Illuminating Ideas started in 1997 as Corona
Designs when I was in College at Black Hills
State University in Spearfish, SD. As a Mass
Communications major, I was taking classes
in Marketing, art and graphics and found the
art of combining the three to fulfill a
cause to be fulfilling to me. I have been
designing marketing material in the form of
web sites, brochures and corporate identity
packages ever since. Immediately out of
college, I worked in the graphics department
of an Agriculture Newspaper and then moved
on to work for the local Rapid City, SD NBC
affiliate KNBN-TV. I joined the KNBN staff
as the web producer responsible for the
MSNBC site as well as the design and
maintenance of the company site.
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Our first site was
for the Holiday Inn
in Spearfish, SD in
1997 |
As time went on, I began producing our 6:00
show and soon moved into reporting. When I
left, I was doing all three and loving it,
but unfortunately, it was time for us to
leave the Black Hills. We relocated to
Manassas, VA where I joined the staff at
Prince William Association of REALTORS. At PWAR I was the Programs and Marketing
Manager as well as holding the
responsibility of a sizeable web site. At
the close of my time with PWAR, I was
offered a graphics position with AOL, but
with the honor of becoming a mom to my son
Aaron, we made the decision that I would
pursue my lifelong dream of running my own
business while being a full-time
stay-at-home-mom.
I now am the proud mom of Aaron and Molly
and am very successful at keeping my clients
(who are mostly long distance) happy. I love
both of my jobs and put my heart into both
of them completely. I love being a mom and a
wife, but I love the thrills and challenges
of being a good designer. And after 10 great
years, I can't wait to celebrate many more
years in the future
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