Desktop Publisher | PowerPoint Specialist | Virtual Assistant | Business Forms Designer
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Web Design at Stella Azarian (Self-employed)
- Freelance Desktop Publisher at Yum Brands (Taco Bell Corp)
- Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance at British Performance
- Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance at Mike's Automotive
- Freelance Design - Visio org charts and Graphic for PowerPoint Presentation at Bright Now! Dental, Inc
- Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design at Tony Maietta (Organogenesis) (Self-employed)
- Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance at LSM Entertainment (Self-employed)
- Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance at Corporate Collision
- Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance at OCAutoService.com
- Past
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- Freelance PowerPoint Template Designer at Turn Communications
- Freelance Design - Training Manuals at Yum Brands, Taco Bell HQ
- Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design at Experian
- Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design at Cambro Manufacturing
- Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design at Toshiba Medical
- Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design at Royce Multimedia
- Freelance Design - Proposal Templates at ACCESS Destination Services
- Freelance Design - PI Manual at Strottman International
- Freelance Design - Print ads, Online ads at AAA Convertible
- Executive Presentation Specialist at Pratt & Whitney
- Executive Presentation Specialist at Pratt & Whitney
- Freelancer at Various
- Macromedia User Group Leader at Macromedia User Group
- Owner/Designer at KMB-Design.com, LLC (Self-employed)
- Exec Asst/Graphic Designer at Saint Francis Hospital
- Freelancer at Various
- Education
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- Orange Coast College
- High School
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Kathy Burckhardt’s Summary
Do you need a Virtual Assistant, or Desktop Publisher?
Are you in need of a Virtual Assistant to help you with your work flow?
I can help you with your PowerPoint presentations—whether you need a template designed—or the presentation laid out and formatted correctly. I can also assist you with editing, formatting, proofreading, and so on of Word documents. I'm also fairly strong in Excel, and can assist you with formatting, charts, formulas, and several other Excel spreadsheet tasks. If you need help with organizational charts, or the like...I'm a whiz with Microsoft Visio. I'm also very good at finding the lowest airfares on the market, and setting up your car and hotel needs.
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Or maybe you're in need of more than a Virtual Assistant, a Desktop Publisher?
Someone more creative, but not quite a Graphic Designer? I'm also a Desktop Publisher and can help you by creating business forms, print and online ads, brochure type websites, PowerPoint design templates that match your brand/logo. I can even help you with Training Manuals, or make your documents look professional, and again match your brand/logo. If you don't yet have a brand/logo, business letterhead, or the like—I can help you there as well.
If you'd like references feel free to read the testimonials on my profile. I'm quite sure you'll be pleased.
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Do you need a Business Form created, or designed?
Are you in need of business forms? Or do you find you only have copies that are faded, and not fresh originals?
I can design, or re-design your business forms for you. I even create/design them in Microsoft Word so you can use and print them on your own printer whenever you see fit. No more waiting for the local print shop to get them to you, or last minute orders to worry about. Just click, open, and print.
I can also create/design those same forms as fillable online forms.
Kathy Burckhardt’s Specialties:
* Business forms design in Microsoft Word
* Visio organizational and flow charts, algorithms, etc.
* Training Manuals in Microsoft Word
* PowerPoint presentation design and templates
* Reports and reports covers, etc.
* Word documents, templates, etc.
* Print and Online Ads
* Small to large web sites
* Web design, layout and ecommerce
* Site Maintenance
* Newsletters and flyers
* Excel spreadsheets and templates
Kathy Burckhardt’s Experience
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Web Design
Stella Azarian (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Legal Services industry)
December 2006 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Freelance web design for a clients two sites: http://www.stellaazarian.com and http://www.theloannotary.net.
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Freelance Desktop Publisher
Yum Brands (Taco Bell Corp)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Restaurants industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years)
Designing and redesigning various training manuals and their templates.
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Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance
British Performance
(Automotive industry)
June 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Designed website, setup blog and maintain both
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Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance
Mike's Automotive
(Automotive industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Freelance web design, blog setup and maintenance of both and newsletter
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Freelance Design - Visio org charts and Graphic for PowerPoint Presentation
Bright Now! Dental, Inc
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Visio Org charts and graphic for PowerPoint slide show presentation
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Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design
Tony Maietta (Organogenesis) (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Large PowerPoint slide show presentation for his client Organogenesis in NY
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Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance
LSM Entertainment (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Designed and maintain savvy website for client
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Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance
Corporate Collision
(Automotive industry)
April 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)
Designed and maintain search engine friendly site for client
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Freelance Design - Web Design/Maintenance
OCAutoService.com
(Internet industry)
August 2004 — Present (4 years)
Redesigned web template and apply to new accounts as needed
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Freelance PowerPoint Template Designer
Turn Communications
(Graphic Design industry)
August 2007 — August 2007 (1 month)
Ken needed me to put together a PowerPoint template for his client Axcess-Tel. He gave me the background images for the Title and Slide Masters, font sizes, colors, etc.
I had it ready for him in 1 hour. Then the client requested that I turn their presentation into the actual template, and that took me about 2 hours. They were very pleased with the quick turn-around time and the template. They have now asked that I show them how to use the template. -
Freelance Design - Training Manuals
Yum Brands, Taco Bell HQ
(Restaurants industry)
July 2006 — August 2006 (2 months)
Designed 4 training manuals (and their templates) in Microsoft Word; content and graphics provided by client
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Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design
Experian
(Public Company; Financial Services industry)
August 2006 — August 2006 (1 month)
Designed 4 slides for a PowerPoint presentation with animation
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Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design
Cambro Manufacturing
(Plastics industry)
January 2006 — January 2006 (1 month)
13 to 20 PowerPoint slide show presentations for the CEO and local departments
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Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design
Toshiba Medical
(Public Company; Medical Devices industry)
October 2005 — November 2005 (2 months)
PowerPoint slide show presentation converted to Flash and HTML to be viewed on a plasma screen at a trade show
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Freelance Design - PowerPoint Presentation Design
Royce Multimedia
(Media Production industry)
October 2005 — October 2005 (1 month)
Large PowerPoint slide show presentation for their client in a Mac environment.
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Freelance Design - Proposal Templates
ACCESS Destination Services
(Events Services industry)
March 2005 — September 2005 (7 months)
Various bid and business proposal templates in Microsoft Word 2003 for client
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Freelance Design - PI Manual
Strottman International
(Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)
September 2005 — September 2005 (1 month)
Format and layout of large word document (PI Manual) for client presentation
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Freelance Design - Print ads, Online ads
AAA Convertible
(Automotive industry)
August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)
Design of 2 online ads and print ads for Porsche Magazine
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Executive Presentation Specialist
Pratt & Whitney
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UTX; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
October 2003 — July 2004 (10 months)
* Managed LDAP groups for development and maintenance of intranet sites.
* Multi-tasking by managing work load from executives with various backgrounds and personalities.
* Consultant for hardware, software, and technology related issues. Provided technical support, troubleshoot PCs, LCD and printer problems. Advised group members on software usage and formatting principles with the goal of minimizing work stoppages, and increasing overall group knowledge of computer and network capabilities.
* Master ACE tools to manage and improve executive presentations, M&A Web Site and other GSD processes. Created and formulated templates for standardization and automation of common functions.
* Assisted Executives with multiple global project initiatives.
* Responsible for creating complex charts in MS Visio, Design HTML emails and other graphic design tools, etc.
* Web Design & maintenance of RAVE & ME Finance Intranet sites. -
Executive Presentation Specialist
Pratt & Whitney
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UTX; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
March 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 8 months)
* Designed high quality presentations for the President, COO, and Group Strategy & Development and provided support required for graphics, layout, formatting and streaming video for slides
* Coordinated the completion of various presentations and projects
* Ensure the formatting, layout, graphics, etc. of presentations comply with the Standard Presentation Template before emailing or loading on laptops. Test runs all offsite presentations to ensure visual clarity on the large screen
* Provided technical support for PowerPoint presentation by ensuring laptop and LCD, set-up properly and backup plans. Quality assurance presentations to guarantee flawless productions
* Redesigned GS&D, M&A intranet sites for ease-of-use, improved process workflow to be user-friendly, and maintained up-to-date information for accuracy. -
Freelancer
Various
(Design industry)
June 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 10 months)
Positions include: Marketing Assistant, Database Admin support, PowerPoint Presentation Specialist, Data Admin/Project Coordinator, etc.
Clients include: Hooker & Holcombe, Inc., UTC Fuel Cells, William B. Meyer, Unilever, etc. -
Macromedia User Group Leader
Macromedia User Group
(Design industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
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Owner/Designer
KMB-Design.com, LLC (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)
June 1999 — October 2001 (2 years 5 months)
* Managed all projects (i.e., negotiated proposals, invoices, billing, budgets, etc.)
* Planning, design, development, and authoring HTML code for web pages
* Site and file management; Upload HTML files via file transfer protocol (FTP)
* Design Site Architecture, QA Testing of Site, Proof and typeset copy
* Converting, editing, sizing and optimizing graphics for wide variety of bandwidth users worldwide
* Software Trainer/Mentor to my clients, peers, etc. one-on-one
* Designed Algorithms, Organizational Charts, Flowcharts & Presentations in Visio, Word and PowerPoint -
Exec Asst/Graphic Designer
Saint Francis Hospital
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
October 1995 — June 1999 (3 years 9 months)
* Successfully lead team in updating and migrating Policies/Protocols onto the Hospital Intranet for JCAHO and designed templates and intranet site architecture
* Re-designed the majority of business forms for the entire hospital
* Designed Books (National Nurse Week Exemplar Book, Resident Orientation Manuals), brochures, signs, flyers, sympathy, and tent cards
* Converted EMS Manual diagrams in Visio for another Department
* Designed Algorithms, Org Charts, Flowcharts & Presentations
* Taught peers on usage of Microsoft Office and developed proficiency in Macromedia Dreamweaver & Fireworks
* Departmental support for any issues relating to IT
* Responsible for reconciling past invoices ($1.5 millions of invoices) saving the company 100K in the process.
* Successfully collect over $30K of past due for Respiratory Therapy and ensure policies are enforced to ensure payment of invoices within 30 days
* Consultant to HR on new CBT courses proposed to hospitals -
Freelancer
Various
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
March 1987 — October 1995 (8 years 8 months)
Various temporary assigments in administrative assistance, secretarial, switchboard, reception, accounts receivables, data entry, etc.
Clients include: QuoData, BKM, Aetna, The Hartford, The Travelers, etc.
Kathy Burckhardt’s Education
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Orange Coast College
Photography / Multimedia 2007 — 2007
Attending this Fall.
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High School
yes, General, 1985 — 1987
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