Graphic Designer, Presentation Designer

KEN PALMER

Graphic Designer / Art Director

CONTACT

PHONE: 609-***-****

EMAIL: ******@**.***

SOCIAL: www.linkedin.com/in/ken-palmer-PYXL8R

ADDRESS: PO Box 458, Crosswicks, NJ 08515-0458

PORTFOLIO / DESIGN SAMPLES (PDF): https://bit.ly/41QhELB

I’m a recently-downsized but still-active freelance graphic designer, with extensive experience as an art director, presentation designer, and magazine designer. I’m also a fine artist, electronic musician, live concert projection visualist, and a life-long dabbler in many odd and creative things.

ELEVATOR PITCH: I’m an Adobe InDesign pro-level user with 25 years of experience with the software, a rare PowerPoint-conquering ninja, and a templating expert with lightning-fast skills in both applications. I can write, edit, proofread, and I possess a quick wit and sense of humor that’s used (mostly) for good as a staff stress reducer.

SKILLS

• Decades of advertising and publishing expertise in fast-paced corporate and agency environments.

• Expert-level experience with Adobe Creative Cloud: InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, and the Mac OS-X environment.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (with ninja-level formatting and template expertise in PowerPoint) on both Mac and Windows platforms.

• Current with print production technologies and workflow systems.

• Ability to multitask, and to work independently as well as collaboratively with design/edit/sales staff.

• Efficient planning and accurate execution of assignments under demanding deadlines.

• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills.

• Side interests: I create fine art, record and perform electronic music and concert visuals, and organize and engineer multiple live multimedia concert events.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017 – 2024

Allentown, LLC, Allentown, NJ

• Full-time graphic design manager for leading biomedical equipment manufacturer’s in-house Marketing Department.

• Designer of branded corporate brochures, multi-language product sellsheets, manuals, PowerPoint decks, infographics, advertisements, and trade show booth graphics and multimedia displays.

• Conceived, directed, and assisted in photo and video shoots for product presentations and sales aids, developed storyboards for animated product summaries, and created social media graphics.

2010 – 2017 (Graphic Design Freelancer / Contractor)

Guidemark Health, Princeton, NJ • Ethos Health Communications, Newtown, PA • Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ

• Production and design of multiple pharmaceutical brands’ print and digital marketing materials, as well as creation of support collateral for clinical trials (in multiple languages).

• Production of Word and PowerPoint templates, presentations, tables, and infographics.

• Design of complex interactive PDF (iPDF) documents for internal and external iPad-based technical presentations.

1992 – 2010

Bloomberg, LP, Princeton, NJ & New York City, NY

• Art Director: Bloomberg Japan Magazine

• Senior Designer / Art Director: Bloomberg Magazine and Bloomberg Personal Magazine

• Graphic Designer: Bloomberg Creative Services

(More-detailed job descriptions can be viewed on LinkedIn at www.LinkedIn.com/in/ken-palmer-PYXL8R)

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, Bachelor of Fine Art (Graduated With Distinction)

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