KAISER CREATIVE

Kaiser Creative – Idaho & Maine                                    1997–present 

Artist
“Working with Miss Kaiser is easy and professional. She is a given creative resource” – Paula Reynolds, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce

• Self-employed designer and illustrator

• Collaborate directly with business owners and individuals to create graphic solutions for marketing or artwork for maps, diagrams, portraiture, and lettering. 

• Creating a tourist map for Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in California

• Illustrated wetlands diagram for the Bureau of Land Management 

• Designed Maine’s Camp Ketcha’s promotions and merchandise

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Idaho Mt. Express  – Ketchum, Idaho                                   2011–2018

Graphic Artist

“The illustrations and designs that Kristen shares stem from her knowledge of the arts and her happiness of being a true artist.” – Tony Barriatua, Production manager

• Member of a 3 person crew designing 2 national award-winning newspapers a week and various local publications

• Launch ideas and take initiative on new projects

• Layout newspaper stories according to styles, standards and seek ways to bend and stretch the rules while maintaining a cohesive, professional and eye-catching design

• Illustrate special section covers, such as Wagon Days and the Jazz Fest in mixed media

• Collaborate with journalists, photographers, and advertising reps to dream up innovative and imaginative ways to promote product and support articles

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Current Publishing – Westbrook, Maine                          2006–2007

Graphic Designer 

“Kristen is a wonderfully flexible employee. No matter the size of the project, her creativity helped produce the most dynamic and appropriate design for every situation.” – Jason Rathbun, Lead Designer/Assistant Manager.

• Page pagination for 8 weekly newspapers on an 8 member team

• Work under 2-4 deadlines a day

• Ad design, work with several ad reps to meet their needs

• Consult with editors to achieve mutual illustrative answers

No Umbrella Media – Portland, Maine                                2002–2011

Art Director

“Miss Kaiser is an artistic juggernaut – she is a polished illustrator, a talented painter, a gifted paginator, and a deadline conscious workhorse... One the most talented and intuitive designers I’ve been around.” – Nick Callanan, President and Owner.

• Created image identity, staying true to its roots, and assembling the monthly paper from drawing board to assisting with delivery.

• Founding art director of monthly 32-page color tabloid

• Work with marketing reps and business owners to build distinctive and effective display ads

• Conceptualize and create graphics and illustrations to accompany feature stories