Karen Maxwell

Personal

I've been married for nearly 21 years and we have two teenage sons. I have a B.S. in Professional Writing and I've been designing and maintaining websites for the past six years. My professional writing goal is to build a successful website/weblog business. My long-term creative writing goal is to have my work published. I love to read, write, camp, ride bikes, walk, spend time with my family, surf the web and make people laugh.

Professional

Highly self-motivated individual with outgoing personality and strong people skills. Proficient in writing, editing, web designing, and creative technology.

Strengths

· Communication Skills (writing/presentation).
· Interpersonal and “people” skills
· Project management and execution
· Problem solving and conflict resolution.
- Creative design and original graphics
· Personal training and development
· Created databases for several blogs

Experience

· Designed nine public school websites in Springfield R-12 District
- Currently maintain eight public school websites in Springfield R-12 District
· Designed local YMCA website
· Developed Help Files and tutorials in RoboHelp
- Edited and updated company manual
- Designed company Style Manual
- Written and designed several brochures
- Written and designed school newsletters

Education

Bachelor of Science in Professional Writing, December 2003
Southwest Missouri State University, nka Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. Graduated Cum Laude.

Software Skills

Adobe Acrobat · Photoshop Elements · Microsoft Word · FrontPage · Publisher · Excel · PowerPoint · Producer· Macromedia Dreamweaver · Flash · RoboHelp HTML · Lotus WordPro · CSS · PHP · HTML · WordPress