Editor of Girlamatic Magazine | Freelance Designer
Bangor, Maine Area
- Current
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- Girlamatic.com Editor at ComicSpace LLC
- Owner at New Moon Old Soul Designs
- Spades at New Moon-Old Soul
- Owner at NewMoon - Old Soul Designs
- Past
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- Lead Designer at E-Line Ventures
- Lead Designer at ComicSpace LLC
- Assistant Director of PBS KIDS Creative Services at PBS
- Assistant Creative Director at PBS, Public Broadcasting Service
- Lead Web Designer/ PR Assistant Manager at WTWB TV
- Interactive Designer at PBS
- Graphic/Web Designer/Assistant PR Manager at StellarCon 28-29
- PR Director at Guest Services
- Education
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- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
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Diana McQueen’s Summary
I have extensive experience in making the internet work for people. I design high end graphics and user-friendly, intuitive UI to stimulate and drive traffic. I consult on individual basis to provide specific targeted designs for unique content. I also have expertise in comics, social networking, and classical illustration. I excel in managing multi-tiered projects that involve publication, website, and mass media distribution. I enjoy creating new an exciting brands while helping people achieve their goals for their business.
Diana McQueen’s Specialties:
adobe photoshop, adobe premiere, art, books, color, consulting, content management, css, dreamweaver, functional, comics, graphic design, graphical user interface, graphics software, html, illustrator, image ready, indesign, japanese, layout design, logo design, microsoft office, microsoft word, novell, novels, organizational skills, php, press releases, promotional materials, public speaking, read, ui design, user interface design, web site production,
Diana McQueen’s Experience
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Girlamatic.com Editor
ComicSpace LLC
(Design industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)
Design and relaunch the site, manage community of independent artists, created and manage community of members through free sign up. Create options and tools for creators and subscribers to enjoy their time and read good comics.
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Owner
New Moon Old Soul Designs
(Design industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
Designs corporate brands, logos, websites, illustrations as independent contractor.
Spades
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Spades
New Moon-Old Soul
(Design industry)
January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)
Wrote, layout, drew, inked, colored, and web-published a grayscale/color comic book for on-line
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Owner
NewMoon - Old Soul Designs
(Design industry)
January 1996 — Present (13 years 11 months)
My personal design firm through which I complete all my freelance work.
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Lead Designer
E-Line Ventures
(Design industry)
November 2008 — July 2009 (9 months)
Lead Designer on Comic Space projects. Left to pursue freelance work.
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Lead Designer
ComicSpace LLC
(Entertainment industry)
October 2008 — June 2009 (9 months)
I create all creative for ComicSpace.com redesign and other comicspace properties such as girlamatic.com, graphicsmash.com and webcomicworld.com. I develop user-friendly front end designs and graphics for our products. I manage artists and other designers and work with back-end programmers.
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Assistant Director of PBS KIDS Creative Services
PBS
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)
I design print, web, and on-air promos and ads promoting PBS KIDS programs and internal activities. I also oversee on going creative projects for PBS KIDS.
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Assistant Creative Director
PBS, Public Broadcasting Service
(Design industry)
May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)
Managed and created web, print, and on-air promos and stunts. Oversaw creative on internal projects as
well as managed design firms on larger event projects.
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Lead Web Designer/ PR Assistant Manager
WTWB TV
(Design industry)
September 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Created interactive, branded pages on pbskids.org and pbsparents.org, User Interface design and
consultation on web-based services, oversaw site creation for PBS properties. Lead designer on
Government Reading Initiative: Ready to Learn and PBS KIDS Raising Readers. -
Interactive Designer
PBS
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)
Designing, redesigning and building website destinations for pbskids.org and Pbsparents.org. Also, creating graphics for pbs.org and brand products. Work closely with contract and government partners to create successful entertaining and informative, interactive websites. Oversees usability testing.
Computer skills used: Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash, Homesite, Dreamweaver, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, MAC, PC, MS Office. -
Graphic/Web Designer/Assistant PR Manager
StellarCon 28-29
(Design industry)
February 2006 — June 2006 (5 months)
Scheduled promos, created original online social media content, increased site traffic, created graphics
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PR Director
Guest Services
(Design industry)
February 2002 — March 2005 (3 years 2 months)
, convention organizer Feb. 2002 & March 2005
Communicated with guests, scheduled events, reserved convention space, promotion.
Diana McQueen’s Education
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2000 — 2004
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
BFA , ART; Design, Illustration , 2004
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Diana McQueen’s Interests:
Japanese, Illustration, drawing, design, project management, Public Relations, Event Planning
Diana McQueen’s Groups:
ComicSpace LLC, NewMoon-OldSoul Designs
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Diana McQueen’s Honors:
Youth for Understanding Japan Study Abroad Scholarship, 1996
UNCG Travel Grant to Nara, Japan (1 year), 2003
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