Kathy Skye | Olympia WA | 360-956-3469

Professional Profile

Art Director and Graphic/Web Design Professional with proven success in state
government and as a business owner.

• Strong project management and production direction skills, from concept to final product.
• Branding and messaging; applies a marketing approach to communications.
• Successful relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Transforms concepts into effective print and multimedia reality.
• Combines creativity with business savvy to achieve client’s/employer’s objectives.
• Proven ability to produce high-quality, accurate projects on time and within budget.

Known for superior customer service and successful relationships at all levels of an
organization. A team player.

Professional Experience

1995-Present • SkyeDesign, Olympia WA
Consulting/Freelance
Print and web-design consulting business. Specializes in developing effective branding/identities
and incorporating them throughout the client’s communications program.
Manages projects from concept through final product.
For example, created and designed:
• One of the first job search websites -- 1-jobs.com (which has been sold
to BrassRing.com) – and marketing brochures for Network Events, an
event management service.
• Web sites for Racek & Associates and Tacoma-Pierce County Employment and
Training Consortium.
• Marketing brochures targeting legislators, parents and teenagers for
Washington Reading Corps.
• Annual reports for clients including Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (through
Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board and Employment Security
Dept.), TAPCO Credit Union and Washington State Military Department.
• Brand and identity program – including packaging, signage, displays, newspaper
ads, marketing booklets – for Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters.
• Cookbook and menus for Capitale Restaurant.
• Advertiser-supported newsmagazine with a circulation of 55,000.
• Variety of communications for the Washington State Department of
Information Services
• Brochures and marketing materials for Washington State Department of
Services for the Blind.
• Logo and identity for Washington Indian Gaming Association and associated
graphics for website.
• Newsletters and marketing materials for Society of Professional Engineering
Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA).

1987-1999 • Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD), Olympia WA
Art Director; Graphic Design Program Manager
Started as a Graphic Designer I in 1987, promoted to Graphic Designer II in 1998 and
promoted to Graphic Design Program Manager in 1990.
• Consultant to executive management, division and program staff on print
and web projects targeting the general public, ESD clients, legislators, and other
state and national groups.
• Managed all ESD print projects, from concept through production.
• Administered and negotiated contracts with commercial lithographers, printers,
photographers, service-bureaus and other technical/consultant support to ensure
top-quality products. Rejected unacceptable work.
• Ensured that each project met department standards; was appropriate for
the, complexity, scope and audience; achieved desired outcomes;
and stayed within budget.
• Developed publication policies, procedures and design standards used
department wide.
• Created overall concept and graphics for ESD’s web site, as well as for
other electronic communications.
• Responsible for researching and identifying the design studio’s hardware
and software procurements.
• Recruited, hired, trained and managed graphic design staff.
Supervised two to four staff at any one time.

1986-1987 • Parallel Communications, Bellevue WA
A full-service advertising agency.
Graphic Designer
• Responsible for development and production of graphics for printed communications
including brochures, posters, annual reports, etc.
• Worked directly with marketing managers to develop presentations and documents.
• Made recommendations on format and design elements and assisted in the
production aspects of projects.

1986-1989 • CMC International, Bellevue WA
A computer software company.
Graphic Designer – Assistant to Art Director
Responsible for completion of instruction booklets, marketing pieces and other projects
for sales and internal presentations.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in both the MAC OS and MS Windows operating environments with proven ability to
learn quickly and apply new technologies.
• HTML, basic JavaScript, CSS. Familiarity with DHTML and XML and
Cold Fusion. Coding by hand, and using Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive.
• Web Design Principles
• Manipulating images and optimizing them for the Web using Photoshop, ImageReady, and Fireworks.
• Original Illustration
• Proficient in a variety of graphic and web applications including:
Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, PageMaker, QuarkXpress, InDesign.
• Microsoft products: Word, Frontpage, Powerpoint.

Education

• University of Washington - 2003/2004 • Certificate Program in Multimedia
Emphasis on advanced skills in Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere Pro, After Effects and Encore.

• Seattle Central Community College - Associate of Arts, Graphic Design, Deans List

• School of Visual Concepts, Seattle - Various design and web-training courses to keep
skills current.