Keara Douglas

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Delux Designs (DE), LLC Founder

Keara Douglas

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Born in North Carolina, yet raised in South Carolina, Keara began her service with just a Macbook, Photoshop Elements and Corel Paint Pro software along with a dream and determination to work for herself. Her art journey began in the first grade as her artwork was often entered into local school competitions, but her design career started off through creating graphic design work for family and friends around her high school and hometown through social media website Myspace. This soon led to the creation of Delux Designs (DE), LLC during December of 2010 of her undergrad years of college. Miss Douglas is now a full-time, self-taught, freelance graphic artist specializing in providing graphic designs for the public, along with custom acrylic paintings, unique wood crafts and trendy ceramics. While designing, Miss Douglas picked up on her skills of marketing and soon became a certified Digital Marketing with an emphasis in Affiliate Marketing during the year of 2020. In 2021, Keara added another accomplishment to her belt when she self-published as an author and illustrator her first coloring book series.

Portfolio

Graphic Designs – Behance

Article Publications
5 Highest Paying Jobs in Art
Blasting News
How Social Networking site Myspace Influenced my Career Decision
Using Art as Therapy
5 Tips to Prepare for a C-Section

Book Publications
COLORS: The DE Coloring Book – Black History Edition
COLORS: The DE Coloring Book – Black History Edition 2

Fellowships
Organizing for Action Community Engagement Alumni (2018)
Getaway Artist (2018)

Certifications
Hubspot Academy – Digital Marketing
Accenture – Digital Marketing
Accenture – Social Media Management
Accenture – Web Analytics
Kings College London – Business Management
University of Leeds – Coding for the Web
University of Leeds – Computer Programming
University of Leeds – Creating a Great User Experience for Mobile Apps
University of Leeds – Creating a Social Media Marketing Campaign
University of Sydney – Ethical Social Media

Awards
Future Learn Award – Introduction to Coding and Design

Interviews
The Sista Speak Show – Ayanna Hollomon on The Platform
Black Girls Who Paint
Copyright Alliance
Meet Keara – JOYDay Movement

Press
The Black Girl Group – Steph R. Caudle
People of Craft
This Girl Means Business Issue #2 – Female Entrepreneur Association
Boss Chick MagicBoss Chick Biz Guide
Golden BloggerzBest Bloggers/Freelancers to Outsource for your Blogging Needs
South ElevationLetters From the Heart

Past Exhibitions
1. August 1995. Lewisville Elementary School. LES Juried Art Show Exhibition. Richburg, South Carolina.
2. November 2016. SC Community Fund. Creating Community. Charleston, South Carolina.
3. December 2016. The SAND Gallery. AmeriKKKa. Baltimore, Maryland.
4. April 2017. A. Bevy. Inspire Yourself Scholarship Mixer. Columbia, South Carolina.
5. February 2019. RAW Artists REFLECT Showcase. Charlotte, North Carolina.
6. October 2019. RAW Artists STELLAR Showcase. Raleigh, North Carolina.
7. September 04, 2020. Art Has A Voice Virtual Exhibition. Greenville, South Carolina.
8. March 01, 2022. Protest Signs Exhibition. Wilmington, North Carolina.

Public Installations
October 2017. Sustain Charlotte – Biketoberfest Mural. Charlotte, North Carolina.

Vendor Showcases
May 2017. Pop Up Shop [Charlotte, North Carolina].
October 2017. Pop Up Shop [Rock Hill, South Carolina].
December 2017. Pop Up Shop [Spartanburg, South Carolina].
February 2019. Pop Up Shop [Charlotte, North Carolina].

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