PureRED is a leading strategic partner for retailers and consumer brands in digital content creation and management.Senior Lead Production Artist_4/19-9/21

Kerry (Olson) Browen's DBA is KO Creative, LLC. With more than 25 years of award-winning design experience, she ads value to every project. Kerry can make IT (whatever IT is) GO! She adds o much value that her clients hire her for long-term assignments and keep coming back for more! KO Creative is a side gig and Kerry is open to full-time opportunities as well.C: 470-349-9446 E: kerry@kocreative.netFor creative that kicks, ask!

After creating and co-publishing Definitive Woman Magazine in 2008, the publication was sold in September of 2020 to a larger publishing company serving greater Minnesota. It has been my pleasure to tell the stories of Women, their work and their lives. I look forward to the next chapter of Definitive Woman Magazine in 2020 and beyond.•Publishing an on-target quarterly women’s magazine with compelling stories and high-end design for a reader base of 10.4 Million readers over 32 quarterly issues.• Story development, profile interviews, advertising design, promotional advertising, social media content management, photography and photo art direction• Editorial Content/Design/Production Management, create a strategic direction for the company, assist in planning and creating magazine content and annual budgets. • Determine the size of book, pagination flow and placement of all content and ads• Hire, train, inspire and supervise freelance and staff members (art directors, designers, editors, photographers, interns and copywriters)Definitive Woman Magazine focuses on issues important to women: family, business, fitness, fashion, health, nutrition, cooking, lifestyle, decorating, culture, and the arts. Women, their lives and their work. www.definitivewoman.comQuarterly magazine for women of West Central MinnesotaPublished quarterly in March, June, September & December. The initial distribution was 10,000 magazines per quarter.• Pages published 2008-2019: 10,507,500!• 44 issues with thousands of contributors

Illustration Design – Design and produce promotional and retail artwork for College and HighSchool athletic teams, adult and baby fashion wear, and rodeo events across the country thatare distributed in enterprise-level retail locations.

• 2.5 years of freelance consulting prior to being offered a full-time position with EDCO Products• Creative vision, direction and execution of corporate brand management and creative efforts to ensure they are strategic, on budget and on time• Establish and develop on-brand design solutions across print and digital promotional materials, packaging, websites, social media, videos and presentations• Organize, prioritize and manage campaigns, and external agency project management• Interactive App Development – Produce a color visualization tool; design, photography, photo editing• Present work to internal and outside audiences and strategic partners for approval- Presentation Decks – Meetings, events, advertising, internal, PowerPoint presentations- Event Collateral - Booths/backdrops, banners, flyers

Creative Manager & Production SupervisorAnalyzed advertising and marketing directions given by executive management, implemented “fresh” ideas that accomplished those goals. Directed advanced planning of advertising campaigns (print and/or television) and event marketing.- Presentations; present creative concepting to executive management.- Project management; balance multiple projects on tight deadlines and achieve a high level of design with accuracy.- Hired, developed and motivated designers. Resource external vendors for design, illustration and photography. Attend press checks. Supervised and directed the assignments given to production.- Responsible for forecasting dollars, processing purchase orders, scheduling and hiring of contract employees for the entire advertising department.