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Diane Sorensen's resume
Doug Hansen's resume

Diane Sorensen

1996 – Present
Doug & Diane Creative Partners - Mercer Island, WA
Creative services firm
Position: Co-owner
Responsibilities: Copywriter, message strategist, marketing communication consultant
Clients: Fluke, Fluke Networks, Microsoft (sub-contract through Lionfish Creative), Nutraceutix (health supplements), Peanut Labs (research services), EED (Electronic Evidence Discovery), Nvision (broadcast electronics)

1990 – 1996
Sorensen, Roberts & Hansen - Seattle, WA
Full-service agency ranking among the top ten in the Puget Sound region
Position: Principal and Creative Director
Responsibilities: Managed the agency’s creative services and new business development
Clients: Evergreen Hospital, Microsoft, Millstone Coffee, Providence Healthcare, TCI Cable, Fluke, Fluke Networks, Zetec

1983 – 1990
Sorensen & Company - Seattle, WA
Creative services firm
Position: Founder, Owner and Creative Director
Responsibilities: Managed the firm’s creative services
Clients: Microsoft, Data I/O, Hewlett Packard, Fluke, Safeco, Egghead Software

1980 – 1983
MarketReach - Seattle, WA
Advertising agency specializing in technology
Position: Creative account supervisor
Responsibilities: Responsible for managing accounts, developing creative, and copywriting
Clients: ATL, Contel (residential telephone), Telematic (telecommunication systems), and Fluke

1979 – 1980
Fluke (global electronics manufacturer) - Everett, WA
Position: Account Manager
Responsibilities: Developing marketing communication solutions for assigned business units including data acquisition, calibration, and industrial process tools.

1975 - 1979
Foote, Cone and Belding - San Francisco, CA
Positions Held: Associate Media Director, Media Planner, Asst. Media Planner, Media Coordinator
Responsibilities: Developing media strategies, and planning multi-million budgets for national and international brands
Clients: Levi Strauss, Amour Dial, Clorox, Dole Pineapple, Idaho Potatoes, Foster Farms, California Raisin Advisory Board

EDUCATION
B.A. University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communications - 1975
Post graduate studies include business and banking, statistics, electronics for non-engineers, McKee drama seminar, and various writing conference and workshops.

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Doug Hansen

1996 – Present
Doug & Diane Creative Partners - Mercer Island, WA
Creative services firm
Position: Co-owner
Responsibilities: Graphic designer, illustrator, marketing communication consultant
Clients: Fluke, Fluke Networks, Microsoft (sub-contract through Lionfish Creative), Nutraceutix (health supplements), Peanut Labs (research services), EED (Electronic Evidence Discovery), Nvision (broadcast electronics)

1991 – 1996
Sorensen, Roberts & Hansen - Seattle, WA
Full-service agency ranking among the top ten in the Puget Sound region
Position: Principal and Graphics Director
Responsibilities: Managed the agency’s design and production departments
Clients: Evergreen Hospital, Microsoft, Millstone Coffee, Providence Healthcare, TCI Cable, Fluke and Fluke Networks, Zetec

1984 – 1991
Doug Hansen Design - Seattle, WA
Graphic design firm
Position: Founder, Owner and Creative Director
Responsibilities: Managed the firm’s creative services
Clients: Microsoft, Data I/O, Fluke, Mircorim, Applied Microsystems

1978 – 1984
The Davis Group - Seattle, WA
Graphic design firm
Position: Senior graphic designer
Responsibilities: Responsible for managing accounts, developing creative, and graphic design

EDUCATION
The Burnley School of Art - graduate, graphic design - 1978
University of Washington - BA Economics - 1973

SOFTWARE PROGRAMS
InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Painter, Quark XPress, Word, PowerPoint, Excel

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WE LISTEN

Marketing communications begins with our communications skills: asking the right questions, and carefully listening to your answers. While each client has a unique vision, set of goals, and challenges, we view your business in context of 30 years of diverse business and technology experience. We apply all the lessons we’ve learned to solving your particular communication challenge – whether it’s a thorny tactical issue, or fuzzy strategy that needs focus.

WE LEARN

We don’t approach our work on a superficial level, but dig deep, investing the time and effort to understand your company, products, services, and issues. We contribute a broad knowledge base that ranges from software to broadcast equipment, electronic test tools to insurance. We’re versed in the full range of marketing tools and international creative trends. By continually learning and changing, we can offer the astute communication advice and focused creative solutions that will build your business.

WE CREATE

Now comes the fun part. From a single print ad to a new product launch or a multi-year integrated program, we write the words and create the images that deliver the right message to the right customers.
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