Julie Kanta

Plumb Creative

Grants Pass, OR, USA
"PLUMB" (adj): to a complete degree; absolutely.
"CREATIVE" (n): creative activity or the material produced by it.

Work Experience

Plumb Creative

Owner, Designer

Ownership and operation of a freelance design firm that provides identity, print, and web design for a variety of clients.

Clients:
Jim's Kitchen - Blog design for amateur chef and blogger
Wooldridge Creek Winery - Website maintenance and graphic design
Newman United Methodist Church - Multi-use logo designs and posters for Grants Pass church
Glow - Website and marketing materials for natural and organic skincare boutique
Sparrow Club - Print design promoting fundraiser for charitable organization
Heart Centered Manual Therapy - Identity, website, marketing materials, and photography for specialized wellness practitioner
Jumpstart Daisy - Logo design for Atlanta based cover band
Reach Family Institute - Identity, website, and brochure for non-profit children’s organization
Southern Oregon University - Poster for Summer Program, Brochure for Computer Science Department

Projects:
Living Legacy Memoir Preservation - Biography writing and digital restoration service
Thirty-Something Student - Tumblr blog about college life
{365} Project - Photo diary of Twenty-Eleven
September 2009 - Present Oregon, United States

Radio Design Group, Inc.

Graphic & Web Designer, Administrative Assistant

Design of websites, advertisements, specialty product brochures, annual holiday cards, and equipment labels. Copywriting and editing of product specifications and manuals.
September 2005 - Present Rogue River, Oregon, United States

United States Air Force

Command Support Staff

Administrative support to Civil Engineering personnel, including deployment preparation, award design, and base newspaper contributions.
March 2002 - July 2003 Spangdahlem, Germany

Education

Southern Oregon University

Bachelor of Science, English & Writing

Emerging Media & Digital Arts (EMDA) Minor
Shakespeare Studies Minor
Magna Cum Laude
Herman Schmeling Award for Non-Fiction Writing
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Professional Writing and EMDA
December 2011 - June 2014 Ashland, Oregon, United States

Rogue Community College

General Associates, Digital Graphic Design Certificate

June 2008 Grants Pass, Oregon, United States

Languages

Danish (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Blogging, Html & Css, Lightroom, Mac OSX, Microsoft Office, MySQL, PHP Java Script , SEO, Social Media, Type 65 Wpm, Windows XP,

Publications

a deep dark black ray of sunshine. 2003.