testimonials

"Karen is both creative and resourceful in her designs. She works tirelessly to find the right concept for her clients and turns the work around quickly. She always gets the job done and is just fantastic to work with."   —Maura Walsh Rogan, Deputy Director of PR, Share Our Strength

"Karen Donohue has done the design work for La Varenne cooking school since 1995, both for materials that we use in the USA and in Europe. She has an excellent visual sense and we have always been able to rely on her good taste and adherence to budgets. It's a pleasure to have all our design needs so ably taken care of."   —Anne Willan, President and Founder, La Varenne

"Working with Karen Donohue has always been a pleasure. I can always expect high quality work with a fast turnaround and at decent prices! As a book publisher, I know that formatting large documents isn't always easy, but Karen makes the process seamless - which saves me quite a few headaches. As long as we continue to publish books, we intend to use Karen's services."   —Ingrid Mendoza, Director, Publications, American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)

"Karen is a joy to work with. She is creative, responsive and takes into consideration our budgets and time frames. I always know I can count on Karen!"   —Julie Seils, President, KS Marketing

“Karen Donohue has the ability to convey complex written information in a clear, powerful, and accessible way. She helped—through her professional and stylish design—to forge and even stronger relationship with one of our best clients. Her impressive work reflected very well on us and we will continue to contract through her as often as we can.”   —Evan Hochberg, Director, Community Wealth Ventures

"As the Creative Services Manager for Share Our Strength, Karen Donohue brought a fresh, innovative look to the anti-hunger organization for more than three years. Her work was superior and always done in a timely manner no matter the deadline or the detail. From creating the look for the organizational Web site to designing all the marketing materials, Karen showed an expert eye in producing incredible pieces with a small budget and tight deadlines."   —Arlison Hall, Director of Communications, Share Our Strength

“What I appreciate most about working with Karen as a designer is her astonishing ability to provide just what is needed. Whether it is an update to an existing catalog, a clean layout for a guidebook or information sheet, or an ad or annual report, Karen produces a wide range of materials with consistent quality. She can work with your ideas or come up with something original that does what you need it to do."   —Michele McLeod, Senior Program Officer, Annenberg Media

"Working with KLD Design has been a fabulous experience! Karen's design skills are exceptional. She has the capacity to communicate complicated information into clear and concise messages. She has created all of the marketing materials for my company for the past 5 years which has included business cards, brochures, exhibit design, and website development. Her professionalism, artistic genius and commitment to timelines makes working with Karen an absolute pleasure."   —Maureen Roden, President, BPSI

“Karen is a creative and precise designer. When I get files from her, not only do we see that she understands how to design for the printing process, but the designs are very creative and fun to produce. It's always a pleasure to work with her.”   —Hal Kowenski, Senior Account Executive, Linemark Printing linemark.com

“Karen has designed marketing materials for the Montgomery County Road Runners Club. Her beautiful work, knowledge, and quick turnaround are wonderful assets.”   —Patricia Maloney, Ph.D. Montgomery County Road Runners Club

“Karen is a terrific web designer - strong strategic thinking, great skills, and a unique ability to listen to what a client needs, and to translate that into strategy and design. Plus, she's one of the funniest people on the planet! You really want to be her friend on Facebook, just to follow her adventures in parenting!”   —Mike Bento, Executive VP Marketing & Communication Communities In Schools

“I have used Karen Donohue for several of my graphic design projects. To say that Karen is excellent is an understatement. She delivers high-quality work in an extremely timely fashion for a reasonable price. She has come through for me on several situations where I needed a project completed quickly and yet still provided top quality results. I continue to use Karen's services for all of my graphic design needs and highly recommend her to any business professionals.”   —Al Schuster Polaris Business Services polarisrealestatellc.com

"I have worked with Karen Donohue for nearly three years and consistently have been thrilled with the quality of her work. Whether designing our company logo, developing company collateral or collaborating with us on the launch and updating of our corporate website, Karen has an incredible ability to translate our vision into meaningful and relevant design. And quite important to us, she does so both within agreed upon timeframes and reasonable budgets. I would enthusiastically recommend Karen’s work to any organization looking for excellence in graphic design." —Jon D. Leibowitz, President and CEO, Lighthouse Learning