Karen Erickson graphic designer resume

1. Six years graphic design experience developing small to large volume
A/E/C proposals, producing print and multimedia communications,
animation, and user experience design. Skilled at thinking both creatively
and analytically, and working under tight deadlines.
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Karen Erickson
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | MWH Constructors/Stantec
8/2015 – 2/2019
Proposal Design
Designed small to large volume proposals for the A/E/C industry, created storyboards
and visual briefs, designed infographics, proposal graphics, and charts; worked directly
with proposal manager, engineers and campaign manager to understand scope and
schedule of multiple sections; attended meetings, prepared proposals for print, and
performed quality control of final proposals; provided art direction to support designers,
traveled as needed for interviews. Proposals ranged from $8M - $400M.
Key Achievements
• Orange County Sanitation District Bay Bridge Pump Station (120+ pages)
• Orange County Sanitation District SCADA Upgrades (100+ pages)
• New York City Department of Environmental Protection MS4 (100+ pages)
• Salt Lake City Water Reclamation Facility (200+ pages)
• NEORSD Easterly/Westerly (100+ pages)
• MWRA Resident Engineering (100+ pages)
Communications Design
Designed and laid out company newsletters and various company communications,
executed designs and video files for internal digital media displays, created PowerPoint
presentations, and edited videos of construction site progress.
Key Achievements
• Company Newsletter
• Project posters for conference rooms
• Project fact sheets
• MWHC Career Book
• Video of company communications displayed on 2 internal LCD screens
DIGITAL PRODUCTION DESIGNER | Sterling-Rice Group
6/2016 – 12/2016
Contract position. Created various sized HTML5 banner ads based on creative briefs and
storyboards, upload ads to Sizmek for approval. Clients included Purina Beyond, Daisy
Brand, California Almonds, Potato Board, and Haas Avocado Board.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER | Onyx M.D.
1/2015 – 12/2015
Contract position. Designed print and digital graphics; rebranded communications materials.
Key Achievements
• Designed company extranet timesheet portal. Designed company extranet timesheet
portal. Produced requirements, personas, wireframes and hi-res prototype.
Presented work and participated in meetings.
• Designed large-scale display graphics for company trade shows.
• Designed company T-shirt, large wall banners; designed online banner ad for Sync
magazine; created templates style guides; designed company brochures.
• Designed published graphics for company website, uploaded graphics updated
HTML/CSS within Mura CMS, tested and published pages.
Technical Skills
• Adobe Creative Suite:
InDesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
Acrobat
Premier Pro
InCopy
• MS Office Suite:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
SharePoint
Outlook
• Invision, Axure, Asana, Mura,
HTML/CSS; WordPress
Education
BS Information Management
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
AA Graphic Design
St. Louis Community College
St. Louis, MO

2. Karen is a wonderful team
player with many graphic design
skills! Her work is very high
quality, we were frequently
complimented on our end work
products. She is always on time
and a great communicator,
making tight deadlines less
stressful. Her fun and focused
personality combined with
unmatched work ethic are a
necessity for any proposal or
other project you want
to look professional!
Emily Cook
Senior Proposal Manager
MWH Constructors
Karen and I worked together
on proposals at MWH
Constructors, and I was
continuously impressed by her
creative designs and ability to
develop visual representations
that easily conveyed complex
concepts. She also has a great
attitude and sense of humor,
and is a joy to work with.
Joe Miller
Senior Proposal /
Marketing Coordinator
HDR
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MARKETING SPECIALIST | Great-West Financial
7/2013 – 7/2014
Contract position. Designed and maintained online department newsletter; updated
PowerPoint presentations for senior management; supported senior marketing specialists
in updating marketing materials.
UX DESIGNER | SpireDigital
1/2013 – 6/2013
Contract position. Worked with product lead on projects, provided user experience support.
Key Achievements
• Meeting Room Mobile Interface | Created tablet-size and phone-size prototypes for
an online meeting application.
• Client Financial Interface | Attended stakeholder meetings to gather information
and requirements for client financial interface; identified personas, user stories, and
acceptance criteria; documented notes in project design document.
MARKETING ASSISTANT | Great-West Financial
9/2012 – 12/2012
Contract position. Provided print production and marketing support. Packaged and
prepared design files for print; created scope documents, uploaded art files via FTP for
printing; worked closely with Procurement to ensure deadlines were met; worked with
Marketing Specialists reviewing proofs.
WEB PRODUCTION ARTIST | Venturemark Media
3/2012 – 12/2012
Contract position. Graphic support for the Airgas training website. Created 200 web
graphics and 25 video graphics; uploaded all files to CMS for over 90 HTML pages; updated
web pages; participated in conference calls with client.