TIMELINE
2010
Clients: Teen Identity Portraits, The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu, Berkson Asset Management, Good Shepherd School, Point C, Kahili Creations, Sam Saboura STYLED....
Calabrese officially came on board as Lead interactive developer for Special modern design
2009
Clients: Karmissie Beauty Line, Go Gently Baby, Hurwitz Productions, Route 66 Networks, Outside Editorial, Ventura Notary, Planning Company Associates, Portfolio for Hospitality Architects, Music Reports, Inc., Liberty's Kitchen New Orleans, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy...
2007-2008
Clients: Sound Mind, Cake Monkey Bakery, Taryn Rose, Amsterdam Modern, see:smell:taste, Yarblite, Randi Hiller Casting, Barncat Publishing, Skeleton Crew Ad Agency, Maybe Baby (film), dtox Day Spa, Yosemite Chamber of Commerce, Ellen Conrad Properties, Recess Nail Salon, fashion correspondent and style expert Sam Saboura...
2005-2006
Clients: Bec(c)a Christian, Dandelion, M Industrial Design, Karen Hill Scott and Co., Los Angeles Universal Preschool, Cinematic Studios, Emoto, Hypefest, Modcom, Four Winds Entertainment...
2002-2004
Clients: Coppos Films, Hype, Flewelling and Moody Architects, ARC Design Group, Autry Museum, greatguns:usa, Jean Muenster Financial Services, Miss Laurie's Smart Guide...
2001
Clients: LeSanctuaire, Jennifer Diamond Foundation, Arbor and Bloom, Weider Publishing, Inc....
Barranco collaborated with Weider Publishing, Inc. on their web sites shape.com and fitpregnancy.com. As the front-end designer on these projects, she worked closely with a web development team on the back-end. She also designed the user interface and set the design standards for their proprietary fitness tool, iShape.com.
2000
Prior to forming special modern design, Karen was the Creative/Brand Director at Red Ant Media Group U.S., where she provided overall design direction. She lead the implementation and extension of the brand experience for clients as well as internally.
1999
During the dot-com boom, she gained experience in the use of a variety of online services, content management systems and interactive techniques as Creative Director at a celebrity-based online magazine startup.
1994-1999
Clients: Universal Studios Islands of Adventure, Warner Bros., NBC, Nestlé, DayRunner, Winfire, Countrywide, and MCA/Universal, UniverSoul Circus, Disney, Rembrandt...
Karen worked for five years as Creative Director at Evenson Design Group, a prominent design firm known for creating award-winning corporate identity systems, brand and merchandise development programs. She spearheaded the implementation of interactive design in the mid 90s.
She was the Creative Director on a large-scale project for Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure, for which she lead three Project Managers in creative design and development for thousands of products and packaging for Jurassic Park, Seuss Landing and the park's entrance, Port of Entry. The teams developed over 300 units of licensed, non-traditional theme-park retail merchandise for each "island". Every design was an extensions of the corresponding story line.
1984-1994
Karen began her design career in New Orleans after earning a BFA in commercial art from the University of New Orleans. At that time she co-founded a small design studio. Her combination of traditional design skills and computer skills has given her the tools to be a well-rounded and firmly grounded graphic designer.
Karen's work has been recognized internationally for design excellence.