Karen   Zethmayr  
    Illustration • Graphic Design • Writing  

  		   
My interest in graphic design grew out of creating
materials for students I was teaching. Writing samples,
design samples and references are available on request.
Employment
Summary		 • Wrote and proofed copy and researched design standards
for Towns & Associates (Baraboo, WI) publishers		  

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Designed and illustrated for freelance clients:

• Planned Spontaneity, Monona, WI: business card and stationery, web design concept, http://plannedspontaneity.net/
• MCNAIR, Inc.: logos, web design, business image pieces,
http://aryadreamin.com/
• Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education:
conference logos for web and print publication, http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee/Events/fall05.htm
• The Body at Work, San Francisco: logos, business cards, fliers, web image preparation, EL wire animation figures, http://www.thebodyatwork.com/
• Madison Storytellers' Guild: programs, illustrations,
• Bay Creek Neighborhood Association, Madison:
8-page newsletter, 6 issues yearly
• Taught reading and music 18 years in public and private schools
• Developed learning materials
 

 

• Interactive educational Macromedia Flash games and ecards on my website
http://grandmaskite.com/Songs.html,
http://grandmaskite.com/timesfolder/timesIntro.html,
http://grandmaskite.com/cards.html,
http://grandmaskite.com/d2d.html,
• Phonics reinforcement computer game for emergent readers ...(Macromedia Director)
• Picture books
• Classroom manipulables for music, math, and reading
• Illustrated instructions
Software
Used		 Graphics and Layout

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Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
QuarkXpress
Adobe PageMaker
  Multimedia/Webat
 

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 Macromedia Director
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia SoundEdit 16
Myriad Melody Assistant
..(Music authoring software for printed notes and midi output)
Education

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 Associate of Applied Arts, Graphic Design/Commercial Art,
...Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI
Teacher Certification, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Bachelor of Music, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Affiliations
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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Independent String Teachers of Madison
Suzuki Association of the Americas,
Suzuki Association of Wisconsin
Madison Storytellers Guild

Contact
Information		   

608•347•7880
Email grandma@grandmaskite.com
Printable version of this resume (PDF format)