Karen Steenekamp is an accomplished graphic designer and prepress production artist with decades of experience. While her specialty is logo design, her passions are CPG package design and print design; she also writes. Karen has a knack for catchy tag lines and headlines, including writing romance copy and editing copy.
Karen’s dedication to her career adheres to her objective to stay sharp and creative. She is an ongoing student at the School of Visual Arts (NYC) continuing education program. The 2022 summer curriculum is an advertising course that stimulates visual thinking for rational and emotional messaging.
When not designing, Karen enjoys spending time with her husband and two mini-schnauzers. Her other loves are fitness, flexitarian cooking, board sports (snow, wake, paddle), DIY home projects, fine art painting, gardening, collecting fine art and vinyl, and occasionally indulging in gourmet cupcakes.
Education and Training:
Wesleyan University: Pre-College Fine Arts
Paier College of Art: Fine Art, Art History, Graphic Design
Sacred Heart University: Graphic Design, Liberal Arts
Connecticut Institute of Arts: Adobe Software
Denver Art Museum: Fine Art Watercolors
Boulder Digital Arts: WordPress Beginners Bootcamp
School of Visual Arts NYC: ongoing design academics
Services and Capabilities
Graphic Design: brand development, logo design, CPG packaging (food, beverage, supplement), advertisements, sell sheets, spec sheets, FSCIs, coupons, POP displays, brochures, signage, tradeshow booths, web banners, social media graphics, and other communication media, including resizing and reformatting imagery
Prepress Production: proficient in all printing methods, including offset, digital, flexo, and screen | ink specification for 4-color process, Pantone, special color inks, spot/flood varnishes | a complete understanding of die lines for flat, folded, and 3D materials | FDA labeling and nutrition literate (food, beverage, supplement)
Technical: fluent in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Dropbox, Google, Asana | familiar with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and some WordPress | Mac platform
Additional Services: copywriting (tagline, headline, romance) and copy editing
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Availability: remote, ready, and at your side — Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm (mountain time)
Contact Karen today.