Sally Schaedler

Responsibilities included creating original layouts, designs, and final illustrations for use in a variety of products such as banners, cutouts, games, balloons, 3D honeycomb items, novelty items, party and paper goods including cups, napkins, plates, and table covers. Assignments included both digital and flat art projects. Created products for all major holidays and themes including Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines Day, St. Patricks, Fall, Spring, and the 4th of July. Designed and developed visual presentations for gift and home decor division, created innovative product ideas, sketched and colored art with multiple views from concept to final illustration, prepared technical specs for vendors, and designed toys, plush, and novelty products using a variety of materials.

Responsibilities included creating original layouts, designs, and final illustrations for use in a variety of products such as banners, cutouts, games, balloons, 3D honeycomb items, novelty items, and party and paper goods including cups, napkins, plates, and table covers. Projects included digital and flat art, targeting all major holidays and themes including Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Valentines Day, St Patrick's, Fall, Spring, and 4th of July. Additionally, designed and developed visual presentations and innovative product ideas for seasonal and everyday consumer use in the gift and home decor division. Sketched and colored art with multiple views ranging from concept drawing to final illustration, prepared technical specs for vendors, and created innovative packaging. Designed toys, plush, and unusual novelty products using a variety of materials.

Over twenty years of experience as a children’s textbook and trade illustrator for major publishers through an agent, now seeking freelance opportunities as an independent freelancer. Experience includes working for publishers such as Random House, Silver Burdett/Pearson, Simon and Schuster, McGraw Hill, Grolier Educational, Concordia Publishing, Richard Owen Publishing, RCL Enterprises, Time Life Inc, UM Publishing, and self-published authors. Created line art for coloring books and advertising illustrations for companies like General Foods, Nestle, Kodak, Nabisco. Worked on a broad variety of styles and projects including digital and traditional illustration.