12345 Lake City Way NE, #121
Seattle, WA 98125-5401
206-525-2101
Carol.Hiltner@gmail.com
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QUALIFICATIONS
- Wide range of professional production skills: writing, editing, formatting, design, proof-reading.
- Ability to meet deadlines and follow directions. Equal ability to initiate, conceptualize, organize, and implement complex projects for optimal results.
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SKILLS SUMMARY
- Writing/Editing - Educational, Marketing, Technical, Journalistic, Expository, Grants
- Production - Formatting, Proof-reading
- Graphic Design - Painting, Illustration, Computer Graphics, Photographic Manipulation, Logos/Corporate Images, Book Design, Websites
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ACHIEVEMENTS & WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
- Wrote leveled text for K-12 reading and math curricula, Trillium Publishing, 2008-current
- Prepared more than fifty books for publication—with editing, book design, cover design, formatting, proofing, layout, scanning, illustration, and promotional materials, most recently for the Professional Development Institute Literacy First Process and The Wright Group/McGraw-Hill, 1994-2008
- Designed and created complex websites, using html, 1994-current
- Authored five books:
- Jubilee (art and poetry), bi-lingual English/Russian, 2009
- The Altai Chronicles: Out of Time (nonfiction), currently being translated to Russian, 2009
- The Altai Chronicles: Tablets of Light (nonfiction), also published in Russian, 2002
- Fulfillment of the Prophesies: Redemption & Grace (poetry and art), also published in Russian, 2002
- Presents (poetry and art), 1990
- Painted hundreds of paintings, which are regularly exhibited internationally, 1992-3, 2002-current
- As a staff-writer for the Spirit of Ma’at webzine, wrote an average of two articles each month;
coordinated the
April 2003 issue on the Russian Spiritual Renaissance, 2001-2003 - As art director, designed the “look,” templates, page layout and illustrations for the magazine
EVOLUTION,
The Global Voice for Women, 1995-8 - Produced Boeing’s national award-winning entry for United Way of America Spirit of America recognition,
as focal point person; collaborating on design and content; writing and editing text; and managing day-to-day logistics, 1991 - Produced Voicelink News and other marketing and support documents for Digital Systems, International, Inc.—including research, writing, layout, illustration, and liaison with photographers and printers, 1990
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AWARDS & ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
- First recipient of the National Peace Foundation Peace-Building Award, 2009
- Moderator at 9th and 10th Global Leadership Forums, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2008 and 2009
- Special Achievement Awards from Boeing, 1991 and 1992
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COMPUTER SKILLS SUMMARY
- Platform: Skillful on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.
- Software: Highly skilled with InDesign, Quark XPress, Pagemaker, Freehand, Photoshop, Persuasion, Word; familiar with DreamWeaver, PowerPoint, Director, Excel, Illustrator, various web-design programs; can program in html.
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EDUCATION
- Extended study of Russian language, 1999-current
- Seminars on “Open Space Technology,” Vancouver & Moscow, 2006
- Courses in Director, Photoshop, Pagemaker, Seattle, 1994-8
- Courses in Graphics and Advertising Design at School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, 1989
- Courses in NeuroLinguistic Programming, US, 1983
- Brigham Young University Summer Computer Graphics Intensive on Movie.BYU, 1983
- SiGGraph ’80 Computer Graphics Symposium, Seattle
- MBA candidate, University of Washington, 1978-9
- BA in Education, Univ. of Washington, 1971