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About me...

Hi, I'm Kim....I have 15+ years of professional experience .I am a visionary and a natural leader. I believe many things, but if there was just ONE lesson that I can pass on to the world, that message would be, "Keep going and live your passion. You are full of life and untapped potential. The minute you decide to stop going forward because you are afraid of the way things have been, that's when you will become stagnant and will never truly know yourself. Keep moving forward!"

Objectives: 

I have high standards and a strong work ethic. Expertise in providing effective online, print solutions and new concepts. Passionate and inventive creator of successful marketing strategies and campaigns; Extremely versatile and accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements.

Skills:

Graphic Design, Visual Merchandising, Catalog, Book Design, Pagination, Print Design, Layout, Sign Fabrication, Styling, Merchandising, Digital Retouching, Marketing, Product Styling, Organized, Video Editing, Typography, Event Planing, Customer Service, Problem Solving, Management, Art Direction. 

Technical Skills:

Creative Cloud; Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, InDesign, Pagemaker, Quark, Flexi, Production Manage, Microsoft Office, Pre-Press, Mac and PC Proficient, iMovie, Social Media Platforms, Keynote, Word Press, Blogging, Typography.

EMPLOYMENT 

Graphic Designer - Keller Williams - October 2020 – Present

Graphic designer and Marketing Director's Assistant include managing projects for a team of designers while producing creative digital and print materials for over 200 real estate agents. Some of my work includes designing presentations, business cards, flyers, brochures, social media designs, eblasts, and other marketing materials. 

Teacher - Mission Renaissance - March 2019 –May 2021
Teaching children, teens and adults (starting at age 5-18) how to master the basics of fine art.Coach students to gain the ability to draw anything with complete certainty and control. Using a one-on-one approach, direct and challenge students of all ages and backgrounds to produce phenomenal results while working at their own pace, making definitive progress in every class. Teaching students proper techniques and use of artist mediums including charcoal, pastels, watercolor, and oil paint. Also handling  creative and administrative duties as Camp Program Director, offering revolutionary method of instruction, art history, and craft direction. Teach with patience and approachability so that students feel comfortable to express themselves freely. Possess he ability to work with disabled students or students with special needs.

Designer - Freelanced - March 1998 – Present 

Web Design, Brochures, Ad Campaigns, Visual Displays, Corporate Identity, Mailers, Marketing, Social Marketing Application, Email Blasts, Constant Contact, Styling, Event Coordinator, Invitations, e-Commerce, Shopify, Promotional Marketing, Specialty Design, Packaging, Layout, and Teaching.

Graphic Designer - Sign Design - October 2007 – January 2019

Started and Ran a Successful Business with a Partner. Duties Included: Print, Layout, Event, Trade Shows, Designed Fabricating Signage, Web Marketing, Web Design, Appointment Setting, Meeting Deadlines with Solid Planning and Organization Skills, Customer Service, Day to Day Operations of a Company, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Mailings, Operated Sign Equipment (Rolland, HP Flat Bed, Vinyl Cutter)

Marketing Director - REMAX Real Estate -  October 2009 – December 2018

Print Design and Layout such as Booklets, Brochures, Pamphlets and Different forms of Marketing Material. Web Design, Increased Web Traffic. Social Marketing Application such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, Google, Foursquare, Blogger, and YouTube. Other duties include: Email Blasts, Constant Contact, WordPress, Corporate Identities, Publicity, Contest, Marketing Promotion, Styling, Video, Photography and Event Coordinator.

Graphic Designer - As Seen On TV - June 2006 – January 2007  Rochester, NY

Designed and created new catalog. Display the products for mail order clients. Trained employees on the production of designing and

the pagination of a new catalog. Marketing new products on how to best sell new merchandise. Prepped and organize products for photo shoots. Styled the sets for product photography (both on site in a studio, and remote location shoots) Purchase props as needed

to achieve the desired outcome, maintain and organize prop room as needed.

Designer / Stylist - Home Trends Catalog - May 1998 – June 2006  Rochester, NY

Assisted in the creation, art direction, layout and production of various catalogs and web design. Duties also included: Pre-Press, Web Updating, Designed Blow-Ins, Mailers, T-Shirts, Programs, Wraps, Marketing Reports, Merchandising. Requested and ordered sampled products for future products for catalogs. Created advertising campaigns and negotiated term for companies retail store. Marketing new products on how to best sell new merchandise. Prepped and organize products for photo shoots. Styled the sets for product photography as well as styling the product (both on site in a studio, and remote location shoots) Hired models and found locations for photo shoots. Purchase props as needed to achieve the desired outcome, maintain and organize prop room as needed.

I would  LOVE  to hear from you!

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