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Deanna Knauth's Resumé
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EXPERIENCE
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2001-Present
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Freelance
Illustrator
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New
York, NY
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Create logos and illustrations and provide consulting
for various websites.
• Create paintings for private clients, including
portrait, expressionist and abstract work.
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Tutor
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New
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Provide training in desktop publishing software, including
Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark, and MSOffice, Dreamweaver,
Fireworks, Mac OS, Win95/98/NT/2000 both at the Fashion
Institute of Technology and for private clients.
• Tutor art history and art theory
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Assistant
to Artist, Agnes Denes
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New
York, NY |
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Scanning in slides and photographs
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Photo retouching and color correcting images
• Resampling images for print and the web.
• Archiving images to cd.
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Provide assistance at photo shoots.
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Organize studio and file information.
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2000-2001
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Sóloella.com
- MIS Director/Illustrator
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New
York, NY
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Conceptualized and created web graphics, illustrations,
animations and banner ads for articles and content promotions.
• Created and updated HTML pages. Created interactive
tools to collect user feedback.
• Updated Oracle database which tracked all user
and article information through the use of TOAD, SQL
Server and Vignette Story Server.
• Supported staff’s software and hardware
needs and assisted them with HTML code.
• Purchased, tracked and supported all office hardware
and software. Created and administered network and email
accounts for staff.
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1997-2000
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Crescent
Publishing Group -
Desktop Publishing/IT Support Specialist
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New
York, NY
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Designed and implemented company databases, including
security and user support, to generate and track purchase
orders, inventory, serial numbers, help desk calls,
employee data, website updates and banner ads.
• Conducted classes in Quark, Illustrator, Photoshop,
Office and FileMaker Pro for art directors. Developed
curriculum, lecture material and instructional handouts.
Created a monthly newsletter containing software and
production tips for both web and print design.
• Researched, tested and purchased multi-user site
licenses for graphic software and tracked serial number
distribution to employees. Created keyworded image browsers
to track clip art, images and banner ads.
• Set up and maintained machines in a mixed Mac
and PC environment consisting of approx. 200 workstations.
Developed a Help Desk system to troubleshoot user and
system errors, interface with callers and track service
requests.
• Created and administered network and email accounts,
defining access rights and establishing connections
using TCP/IP. Created customized Netscape profiles for
users on shared machines.
• Developed efficient solutions to maximize a user’s
work routine using macros, templates, and customized
database solutions.
• Conducted interviews with prospective employees,
including tests of their computer software skills.
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1994-1997
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Fashion
Institute of Technology,
Academic Computing - Technologist C
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New
York, NY
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Assisted instructors and students in classrooms and
labs. Provided hands-on technical and instructional
support for students, instructors and staff in the use
of computer equipment and graphic software. Created
instructional documentation for lab and classroom support.
• Repaired and upgraded computer equipment: including
peripheral and RAM installation, virus protection procedures,
application installation and network connections.
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1993-1997
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Fashion
Institute of Technology,
Academic Skills Center - Tutor
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New
York, NY
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Tutor students in various subjects covering the following
software: Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, LumenaVista,
CDI, MSWord, 3DStudio, Animator Pro and AutoCad.
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1992-1994
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Fashion
Institute of Technology,
Financial Aid Office - Clerical Assistant
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New
York, NY
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Duties Included: Assisting students at front desk, answering
phones, assisting Loan Counselor, updating student database,
typing, filing, making appointments, opening mail and
sending letters to students.
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SKILLS
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Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Homesite, Fireworks, Flash,
Quark, Illustrator, FileMaker Pro, Acrobat, SQL, Visual
Basic, Portfolio, 3DStudio, Excel, Outlook, Netscape,
Word, Powerpoint and AutoCad
• Exceptional drawing and painting skills in both
computerized and traditional media. Portfolio available
upon request.
• Typing: 65/wpm
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EDUCATION
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1999-2000 |
MSExcel,
Visual Basic and SQL Server classes
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New
Horizons, NYC
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| 1998 |
Photoshop,
Web and Quark Seminars
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Seybold,
NYC |
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Bachelor
of Fine Arts in General Illustration
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Fashion
Institute of Technology, NYC |
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Woodstock
School of Art: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture
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Woodstock,
NY |
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EXHIBITS
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2001
to Present
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Art
Exhibition, Richards
Productions
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Rondout,
NY
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1991-2001
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Annual
Art Exhibition Mum’s Festival
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Saugerties,
NY
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1994
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Student
Scholarship Exhibition
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Society
of Illustrators, NYC
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1993
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Japanese
Triptych Exhibition, Brooklyn
Botanical Gardens
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Brooklyn, NYC
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