Graphic Design . Marketing. Advertising

Zen DK Graphics understands the importance of effective communication between the designer and client and can help transform your idea and vision into a reality.  With extensive knowledge and experience in providing professional and creative services from design concept to final output, Zen DK Graphics offers its clients a versatile and multi-faceted design sense that ranges from the corporate to the cutting-edge alternative. Zen DK is dedicated to providing fresh solutions for its clients’ graphic design and marketing needs.

Dorothy Knorowski is the founder of Zen DK Graphics, based in Northern New Jersey. Educated and skilled as a graphic designer at the Fashion Institute of Technology of New York City, Dorothy has enjoyed pursuing a career that utilizes her creative talents and sensibilities. Her experience includes ten years of graphic design and five years as a marketing coordinator in the corporate world. Designed pieces includes brochures, advertisements, direct mail packages, logos, sales support materials, trade show posters, flyers, and web sites.

Experience and Skills Profile

Experience

In 1998 Dorothy joined the staff of Fitz Media Inc. a public relations firm as their primary graphic designer, where she utilized her design skills to design many direct mail pieces and print advertisements for a number of diverse clients. She also helped in distributing designed direct mail advertisements, obtaining mailing lists, databases, and coordinated the timely completion of all marketing projects.

Dorothy joined the staff of Smooth Solutions, a document management company, in 2003 as their creative marketing coordinator.  At Smooth Solutions, she was able to employ her abilities as a graphics designer to help strengthen the growth of a small company and help bolster its marketing capabilities.  Through her efforts, she was able to target many new audiences and capture the attention of new prospects and establish new business relations.  In her time there she designed and directed all of the company's graphic design and marketing projects. Dorothy utilized her graphic design skills for various internet and printed media marketing projects including email blasts, direct mailers, brochures, flyers, website design and maintenance and more.

Dorothy also freelances as a graphic designer for local clients and night clubs since 2004. This allows her to combine her experience and skills from corporate and professional work with cutting edge alternative designs to capture the attention and excitement of night club entertainment.

Skills

Design Software:

QuarkXPress 8, Adobe Creative Suite CS4: Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator 

Web Design:

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Microsoft Front Page, HTML, and CSS coding

Technical Skills:

Database queries, import and export data, and utilize CSV, TXT, XLS files
Graphic printing processes and print production
Windows and MAC Operating Systems

References & Resume

Dorothy's resume, a list of references, and client feedback can easily be provided at your request.