Karen Burton’s Resume

KAREN 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, typesetting, 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, or Marketing which will effectively utilize all acquired skills, abilities, and areas of expertise as follows:

• Graphic Arts & Design – (Print & Web/Coding)
• Typesetting/Proofreading
• Client/Vendor Relations
• Social Media Marketing
• Quality Control/Assurance
• Digital Image Editing
• Plate Production
• Color Separations (CMYK)
• Project Management
• Staff Training/Supervision
• Administrative Support

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) ? Media Design & Business Administration (2007 – Present)
• Received honors every semester since fall of 2007

Anne Arundel Community College ? Graphic Arts (2003 – 2007)
• Received honors every semester since fall of 2003

Microsoft | Microsoft Application Specialist (Word 2003/2007 & Excel 2003)

**Attended educational seminars on grammar, proofreading, technical writing, and project management among others

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

The Center for the Arts Jun. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Executive Assistant | Communications Manager
- Accountable for the design/typesetting of programs, booklets, posters, flyers, and other print and website media such as coding and content.
- Conducted social media marketing through Facebook, MySpace, and the company website.
- Prepared budgets, oversaw expenses, maintained calendars, and performed administrative tasks.

American Bank Note Company Sept. 2008 – Jan. 2009
Level 4 Prepress Technician
- Directly responsible for designing secure documents (birth certificates, certificates of origin, Disney Dollars) and typesetting stocks and bonds.
- Output film, created paper plates, and sent files CTP (computer to plate).
- Performed traditional hand stripping of film, plate burning, and blue lines.

BCT Nashville Jul. 2007 – Sept. 2008
Typesetter
- Tasked with designing and typesetting 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.

Poodles Doodles Jul. 2006 – Jul. 2007
Freelance Graphic Designer
- Worked on various projects to include paint labels, dental directories, election materials, business cards, and more.

Born Printing Company Nov. 1997 – Jul. 2006
Office Manager | Graphic Designer | Typesetter
- Assumed responsibility for proofreading items, maintaining inventories, conducting light accounting/payroll, created advanced spreadsheets, processing orders, shipping items, billing clients, and filing records.
- Designed/typeset various items, output film, made plates, and managed office personnel.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient in MS Windows, Mac OS, MS Office 1997/2007 (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint), Quark Xpress, FormsX, PageMaker, Adobe Creative Suite Premium (versions 5 through CS4), Harlequin RIP, AGFA Image Setters/RIP, Preps/Nexus RIP, Quickeys, & Freehand, Ricoh Aficio 2500, Cannon Color Image Runner C3080, Dreamweaver CS4, Peachtree Accounting, QuickBooks

AFFILIATIONS & 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

COMMUNITY SERVICE | VOLUNTEER WORK

The Center for the Arts (Jun. 2009 – March 2010)
Production Photographer | Production Videographer | Box Office Attendant | Photoshop CS4 Instructor
YEAH! Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities (January 2010 – Present)
Graphic Designer