Karen Lybrand

EDUCATION

Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts
BFA in Illustration and Advertising Design
Bridge Education, Westbrook, Maine
Dreamweaver and Flash web design certificate course
Dreamweaver CS3 Seminar

EXPERIENCE:

Proficient in digital graphics design and production, experienced with pre-press production, complicated color correction, photo retouch
and web graphics production. Familiar with web animation, file and color space conversion. Experienced in traditional commercial printing
production methods, electronic file delivery, and a wide variety of fine art and illustration techniques.

I designed and manage my website: www.karenlybrand.com
Familiar with CSS and website maintenance.

WORKING WITH THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER PROGRAMS:

Quark XPress 6                       Adobe InDesign CS4                 Adobe Photoshop CS4                Dreamweaver CS4
Eye One Match                        Capture One Pro                       Adobe Illustrator CS44               Flash CS4
Acrobat Distiller                      Adobe Acrobat                         Microsoft Office Programs

RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer (2008 - present)
PORTLAND STAGE COMPANY, Portland, Maine

Responsible for web and print design and production. Photo retouch, digital color correction, and web image production.
Website maintenance.
Email advertising (Constant Contact) campaigns and newsletter production, online ad production, asset management.

Digital Color Analyst and Photo Retoucher
VERTIS INC, Portland, Maine

Responsible for color analysis, swatch matching, image adjustment, digital retouching and pre-media color file prep
of images used in LL Bean catalogs. Skilled in Photoshop CS4 and familiar with Photo RAW format and color manipulation.

Senior Graphic Designer (five years)
THOS. MOSER CABINETMAKERS, Auburn, Maine

Responsible for all in-house print design and production, including photo retouch, digital color correction,
trade show graphics, showroom displays, internal presentations and web image production.

FREELANCE CLIENTS (Partial Listing)

AWARDS AND OTHER INTERESTS

Print Magazine award Best in Northwest (Typography), 1997.
Fine Art and Teaching

In addition to digital graphics, I create relief and intaglio prints as well as original works in many media.
I have taught art at the community college level and also worked as an outreach art instructor in remote Native Alaska villages,
isolated floating logging camps and Ketchikan public schools.

I have also worked as a designer for William Morrow Company, Publishers, in NYC,
and for an ad agency in New Orleans, working for clients including Hilton Hotels and Tidewater, Inc.

REFERENCES

Ray Troll Longtime associate and collaborator in design work for clients including NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, US Coast Guard,
American Fisheries Society, Miami Museum of Science and other scientific organizations. 907-225-7107 | ray@trollart.com | www.trollart.com

Sandra Walling 207-846-4715 (home) Former Production Manager for Thos. Moser | sswjww@aol.com

Sean Duran, Exhibits Director, Miami Museum of Science, Miami FL 305-646-4213 | sduran@miamisci.org

klybrand@maine.rr.com | links
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