Karen LeDuc

Current

• Partner at Codesign

Past

• Consultant at AIIM International
• Consultant at Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Consultant at Blue Cross and Blue Shield

• Consultant at Genzyme
• Senior Designer at Guarino Design Group
• Designer at Coco Raynes Associates, Inc.
• Book design and production at GEX Inc

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Education

• Yale University, Summer Graduate Program in Graphic Design, Brissago, Switzerland
• Boston University

Connections

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Industry

Graphic Design

Websites

• My Website

Karen LeDuc’s Experience

• Partner

  Codesign

  (Partnership; Design industry)

  1996 — Present (13 years)

  Branding and identity design for the Healthcare, Technology, and Retail industries.
  
  Design development, production, and project management for Educational and Trade Publishing.

• Consultant

  AIIM International

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2008 — 2009 (1 year)

• Consultant

  Institute for Healthcare Improvement

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  1996 — 2008 (12 years)

• Consultant

  Blue Cross and Blue Shield

  (Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)

  1999 — 2007 (8 years)

• Consultant

  Genzyme

  (Graphic Design industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

• Senior Designer

  Guarino Design Group

  (Graphic Design industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years)

  Complete project management, design and production of various print and environmental projects, including magazine/newsletter prototypes and subsequent issues; retail packaging, signage, and identity systems; client collateral, marketing materials and multi-media presentations. Clients include Sodexho USA, ITT Sheraton, Polaroid, RW Electronics, and Community Newspaper Company.

• Designer

  Coco Raynes Associates, Inc.

  (Design industry)

  1990 — 1993 (3 years)

  Design, development and production of two and three dimensional works. Extensive client and vendor contact. Primary focus on signage and environmental graphic programs, marketing materials and visual identities. Clients include ITT Sheraton Corporation, Bosphorus Swissôtel Istanbul, Johnson & Johnson, Stecker LaBau Arneill McManus Architects.
  Collaborated in the design and coordinated the manufacturing of the Raynes Rail, a wayfinding system for the visually impaired.

• Book design and production

  GEX Inc

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

Karen LeDuc’s Education

• Yale University, Summer Graduate Program in Graphic Design, Brissago, Switzerland

  Graphic Design 1992 — 1992

  Study with internationally known designers and artists, including Armin Hofmann (Visual Semantics and Color), Paul Rand (Visual Semantics), Richard Sapper (3 Dimensional Design), Philip Burton (Applied Typography), Pierre Mendel (Poster Design), Dorothea Hoffman (Drawing)

• Boston University

  BFA , Graphic Design , 1986 — 1990

  Magna cum laude

Additional Information

Karen LeDuc’s Websites:

• My Website

Karen LeDuc’s Honors:

• Print Magazine Regional Design Annual, Certificate of Design Excellence
• ID Magazine Annual Design Review Award
• International Design Competition, How Magazine
• American Graphic Design Award, GD USA
• Industrial Design Excellence Award, Gold
• Boston Bookbuilders Award
• National Resource Defense Council, International ECO Awards, Award of Excellence

Karen LeDuc’s Contact Settings

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