Joan Kaghan

New York, NY USA
22 Years Experience

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 YearsProduction (print) 20 YearsIllustrator 22 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature 22 YearsEducation 20 YearsEntertainment 20 Years

Industries

Book Publishing Consumer 20 YearsNonprofit 20 YearsOther 20 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

Design and Production

20@OMI is a 182 page book celebrating the twentieth anniversary of OMI International Arts Center near Hudson, New York.

Illustration

I wrote and illustrated this picture book.

Production

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.