Karen Captline

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Hi! I'm Karen Captline, Graphic Designer/Storyteller

I have a fondness for reading, movies and musical theater.  Do you see the trend there?  All of that is about storytelling.  I love storytelling because I'm a storyteller.  

I'm good at math too, and here's a little equation for you:  Stories + Graphic Design = MARKETING.  

So combine my passion for design and my love of storytelling and it's obvious that I am well suited to creating visual marketing solutions.  It's not just pretty pictures, folks.  Graphic Design is art with a purpose.  It's art that compels its audience to take action.  It's art that plays with the mind. 

And that's why Informal Therapy is part of my process.  I love to listening to people's stories.  It is a skill I am proud of.  After getting into my clients' heads, I create designs that get into their target audience's heads!   It's a challenge I am passionate about. 

Quick information about your Graphic Designer:

• Age:  This is the oldest I’ve been

• Food Choices:  Getting better every day

• Beverage Choices:  Caffeine & Alcohol-free

• Personal Style:  Drama-Free

• Best use of Creativity:  Design & Bad Jokes

• Vice:  Musical Theater & Semi-Pro Shopping

• Surprising Non-Design Expertise:  Niagara Falls

• House:  Ravenclaw

• First designs:  Drawings on the backs of my Dad's old accounting reports

• Degrees Obtained:  Art Institute & Point Park University: Visual Arts & Design

• Internship:  Station Square Entertainment Complex.  (Illustration & design freelance continued after the internship was completed)

• First “Real” Job:  Gateway Clipper Fleet - Graphic Designer (Riverboat company: I didn’t work on dry land for 7 years!)

• Next Up:  Dick’s Sporting Goods - Marketing Department (in various roles selling everything from Under Armour to deer pee for 12 years). Talents used: design, print production, project management, expert-level communication, and - most of all - patience.

• After That: Creating my own job - I quit the corporate world and went freelance full-time.

• Now:  Living the dream providing businesses of all sizes with design excellence, a drama-free experience and as much fun as possible.   

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