Karen Erickson is a senior graphic designer with over six years of experience in print and multimedia design, proposal design, animation, and user experience design. She has expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, HTML/CSS, WordPress, and other design tools. Karen has worked on proposal design projects for water and wastewater clients, designed marketing materials, and created digital ads. She holds a BS in Information Management and an AA in Graphic Design.

1. Senior Graphic Designer with six years graphic design experience
producing print and multimedia communications, small to large volume
proposal design, animation, and user experience design. Skilled at thinking
both creatively and analytically.
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Karen Erickson
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER | MWH Constructors/Stantec/MWH Global
Aug 2015 – Feb 2019
Proposal Design
Designed small to large volume proposals for the water/wastewater industry,
created storyboards and visual briefs, designed infographics, proposal graphics,
and charts; worked directly with proposal manager, campaign manager and
client 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.
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
• 24”x34” Project posters for conference rooms
• Injury Alert poster
• Project fact sheets
• MWHC Career Book
• Video of company communications and news displayed on 2 LCD screens
DIGITAL PRODUCTION DESIGNER | Sterling-Rice Group
Jun 2016 – Dec 2016
Contractor. 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.
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
Contractor. Designed print and digital graphics; rebranded company
communications materials.
Key Achievements
• Designed company extranet timesheet portal. Produced requirements,
personas, wireframes and hi-res prototype. Presented work and participated
in meetings with team members.
• Designed large-scale display graphics (10’ standing portable display and
6’ x 30” table cover) for company trade shows; worked with printer.
• Designed company T-shirt, 2’ x 6’ wall banners; 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
Premier Pro
Animate
InCopy
Acrobat
• Invision, Axure;
HTML/CSS, Sublime;
WordPress
• Sizmek open ad
management; Asana; Mura
• MS Office Suite:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
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
Marketing Professional
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
Jul 2013 – Jul 2014
Designed and maintained online department newsletter; updated PowerPoint
presentations for senior management; supported senior marketing specialists in
updating marketing materials.
UX DESIGNER | SpireDigital
Jan 2013 – Jun 2013
Worked with product lead on projects and 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
Sep 2012 – Dec 2012
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
Mar 2012 – Dec 2012
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.
MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER | Newground
Sep 2010 – Feb 2012
Motion Graphics Support. Designed Flash animations for digital signage displayed
in financial institution across the U.S. and Canada following creative briefs.
CMS Support: Tested and transmitted graphics to each financial institution branch
via CMS; managed multiple CMS’s for all digital content (graphics and animations)
for 150 banks with 1600 branches.