Debora Weber
Communications Specialist and Artist
- Fine Art & Craft Art
I
received a B.A. in Liberal Art, magna cum laude, from Lake Erie College (sister
college of Mount Holyoke) near Cleveland, Ohio and attended Oxford University
at the Ruskin School of Art. Life drawing class consisted of models who
held month-long poses, allowing students time to master the human form.
After graduation, I took continuing education courses at Moore College of Art and University of the Arts in Philadelphia. As an evening students at Wharton, I completed the course "Intro to Marketing" for some basic marketing knowledge and began marketing "That's My Dog!" in three states.
I continue to explore sculpture and painting for pleasure. My paintings have been displayed in the Philadelphia area: The Main Line Art Center, Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists and I am a member of The Plastic Club.
- Web Design
I design and maintain standards compliant, cross-browser compatible web
sites. For educational examples, I designed internet presence for the
University
of Pennsylvania, Arcadia
University, and Tulpehocken
School District. For the arts, see Peter
G Photography and That's
My Dog.
My skill set includes Photoshop, Dreamweaver, XHTML, HTML, CSS2, Contribute, FreeHand, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, XML, Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript, FTP, Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, CVS, Twiki (a Wiki) and Celoxis.
Technology training is ongoing. I participated on Penn's ISC Web Browser Testing Team and Penn’s RSS Team to explore RSS/podcasting. I have set up blogs for community groups. In the e-Learning industry, I used Flash, Articulate and a learning management system (LMS) to create online learning programs for continuing medical education credits. I also coordinated workshops for that program. I was also a member of PADLA, Pennsylvania Distance Learning Association.
- Graphic Design
I designed branding and marketing materials for Fortune 500 clients, including
Campbell's Soup Company. And if you were in Manayunk, Philly's trendy
restaurant neighborhood, you would have seen my logo work for Manayunk
Brewing Company.
For four years I performed electronic file pre-flight, line screen halftones, trapping, separating film (40" x 50"), stripping and proofing for big names like McDonalds and Perdue as a flexographic prepress artist.
- Illustration
The
Vlasik Stork and Grampa Stroehmann are two famous cartoon characters which
I have illustrated for in-store marketing materials. Did you know they
have to be redrawn each time a new pose is required? Watercolors, pen
& ink and colored pencils are medium I use in addition to digital
media to create illustrations for educational publishing, packaging and
the web. I am the illustrator for several childrens books and was recognized
for my work in the national business publication "Who's Who"
in 1988.
- Writing
From
headlines to romance copy, I write text for brochures, advertising and
packaging. For Arcadia University, I wrote and placed ads in Peterson's
Four-Year Colleges. Campbell's Soup Company's millennium calendar
required copy in the time line page. I was editor of a newsletter for
the Lower Merion School District for seven busy years.
I write and submit press releases as a volunteer in the community for my church, school, garden club, and artists. I also write documentation and create Power Point presentations.
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