Joan Kaghan

New York, NY USA
Website: https://jbkaghan.myportfolio.com
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Professional Experience

Accomplished Illustrator, Designer and Production Artist with over twenty years' experience in the fields of publishing, both educational and trade; and not-for-profit arts. Able to multi-task and work successfully in an environment that requires multiple skills Organized, efficient and able to work as a team player and independently

Expertise

Graphic Designer
15 Years
Production (print)
20 Years
Illustrator
22 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature
22 Years
Education
20 Years
Entertainment
20 Years

Industries


Book Publishing Consumer
20 Years
Nonprofit
20 Years
Other
20 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

22 Years

Other Work History

8 years at a Graphic Artist at Triumph Learning; 2 years as a Production Artist at Scholastic Inc.; Design and Production on a book for Omi International Art Center, Freelance Typesetter for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Illustrated 2 picture books for Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Unions

Freelancers Union

Computer Skills

Desktop Publishing Software Skills include Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat, HTML, OS X

Equipment

Mac OS X, Adobe CC software, Sublime Text editor, iPad

References

Belen Negron, Carol Frederick, John L. Haber

Showcase

Design and Production

20@OMI
(Omi International Arts Center 12/1/2011)
20@OMI is a 182 page book celebrating the twentieth anniversary of OMI International Arts Center near Hudson, New York.

Illustration

The Billy Goat Show
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux 10/15/1993)
I wrote and illustrated this picture book.

Production

Page from an exhibition catalogue
(Metropolitan Museum of Art 10/26/2005)
A page from a 348 page catalog published in conjunction with the exhibiton of the work of Fra Angelico at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.