University of Wisconsin - Stout: Graduated May 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: Concentration Graphic Design
Minor: Business Administration

Fashion

Lifestyle

Outdoor

Streetwear

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Crossfit 4/6 times a week

Do more charity crossfit fund raiser 2015

Alzheimer’s association bvb flag football fund raiser 2015

Glendale raptor’s rugby football club 2008 – 2012

Support women and youth rugby programs 2003 – present

KKlahn Designs LLC –   Senior Graphic Designer  |  Artist  |  Surface (Repeating) Pattern Designer / Digital Illustrator

Creative & Design

Graphic Designer
I have been a Graphic Designer since 2005 - employed by various businesses, creative staffing agencies and freelance clients. I have been freelancing since 2013 and fulltime from 2016 - 2023.

Graphic Design Specialties:
Logos, Business Identity Branding, Stationery Letter Sets, Business Cards
RFPs for Real Estate / Construction Industries
Lookbooks / Brand Books / Catalogs
Wedding, Funeral, Birthday - Invitations
Marketing Proposals and Fact Sheets
Photo Restoration, Retouching

I use the Adobe Creative Suite for all of my designing: 
I integrate Adobe Indesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat 
seamlessly to complete projects and enhance my workflow!

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Surface Pattern Design and Illustration

Specialties:
+ Original Artwork Development / Illustrations
+ Pattern Repeats
+ Graphic Placements or Illustrations
+ Pattern Collections
+ Existing Artwork Revisions or Updates
+ Indexing / Color Separation
+ Presentations
+ Product Mockups
+ Colorways

Open to:
+ Collaborate on Projects &/or Become Potential Brand Partners 
+ Art Licensing Opportunities and Commissions.

Surface Pattern Design - Colors the World Around Us. It adds personality and style to all areas of our life; from the clothes we wear, the products we enjoy, the furniture in our house, the exteriors and interiors of homes and businesses, and the wrapping paper we use to wrap our gifts.

Senior Graphic Designer for Kiewit Infrastructure Proposal Services.

Senior Graphic Designer / Proposals

Surface/Textile Pattern Design (CAD), RFP’s, Branding (logo and collateral materials), Magazine/Newspaper Ads, Promotional Marketing Materials, Information graphics, Illustrations, Marketing Guides, Invitations, photo restoration/retouching, production work and other freelance graphic design services.

My client list has previously included the following:
Stephenie Zamora, Generation Schools Network™, Ivie, Inc.(Safeway & Albertsons), Victory Capital, Building Warriors, Foundation 1023, Denver Fire, Kiewit, HPM Contracting, HFF (now JLL), Kraemer, MediaFast, Diverge Branding, Aeris, TechStyle, We Are Think Global, and Raphael & Associates

*through word of mouth and also through recruiters at Robert Half (previously The Creative Group) and Creative Circle.

Artist | Surface (Repeating) Pattern Designer / Digital Illustrator | Graphic Designer

Create, format, and revise – a variety of informational pieces for each channel of the business - single to multi-page documents, brochures, and ads. Photoshop and maintain employee portraits for marketing and various social media outlets. Work with charts and information graphics to display information in a comprehensive user friendly platform. Create branding for company hosted events. Work with multiple internal and external clients to complete projects according to necessary specifications.

Graphic Designer

Collaborate on the production of the BestBuy digital insert, digital banners, and e-mail campaigns.

Digital Production Designer

Format/create Financial Reports - Annuals, Semi-Annuals, Prospectus, Quarterly Reports, Fact Sheets, Applications, Forms, Collateral Materials, Advertisements/Slicks, Board Report Graphs/ Charts, Tradeshow Exhibitions, Static Web Banners, Magazine/Tradeshow Publication Ads, Newsletters, Direct Mailers, PowerPoint Presentations, and Organizational Charts. Make forms interactive and fillable. Work with multiple internal and external clients to complete projects according to necessary specifications. Responsible for project management, which includes overseeing multiple ongoing projects from start to finish. Responsible for requesting distribution quantities, printer quotes, and working with multiple print vendors.

Graphic Production Associate/Designer

Created several human resource forms, the company newsletter, company promotional displays, helped with the construction of the proof of concept plane prototype, and provided administrative support.

Graphic Designer/Administrative Support

Worked towards the creation and update of hotel guest directories and directory advertising, produced 1st issue of Madison Originals Magazine while working with different advertisers and inserting article copy, interacted with other graphic designers to resolve design/ computer questions and problems.

Responsible for mass mailing corporate materials regarding the new Hippa regulations and other company products such as FSA, HRA, and POP plans, maintained tracking lists in excel to ensure proper distribution of materials, processed medical claims according to corporate and government standards.

Claims Processor & Administrative Support

Assisted in the creation of a photo database and maintained this database which accrued over 70,000 photos, worked independently to perform photo restoration and organize information CD-ROMS photographed flat work and assisted head photographer with 3D pieces using digital and film cameras.

Multimedia Lab Assistant

Kimberly Klahn is a KKlahn Designs LLC Senior Graphic Designer at Kiewit in Denver, CO.

Kimberly Klahn

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