Jennifer Palmer
Experience
Freelance
Graphic Designer and Illustrator, 2002 - Present
Projects include: book covers, holiday cards, editorial illustration, logos, icons, web site design, iPhone application graphics, e-newsletters, logo identities, and marketing materials for print and web.
Projects include: book covers, holiday cards, editorial illustration, logos, icons, web site design, iPhone application graphics, e-newsletters, logo identities, and marketing materials for print and web.
Illustrator, Active Arts Theatre for Young Audiences, 2007 - Present
Create original illustrations for use on playbills and promotional materials.
Create original illustrations for use on playbills and promotional materials.
American Library Association, Publishing Department, 2001 - 2009
Senior Production Editor, Publishing Technology (Periodicals Production), 2009
Production Editor, Publishing Technology (Periodicals Production), 2007 - 2009
Primarily responsible for the art direction of print and online projects for three magazines published by a national nonprofit with 65,000 members, producing a total of 38 print issues a year with circulation of over 65,000 (American Libraries) and 19,800 (Booklist). Created feature art for Booklist Online (400,000 views per month; 175,000 unique).
Production Editor, Publishing Technology (Periodicals Production), 2007 - 2009
Primarily responsible for the art direction of print and online projects for three magazines published by a national nonprofit with 65,000 members, producing a total of 38 print issues a year with circulation of over 65,000 (American Libraries) and 19,800 (Booklist). Created feature art for Booklist Online (400,000 views per month; 175,000 unique).
- Key role in the successful merger of two separate magazine production groups into one cohesive production team, advising the Production Director on how best to reassign production and design tasks to reduce impact of staff reduction. Created templates, element libraries and best practices to increase efficiency, smooth workflow, reduce error, and lower costs.
- Created banners and buttons for promotion of blogs and features on Booklist Online.
- Designed REaD ALERTS e-newsletter logo (20 issues a year with 80,000 readers).
- Project managed and supervised production and design process of Book Links magazine. Updated magazine layout and integrated InCopy into workflow, streamlining the production process.
- Developed workflow and design of digital supplement issues to Booklist and American Libraries—a new potential revenue stream.
Production Editor, Booklist Publishing, 2003 - 2007
Sole graphic designer on production team responsible for creation of graphics for magazine including promotional materials and web site demos. Implemented magazine redesign.
Sole graphic designer on production team responsible for creation of graphics for magazine including promotional materials and web site demos. Implemented magazine redesign.
- Co-managed Booklist publishing production department during Production Director’s three-month leave (October 2003 - January 2004).
- Created system for managing, coordinating, collecting and preparing art and advertisements for publications; trained current and new staff in design programs; identified and resolved page file problems to reduce printing costs and errors, maximize use of color, maintain magazine style consistency and increase advertiser satisfaction without lowering quality of magazine production.
Editorial Assistant, ALA Editions, 2001 - 2003
Supported editorial staff in the acquisition and preparation of book manuscripts for production and publication. Redesigned, implemented, and maintained ALA Editions web site. Coordinated conversion of web site to content management system.
Supported editorial staff in the acquisition and preparation of book manuscripts for production and publication. Redesigned, implemented, and maintained ALA Editions web site. Coordinated conversion of web site to content management system.
Prior Work
Communications Manager, APTE, Inc., 1998 - 2000
Editorial Intern, Runner’s World, Rodale Press, 1997
Editorial Intern, Runner’s World, Rodale Press, 1997
Education
Northwestern University, Bachelor of Arts, 1998. Graduated with Departmental Honors.
Oakton Community College, 2003 - 2004. Course work in Graphic Design I; Layout and Typography; Photoshop; Drawing I; Two-dimensional Design; Painting I.
Chicago Art Institute, 2000. Course work in Children’s Book Illustration; Graphic Design
Oakton Community College, 2003 - 2004. Course work in Graphic Design I; Layout and Typography; Photoshop; Drawing I; Two-dimensional Design; Painting I.
Chicago Art Institute, 2000. Course work in Children’s Book Illustration; Graphic Design