Kate Hawley Book Design Contact Kate Hawley

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-present
Kate Hawley
Design and production for books, book jackets, promotional materials, annual reports, and newsletters.

I work independently for a number of firms and individuals producing a wide range of printed materials. I work in my own studio, often communicating with clients via the web.

Job skills included original design and/or producing new work from client spec sheets, Job Cost estimates and timelines, photo research, scanning and manipulation, coordinating other services such as: editing, indexing, location photography, obtaining Library of Congress and ISBN information, bidding out print costs, and overseeing print production.

Clients include:
Chestnut Communications/Chestnut Press:

  American Bar Association,  Aurora Healthcare,
  A Promise Made; Spanning A Century
by Ellen Langill;
  What Matters Now by Susan and Todd Montgomery.
CIMA: Marketing brochures for Educational Seminars.
Michael J. Cudahy:
  The Cudahys; Joyworks; The Personal Correspondence of
  John Cudahy.

Market Engineers: Books by John Gurda:
  The Making of Milwaukee; Silent City; The Humphrey Legacy;
  Built by Seaman.

PrintStar Books: From Vendor to Business Resource
  by Jerry Stapleton.
The Town Club: The Town Club by Liza Tuttle.
The Woman's Club of Wisconsin: A Club of Their Own
  by Liza Tuttle.

PAST EXPERIENCE
1991-1996
ACME agency, Co-Owner, Milwaukee, WI
Designed and developed marketing plans for new small businesses including, Logo and identity production, Marketing Plans and budgets, Print Ad campaigns, and Media events.

1986 - 1991
CASEY/HAWLEY audioVISUAL, Co-owner, Seattle, WA
Designed and produced audiovisual and video productions for: Boeing, SAFECO, Microsoft, Microsoft Press, Freightliner, MIDAS International and Seattle Rep Theater.

1980 - 1986
Chicago-based freelance audiovisual production artist and designer. Produced a variety of audiovisual presentations for various Chicago clients.

THEATER PRODUCTION
1988, 1987
Projection Design for Seattle Repertory Theater's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest and Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle. Directed by Dan Sullivan.

1988
Visual Design for the Current/Rutledge's Award winning Documentary AIDS Wise/No Lies.

 
SKILLS
I am highly skilled in current software including QuarkExpress, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator. I own Macintosh computers and all necessary peripheral equipment.

EDUCATION
1972 BFA, cum laude, Bradley University, Peoria, IL

1974 Non-degree graduate work: creative writing, printmaking, and typography; University of Illinois, Circle Campus

AWARDS
2000 For Making of Milwaukee by John Gurda. Honorably Mention for book design, The Chicago Book Clinic

1988 For AIDS Wise / No Lies: N.Y.State Film & Video Festival - First Prize Assoc. For Multi Image - Outstanding Achievement Assoc. For Visual Com. - Silver Cindy

GRANTS
1990     Artists Trust Seattle Arts Commission

1989     King County Arts Commission, Grant was awarded for the development of large-scale projection pieces to be displayed as Public Art.
 
 
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