Kathy Versteeg

Current

• ELearning Multimedia Developer; Graphic Design - Freelance at Self employed

Past

• E-Learning Instructional / Content Development / Graphic / Multimedia / Web Designer and Tech Writer at JPMorgan Chase
• E-learning Instructional / Content Development / Graphic / Multimedia / Web Designer and Technical at JPMorgan Chase
• Graphic / Web / Multimedia Designer and Technical Communications Consultant at JPMorgan Chase

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Education

• Texas A&M University
• San Diego State University-California State University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• My Portfolio

Kathy Versteeg’s Summary

Dedicated, solution and customer-focused, highly creative and technically savvy professional with several years experience in Graphic / Instructional / Multimedia / Web Design; and Desktop Publishing. ASTD Certified E-Learning Instructional Designer.

- Specialist knowledge in ELearning (online) course design and development; graphic, and multimedia design - from concept to production

- Excellent troubleshooting and research skills

- Technical skills:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Imageready
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Pagemaker
Adobe / Macromedia Authorware
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Adobe / Macromedia Flash (with Actionscript)
Adobe / Macromedia Dreamweaver
Adobe / Macromedia Captivate
Adobe / Macromedia Director
Adobe / Macromedia Freehand
Articulate Engage and Presenter
Lectora
Robohelp Classic; HTML (Basic)
SoundForge
Quark Express
Swishmax
Swiff 3D Chart
Ulead Cool 3D
MS Word
MS Powerpoint
MS Excel
OmniPage Professional
LEAP - LDS – Learning Management Development System (Intellinex) Debabelizer
CorelDraw
Corel Photopaint
Visio Professional
Gif Construction Set
Lotus Notes
Lotus 1,2,3 (DOS/Windows)
WordPerfect (DOS/Windows)
Wonderware InTouchTM (UI design)
HTML (code from scratch)
Javascript (Basic)
FullShot/SnagIt
Winzip; PKZIP
WS FTP & various Web-based FTP utilities
Netscape Communicator / IE / Firefox
Windows XP, 2000, NT, 98, 95, 3.1
Mac – General skills

Kathy Versteeg’s Specialties:

Elearning design & development

Graphic design (including branding ID, marketing)

Creativity - Highly skilled at creative brainstorming, conceptualizing

Multimedia design

Skilled researcher and troubleshooter

Kathy Versteeg’s Experience

• ELearning Multimedia Developer; Graphic Design - Freelance

  Self employed

  (E-Learning industry)

  March 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

  - Work with various clients developing interactive, multimedia e-learning courses (Lectora, Flash), and supplemental interactive e-learning course exercises (Flash)
  
  - Also provide production artwork and multimedia; as well as general graphic and web design support

• E-Learning Instructional / Content Development / Graphic / Multimedia / Web Designer and Tech Writer

  JPMorgan Chase

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)

  January 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 10 months)

  E-Learning Instructional design – Produced e-Learning courses for financial applications via Learning Management System/Learning Development System (“LEAP” by Intellinex). Deployed on intranet.
  
  Graphic design – Designed print and online graphics: scanning; animations; logos; UI design; photo retouch; illustrations; org charts; book cover designs; presentation graphics; web graphics
  
  Multimedia design – Developed multimedia presentations for various corporate initiatives
  
  HTML/Intranet design and maintenance – Designed, produced, and maintained department intranet site.
  
  Communications – Designer, editor, and publisher of quarterly departmental newsletter. Published globally.
  
  Technical writing support – Edited software and training documentation; online help files, sales/training presentations
  
  Desktop publishing – Designed print communications, e.g. brochures, flyers, posters, user guides, and training manuals. Worked with print vendor to produce hard copies

• E-learning Instructional / Content Development / Graphic / Multimedia / Web Designer and Technical

  JPMorgan Chase

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; jpm; Banking industry)

  January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  - E-Learning instructional design – Produced e-Learning courseware for business and technical skills using Macromedia Authorware and Flash, then deployed on corporate intranet.
  - Graphic design – Designed print and online graphics: 3D graphics; animations; user interface design; scanning; photo retouch; illustrations; flowcharts; organization charts; web graphics; book cover designs; and presentation graphics.
  Worked with and coordinated print vendors – prepare files, press checks, proofs.
  - Multimedia design – Developed multimedia presentations and tutorials for various corporate initiatives
  - HTML/Intranet site design – Designed departmental intranet site, with animated Flash intro screen and interface
  - Technical writing support – Technical documentation support for tutorials, manuals
  - Project management – Managed design and production phases of computer/web-based training course development projects

• Graphic / Web / Multimedia Designer and Technical Communications Consultant

  JPMorgan Chase

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPM; Banking industry)

  February 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 11 months)

  - Graphic design – Designed and optimized print and online graphics: scanning; photo retouch; illustrations; flowcharts; organization charts; web graphics; and presentation graphics
  - Multimedia design – Worked with all levels of the bank to develop effective multimedia presentations
  - HTML/Intranet site design and maintenance – Designed, launched, and maintained Human Resources web site and sub sites
  - Communications – Produced technical documentation and marketing literature for corporate-wide distribution
  - Desktop publishing – Designed high quality print communications, e.g. brochures, flyers, posters, and training manuals
  - Lotus Notes / Domino page development / Document Conversion – Converted documents from Quark to text
  for use in Lotus Notes database site, deployed on Domino server

Kathy Versteeg’s Education

• Texas A&M University

  BS , Psychology , 1986 — 1990

• San Diego State University-California State University

  MS Educational Technology IN PROGRESS 2004

  Started MS/Certification program in Educational Technology, 2004.

Additional Information

Kathy Versteeg’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Kathy Versteeg’s Interests:

graphic design multimedia design eLearning design and development

Kathy Versteeg’s Groups:

Nat'l Association of Photoshop Professionals
Am Society for Trng & Dev
Society for Tech Comm

•    The eLearning Guild

Kathy Versteeg’s Honors:

ASTD Certified E-Learning Instructional Designer
Distinguised Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing
(Educational Technology - Professional Education)