Kathy Konkle

Freelance illustrator & stock for IstockPhoto (owned by Getty Images) Kathy is currently accepting freelance assignments creating icon sets, logos, vector illustrations, infographics and graphic designs for digital display as well as for print. She specializes in medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, educational and publishing visual design and illustration. In addition for freelancing for many different clients, such as Adams Media Publishers and IChemlabs software publishers, Kathy has created over 4,400 original vector stock illustrations and icon sets that are available for purchase on iStockPhoto.com. Kathy's freelance illustrations can be seen on her website www.kathykonkle.com. Her stock illustrations can be viewed at www.istockphoto.com/profile/kathykonkle.

Designed in-house print materials for Pfizer and provided interactive graphics for their trade shows and events. Designed educational materials for doctors and created logos and icons to brand various Pfizer initiative groups. Created printed brochures and handbooks for Pfizer's management, recruitment and financial divisions, internship program and a promotional handbook for their printing plant in Rye, New York.

Designed educational materials for Pfizer and Novartis. Designed and illustrated training aids and laptop presentations for pharmaceutical sales representatives. Designed web sites, CD-ROMs, kiosks and provided creative direction for proposals. Supervised and mentored junior designers.

Illustrated, animated and designed interfaces for educational games and corporate interactive projects. Won awards for "Ocean Voyager, " an educational game sponsored by Time Warner for the Smithsonian Institution that taught players about the ecology of the oceans. Supervised the production department and worked closely with writers, game developers and programmers. Medical & Technical Publications Scientific American Illustrated technical subjects and unseen phenomena for Scientific American. Illustrated the "Amateur Scientist" column and books on genetics and physics for Scientific American's book division. Electronic Publishing Services (EPS) Illustrated scientific textbooks on geology, physics and genetics. Worked directly with scientists to translate difficult concepts into easy to understand illustrations. Simon & Schuster Publishing Company Illustrated scientific textbooks on medicine, nursing, safety, first aid and emergency rescue techniques for their Mosby and Brady Books divisions. National Science Teachers Association Illustrated educational publications including Ranger Rick Magazine, The Science Teacher and Science and Children. Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) Created technical publications for the Army, Navy and Air force illustrating exploded views and cutaways from engineering drawings for operation and maintenance manuals that provided support for heavy equipment, satellites and the Columbia Space Shuttle. Awards, Lectures & Publications "Communications Arts" poster design selected for publication by juried competition Speaker for Macromedia's event for web developers at Internet World Convention at the Javitts Convention Center in New York City. "HOW" step-by-step magazine article on how Kathy made a web site VRML model "Careers in Multimedia: Roles and Resources" course textbook profile of the artist Panelist for ASIFA's (The Internation...

Researched scientific topics and worked with scientists and museum staff to create highly interactive educational web sites such as "Reading the Rocks" featuring a rock database and virtual classroom laboratories used by high school students to study geological rocks. Illustrated and developed the interfaces for web sites that explore life surrounding the deep-sea thermal vents.