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Owner, Lead Graphic Designer
Jill Zylke Visual Arts
Chicago, IL
Oct 2022 - Present (1 year 11 months)
Freelance Graphic and Web Designer, Illustrator, Book Designer, and Production Artist
Clients included: The Adler School of Professional Psychology, American Physician Institute, Argo Translations, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Chenille Kraft Company, Chicago Fire, Med, and PD; Easter Seals, The Edgewater Singers, FP Hayes Design, Quad Graphics, Karen Stockwell (Author), Taproot Foundation, TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safer Communities), Vibration Engineering Consultants
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Graphic Design
Buffalo Grove, IL
Jan 2015 - Oct 2022 (7 years 9 months)
Delivered graphic design support in Global Brand Marketing Department for Digital Pathology, Histology Instruments and Consumables, and IHC/ISH (Immunohistochemistry/In Situ Hybridization) for Leica Biosystems, a global leader in histology and anatomical pathology workflow solutions and automation, which develops and supplies clinical diagnostics to the pathology market. It is also a research, instrument, and medical device company.
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Composition Services Specialist
PEARSON EDUCATION/SCOTT FORESMAN
Glenview, IL
Jan 2001 - Mar 2010 (9 years 2 months)
Provided high-volume, intricate textbook print production support for the #1 educational publisher in the U.S.
• Volunteered to take on special project that was a critical need for the department. Consolidated and organized thousands of content images in K4 database workflow management system for use in Teacher Edition Reading program, which increased productivity by 10% in short, time frame
• Acted as liaison between team members, production managers, editorial staff and management
• Produced national and state reading curriculum textbook programs, customized to 6 different state specifications under tight deadlines, and completed extensive revisions while part of a team reduced by over 50%
• Composed textbook page production and template building using Adobe InDesign.