561-281-6313
nachattin@nachattin.com
Qualifications
Her artwork
has been published in national magazines, featured in art galleries, and as
advertising samples for major companies. As a designer with Spellbinders Paper
Arts, LLC for the last two years she has had numerous items published as class
samples, advertising, and regular magazine publication.
Her programs
are offered only on a limited basis in stores, galleries, and at artist
retreats all over the East Coast. While working with a vast array of materials
and mediums her current focus includes collage, scrapbooking, rubber stamp art
and journals. Reoccurring themes in Norma Anne's art and workshops
include art for everyday people, personal growth, healing, and discovery
through the creative process.
In addition to her creative arts career, Norma Anne has over
17 years of success in training, marketing, management, writing, and
recruiting.
She is a certified career counselor who is equally
comfortable in front of one or an audience of 500. Her professional experience
in staffing has given her a firm foundation in the business world and she
translates these contacts and experiences in her seminars and workshops.
Writing experience includes authoring, editing, and
contributing to training manuals, newsletters for varied organizations,
brochures, flyers, resumes, business letters, self-help and motivational
literature, spiritual meditations, sermons, news and feature articles, press
releases, and she currently writes a non-fiction book.
Expertise
·
Design
and implementation of hundreds of creative arts programs
·
Multimedia
presentation skills
·
Excellent
written and verbal communicator
·
Artistic
design
·
Event
planning and coordination
·
Consistent
sales producer
·
Marketing
research & implementation
·
Planning
and budgeting
·
Managed
all levels of employees
Work Experience
Be Chattin Enterprises, Self-Employed, 6/97-present.
Coordinate and lead established multi-faceted business that
includes design and implementation of creative arts programs and products,
writing for trade publications, demonstrating for manufacturers, and consulting
for individuals and companies.
Client List Includes: My Creative Classroom.com, Spellbinders
Paper Arts LLC,
Contract Instructor, Various Venues, 5/86-6/97
While working full time as a manager in education and
staffing I also taught creative arts classes for stores, community venues, and
various churches.
Assistant Director of
Alumni,
Manager of Recruiting
and Community Relations, Drake, 6/98-3/99
Career Coach, Professional Resource Management, 9/97-6/98
Contract Consulting, 10/96-9/97
General Manager, Local Staffing & Training Companies, 5/83-10/96
Education
in
Journalism and Art
Washington and Lee University, Journalism transfer courses
through their honors exchange program
University of Maryland, “Crash MBA for Business Mangers,”
certificate
Bernard Haldane Associates, Certification Program Career
Counseling
The Artist's Way, 12-Week Course in Creativity based
on the book by Judith Cameron
Ranger
(ink) University, Certified
Instructor for Melting Pot™ and all related products
Continuing
Education in the
arts including a recent 10-week course in stained glass art, numerous paper art
classes including collage, photography, scrapbooking, and stamping, with local
and nationally recognized instructors.
References available upon request