University of Minnesota, 1976

Plus many software, language, and photography classes

LANGUAGES

Basic knowledge of German and French

COMPUTER SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro 7 (basic skills)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Grants, 1993 and 1997

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 1987

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