CREATIVE BRAIN SEEKING STORM
Experienced, award-winning adv/pr/mkt writer, editor and graphic designer. Plays well with others and flies solo when needed. Instinctive crosser of t's and dotter of i's. Enthusiasm, loyalty and rechargeable batteries included.

Cathleen's bag of tricks:

GRAPHIC DETAILS
• Editorial and advertising design and layout
• Typography fanatic
• Fluent in Mac and Windows
• Adobe Creative Suite

WORDSMITHERY
• Ad copy, short and long
• Heads, tags, brand identity
• PR and feature writing and editing in AP style

JUGGLING SKILLS
• Social media savvy
• Web content maintenance
• Time, deadline and multiple project management
• Presentation poise
• Print production and prepress file preparation
• Onsite and remote proofing and press checking

SCHOOL DAYS
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism
MAJOR: Advertising / MINOR: English
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Georgia, 1991

BELLS & WHISTLES
• American Advertising Federation (AAF) multiple gold, silver, bronze Addy awards in Augusta, GA, and Columbia, SC
• AAF Judge’s Special Creativity Award
• American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), selected for annual InShow exhibit
• South Carolina Press Association, 20+ awards, including four consecutive Best Niche Publication(s)
• Multiple awards from NAA/ACME, INMA, NAME