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Hi, I’m Ann Caranci, a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator who specializes in literacy-focused books and classroom materials. I love partnering with editors, project managers, and printers to bring concepts to life—from product and packaging design to image research for nonfiction and illustration for fiction. With extensive experience at Pioneer Valley Books and Red Ant Art, I work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Procreate on iPad) and am familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I enjoy gardening and painting, and I’ve helped create school programs, logos, menus, and maps for small businesses and museums.…Hi, I’m Ann Caranci, a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator who specializes in literacy-focused books and classroom materials. I love partnering with editors, project managers, and printers to bring concepts to life—from product and packaging design to image research for nonfiction and illustration for fiction. With extensive experience at Pioneer Valley Books and Red Ant Art, I work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Procreate on iPad) and am familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I enjoy gardening and painting, and I’ve helped create school programs, logos, menus, and maps for small businesses and museums.

Ann Caranci

Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Book Illustrator, +2

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Hi, I’m Ann Caranci, a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator who specializes in literacy-focused books and classroom materials. I love partnering with editors, project managers, and printers to bring concepts to life—from product and packaging design to image research for nonfiction and illustration for fiction. With extensive experience at Pioneer Valley Books and Red Ant Art, I work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Procreate on iPad) and am familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I enjoy gardening and painting, and I’ve helped create school programs, logos, menus, and maps for small businesses and museums.…Hi, I’m Ann Caranci, a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator who specializes in literacy-focused books and classroom materials. I love partnering with editors, project managers, and printers to bring concepts to life—from product and packaging design to image research for nonfiction and illustration for fiction. With extensive experience at Pioneer Valley Books and Red Ant Art, I work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Procreate on iPad) and am familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I enjoy gardening and painting, and I’ve helped create school programs, logos, menus, and maps for small businesses and museums.

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Hi, I’m Ann Caranci, a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator who specializes in literacy-focused books and classroom materials. I love partnering with editors, project managers, and printers to bring concepts to life—from product and packaging design to image research for nonfiction and illustration for fiction.

With extensive experience at Pioneer Valley Books and Red Ant Art, I work in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Procreate on iPad) and am familiar with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Outside of work, I enjoy gardening and painting, and I’ve helped create school programs, logos, menus, and maps for small businesses and museums.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

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Editorial Illustration

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator at Pioneer Valley Books

November 1, 2012 - Present

I work with an excellent team to produce literacy-focused books and materials for teachers and students. I provide product and packaging designs and collaborate closely with the project manager, editors, and printers. I research images for nonfiction books and also illustrate some fiction titles, including character sets such as Princess Pig, Marshmallow the Pony, City Mice, Tidbit and Morsel, and Super Sam.

Senior Graphic Designer at Sunrise Marketing

July 1, 1999 - January 1, 2012

Niche marketing to independently owned garden centers. Main work includes direct mail pieces, signage, newsletters, websites and catalogs.

Illustrator and Designer at Red Ant Art, LLC

January 1, 2000 - Present

Illustrated numerous books for Pioneer Valley Books, including character sets like Princess Pig, Marshmallow the Pony, City Mice, Tidbit and Morsel, and Super Sam. I have also designed layouts for Under Armour’s internal quarterly newsletters. I illustrated and designed the Zootopia invites for the combined Franklin Zoo and Stone Zoo events, and recently illustrated houses and maps for Old Sturbridge Village. I have collaborated with local small companies on logos, menus, menu boards, murals, and more.