Khadijah Marouazi ::
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006 — Contract Assistant Art
Manager of Advertising Department: UNITED
STATIONERS, Fortune 500 company
wholesale distributor of business products,
• Managed 20,000+ customer resellers’ artwork,
creating logos and imprints for output to company’s wholesale catalogs
• Redesigned specific catalogs to cater to customer
marketing tools and retouched product packaging images
2006 — Contract Project
Manager/Designer: ABBOTT
healthcare corporation of excess $20 billion,
• Project manager and designer in the Pharmaceutical
Products Division agency designing ads, brochures, flashcards
• Project documentation, art direction, clientele
interface — extracting vital information implementing creative solutions
• Prioritized multiple projects, ensuring end
results met stringent specifications
2005 — Contact Graphic Designer: IPC, Institute of Interconnecting and
Packaging Electronic Circuits,
• Designer for December 2005 issue “Year in Review”
32-page monthly magazine
• Creation and concept of monthly magazine front
cover, inside cover story and styled multi-page layout
2005 — Contact Catalog Designer: W.W.GRAINGER, Fortune 500 company; US,
• Catalog Designer for W.W. Grainger U.S.A &
International 1,200-4,000 page catalogs
• Lead designer for launch of 2005 Dubai/Gulf
Region catalog (1,200 pages) and 2005
• Operated PINDAR – data management solution for
catalog layout process (CMS by Oracle); transition to SAP
2004 — Illustration/Packaging: FIBRE-CRAFT, leader in the creative
activities +50 years-US,
• Designed new and edited product packaging (craft
kits, inserts, and blister boxes) in compliance with company branding
• Gathered for ftp and disked final artwork for
manufacturers in the Orient distributed to
Wal-Mart,
Target, Michael’s, Hobby Lobby,
2004 — Graphic Designer:
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Worked with Marketing and Editorial staff to develop solid, systemized design
files– collected and sent to press
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Designed style-sheets, tables, type-set copy and flight-checked over 7
catalogs, teacher guides, ads, and workbooks
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Digital image artist in PhotoShop; color-correction and major image
manipulation for projected advertisement sales
2002-2003 — Image Specialist/Designer:
CDW, Computer Discount Warehouse,
Fortune 500 company,
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Facilitated to 60 co-workers on special imagery requests, image manipulation,
color-correction, catalog cover design,
and communicated ideas for company‘s vendor
projects (i.e. Sony, Microsoft, Apple)
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Programmed company’s product images for automatic upload to e-commerce
regularly scheduled website launch
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Adhered to specific company procedures and deadlines on daily basis of final
output to over 20 catalogs;
MacWarehouse, CDWLife newsletters, annual reports, web ads, direct
mailers, and electronic protocol
Since 1998— Freelance Designer: KDEA DESIGN,
• Subcontracted to assist client, Sears (informational kitchen brochure)
and 200-page proposal for client, Boeing
• Designed summer magazine cover and layout,
developed postcard, and final (tri-fold) minizine, Dynamic Minizine
• Created eye-catching company logo identity for
catering company, Hands of Thyme and
IT company, Meticulous
Geeks
• Commissioned trendy logo copyrighted for art
wholesaler’s b2b marketing tool outdoor store sign, Art Décor-n-More
• Created city of
• Production artist for gift products company, Giftco, major
gift industry distributor
• Practiced visual communication; implemented
studies and skills in producing various non-profit projects
EDUCATION
SOFTWARE & TECHNICAL SKILLS
Quark Xpress • Adobe
InDesign • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe
PhotoShop • Adobe Acrobat Professional • Extensis
Flightcheck • Dreamweaver & Fireworks
• FileMaker • PINDAR/
PC &
Languages:
semi-fluent Spanish, French and Arabic | Print portfolio & references available
upon request