Karen D. Hatton Email & Phone Number

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

* Paginate and version weekly print and digital ads for the Galaxy Food Centers account.* Create window banners and email blasts.

Hickory, North Carolina, United States

Assigned to MDI's advertising department, where l paginate print and digital ads as well as create signs and banners for grocery stores.

Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

From March 2015 to August 2020* Design/paginate news and feature pages for the Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News, a daily newspaper, on a regular basis and work on other products as assigned. * Edit stories and cutlines for grammar, spelling, accuracy and Associated Press style.* Proof pages for a variety of newspapers in North and South Carolina, Alabama and Florida that are designed in the Hickory, N.C., consolidated editing center.* Create maps and illustrations using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on an as-needed basis.From September 2012 to March 2015* Designed a daily newspaper - Florence (S.C.) Morning News - and a biweekly newspaper - The Hartsville (S.C.) Messenger) on a regular basis.

Asheville, North Carolina

* Proofed reports, news releases and other materials - ranging from a Western North Carolina tourism tab to wine labels - as needed for marketing/advertising agencies and individuals.* Wrote brief business items and took photos for an Asheville magazine.* Edited book manuscript.

Asheville, North Carolina

* Edited stories and photo captions for spelling, grammar, Associated Press style and factual accuracy as part of a team on weekdays and solo on Sundays. * Posted stories with assets online with attention given to search engine optimization, created photo galleries and monitored the newspaper website on assigned shifts.* Served as backup to the graphic artist by creating skyboxes in Adobe Photoshop, making changes to existing Illustrator graphics and fixing errors on deadline.* Designed/paginated and proofed daily pages ranging from news fronts to sports and features as well as special sections.

Florence, South Carolina

FEATURES DESK CHIEF (March 1997-August 1997)* Edited stories, wrote headlines and designed features pages and special sections.* Organized story and photo budgets for daily features pages, a weekly entertainment tab and other special sections.* Supervised reporters and correspondents as well as made story and photo assignments.COPY EDITOR/PAGE DESIGNER (May 1995-March 1997)* Edited stories and photo captions, wrote headlines and proofed pages.* Designed/paginated news and features pages and special sections.INTERIM ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR (March-November 1994)* Edited local stories for spelling, grammar, style and accuracy.* Organized story budgets and supervised reporters when city editor was off duty.REPORTER (February 1990-May 1995)* Wrote about city and county government, public safety and other issues as assigned by editor. Specialized beats ranged from education to public safety in a high-crime region.* Took photos, wrote stories and organized submitted copy for a weekly newspaper during a stint in the Hartsville bureau.

B.A., Journalism (News Editorial)

Activities and Societies: Library assistant (work-study job) in the School of Information and Library Science library. Reporter.

Continuing Education

Continuing education/workforce development classes taken: * Adobe InDesign, introduction (24-hour course) * Adobe Photoshop, beginning.