Karen L. Burton
Phone: (615) 692-9193 | Email: karensmacbook@comcast.net
Address: 6907 Riverwalk Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37130
Summary of Qualifications
Creative and highly qualified professional, demonstrating over 12 years of combined graphic design, typsetting, marketing, and office administration experience. Adept at proofreading and typesetting print media, developing effective marketing campaigns, and completing complex graphic design projects. Currently seeking a position in Graphic Design, Typesetting, Marketing, or Office Administration which will effectively utilize all acquired skills, abilities, and areas of expertise as follows:
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Education and Training
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) • Media Design & Business Administration (2007-Present)
Received honors every semester since fall of 2007
Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) • Communication Arts (2003-2007)
Received honors every semester (2003-2007)
Microsoft • Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (Word 2003/2007 & Excel 2003)
**Attended educational seminars on grammar, proofreading, technical writing and project management
Professional Profile
The Center for the Arts | Jun. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Executive Assistant |
Communications Manager
- Accountable for the layout, design and content of all programs, booklets, posters, flyers and other print and website media.
- Conducted Social Media marketing through Facebook, MySpace and company website.
- Prepared budgets, oversaw expenses, maintained executive and public calendars, maintained mailing lists, databases and other administrative tasks as requested.
- Implemented a box-office ticketing system as well as online ticket orders (e-commerce).
American Bank Note Company | Sept. 2008 – Jan. 2009
Level 4 Prepress Technician
- Directly responsible for layout and design of high security documents (birth certificates, stocks and bonds).
- Film output using traditional image setter/rip, as well as CTP/DTP.
- Performed traditional hand stripping of film, plate burning and blue lines.
Business Cards Tomorrow (BCT Nashville) | Jul. 2007 – Sept. 2008
Typesetter
- Tasked with layout and design of business cards, letterhead, envelopes and announcements.
- Created polyester plates (for thermo graphic presses), performed color separations (using only CMYK), and edited/improved customer-supplied art, signatures and more.
- High resolution scanning/clean up of customer supplied originals.
Poodles Doodles | Jul. 2006 – Present
Freelance Graphic Artist
- Created various commercial and non-commercial designs to include paint labels, dental directories, election materials, business cards, corporate identity/branding, brochures and more.
Born Printing Co., Inc. | Nov. 1997 – Jul. 2006
Office Manager | Graphic Designer | Typesetter
- Assumed responsibility for proofreading, layout, designing, typesetting while managing the administrative offices.
- Maintained customer/internal product inventories, created advanced spreadsheets
- Processed new and shipped completed orders using LTL, UPS, FED-EX etc.
- AR and Light AP to include payroll
- Executive/administrative duties as assigned to include calendar management and travel accomodations.
Technical Skills
Operating Systems
Proficient in both MAC (OS8-OSX), and PC (Windows 3.1-7)
Software (titles cross platform unless otherwise specified)
Office/Administrative Software |
Creative Software |
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| Microsoft Office Suite | 1997-2007 | Adobe Creative Suite | CS-CS4 |
| MS Word (certified)
MS Access MS Excel (certified) MS Publisher MS Power Point MS Outlook |
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Acrobat Adobe Indesign Dreamweaver |
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| Peachtree Accounting | 1997-2006 | Quark Xpress | vs 4-8 |
| Quickbooks Accounting | 2003-2008 | PageMaker | vs 5-6.5 |
| Macromedia Freehand | MX | ||
| Harlequin RIP/Nexus RIP | |||
| Preps | |||
| WordPress | |||
| Quickkeys | |||
| Suitcase font manager | |||
Equipment
- AGFA Image Setters
- Ricoh Aficio 2500 Color Copier with saddle stitch option
- Canon Color Image Runner C3080 with saddle stitch option
- Plate processors
Affiliations and Memberships
- Printing & Graphic Arts of the Mid-Atlantic (PGAMA)
- Printing Industry Association of the South (PIAS)
- Printing Industries of America & the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF)
- Tennessee Notary Public (commission expires in 2013)
Community Service | Volunteer Efforts
The Center for the Arts | Jun.2009-Present
Production Photographer | Production Videographer | Box Office Attendant | Photoshop CS4 Instructor
Online Portfolio | Websites
Portfolio:
Websites:
Welcome to my site! KarenBurtonDesigns.com is an extention of my main website <a href="https://www.poodlesdoodles.com">Poodles Doodles</a>. You can find my resume and portfolio on this site as well as content I am testing with Wordpress. I am a 12 year veteran of the printing and graphic arts industry, with 5 years and growing in webdesign and online marketing.
