At GrowSmartBiz conference in September 2009, we were selected for video interview.
Carole Thieme is founder of Thieme Creative Media, a company she formed in 1985.
From initially providing graphic design services, it has expanded to include marketing communications and website development and management, in addition to magazine and newsletter design, corporate identity projects, and a wide range of other design projects.
Always evolving, Carole has now acquired eMarketing and eNewsletter publishing skills.
She started her business with a vast experience in graphic communications and related fields.
From her start at Auburn University where she majored in Visual Design, she went on to become the Art Director for the Governor of Florida.
She followed that post by becoming a senior Graphic Designer at the Virginia corporate headquarters of United Way of America.
These years of experience are equally matched by her state-of-the-art graphic design studio that is equipped with both Mac and PC work stations with the complementary desktop publishing peripherals.
For over 30 years, Thieme Creative Media's graphic design unit has kept the focus on client needs for award-winning design at very reasonable prices while always meeting deadlines and providing flawless electronic files to commercial printersaround the country.
Don Thieme, APR, has over 30 years of public relations, advertising and marketing experience in both high tech and social services arenas. He possesses a comprehensive range of media skills from audiovisual to print to the Internet.
His career evolved from being a radio broadcast journalist to a series of public relations and marketing positions that enabled him to create and produce a wide array of media tools.
He guided Florida's Responsible Drinking Campaigns and the Governor's Help Stop Crime Program. That was followed by time with an Industrial Marketing firm in Florida.
Thieme then came to Washington, DC to assist the State Department with its International Development programs around the world. That tenure was followed with almost a decade of spearheading the public relations strategies for the closed-captioned TV industry.
This included public relations events in Hollywood with Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, in DC at the White House with Barbara Bush, and then abroad in England with the late Princess Diana.
Thieme has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
Additionally, Thieme was Accredited by the Public Relations Society of America, following a two-day exam on public relations theory, legal issues, research, techniques and the Society's Code of Ethics. The designation signifies a high professional level of experience and competence.