Web/Graphic Designer and Social Media Enthusiast
Greater Milwaukee Area
- Current
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- Product Designer at Pink Ink Studios
- Owner & Designer at Amy Kant Designs LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
- Online Producer & Designer at WITI-TV
- Past
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- Webmaster at The Servant's Heart
- Assignment Editor at WITI-TV
- Assignment Editor at WDJT-TV
- Education
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- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Carroll College
- Wisconsin Lutheran High School
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Amy Kant’s Summary
Amy Kant is a Web Producer/Designer for a television station in Milwaukee, Wis. She has a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she focused on print journalism and first took an interest in online media.
Amy loves to explore her crafty and artistic side and sells her designs on Etsy and ArtFire. She also works on a variety of freelance projects, specializing in Wordpress, .psd to Wordpress, Forums and Galleries Design, splash pages and branding.
She is the Membership Development Advisor for the Beta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta at Carroll College and is the President of the Beta Epsilon Alumnae Chapter. Amy is also actively involved in the Milwaukee Area Junior Circle.
In her spare time, Amy enjoys playing board games, traveling, reading celebrity gossip, drinking tea, painting, making greeting cards, playing with her dogs and not taking life too seriously.
Amy Kant’s Specialties:
HTML, CSS, wordpress, writing, CMS, blogging, XML, social networks, branding, web design, zen cart, x-cart
Amy Kant’s Experience
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Product Designer
Pink Ink Studios
(Design industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
I design graphic resources for professional photographers, including storyboards, greeting cards, album backs and Asuka Book templates.
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Owner & Designer
Amy Kant Designs LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
(Design industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Freelance web and graphic designer and crafty artist.
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Online Producer & Designer
WITI-TV
(Broadcast Media industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
Conceptualize and produce high-profile creative and interactive web material using HTML, CSS and a variety of web applications. Gather local and national news from multiple sources and reproduce them into compelling on-line news content. Work with web editorial team to manage daily production of the site and strategize/plan future endeavors. Gather and edit video from multiple sources and prepare them for digitizing, encoding and FTP. Follow SEO guidelines when writing headlines, stories and when creating new pages. Moderate the blog/community pages. Produced and was on-air talent for a “Hot on the Web” segment on FOX 6 WakeUp News.
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Webmaster
The Servant's Heart
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 6 months)
The Servant’s Heart exists to impart and model the unconditional love of Jesus to the most impoverished peoples of the world's cities, working individually and in community to help them discover, identify and implement God's unique plan for their lives. Amy is in charge of updating, maintaining and all web development for this non-profit ministry.
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Assignment Editor
WITI-TV
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NWS; Broadcast Media industry)
April 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 5 months)
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Assignment Editor
WDJT-TV
(Broadcast Media industry)
November 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 6 months)
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Amy Kant’s Interests:
online media, wordpress, css, html, graphic design, journalism, web design and production, blogs, ceramics, painting, sewing, art, travel, reading, winery tours, graphic design, dogs, mission work
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