I’ve helped companies, publishers, and individuals meet their print media needs through expert graphic design, multilingual typesetting, and pre-press work. Clients value my attention to detail, efficiency, and ability to consistently deliver ahead of deadlines. Whether working independently or seamlessly within a team, I bring a wealth of experience and technical expertise to every project. Please see my online portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ I’ve worked on a diverse range of book, magazine and brochure design projects tailoring layouts to a wide range of industries, audiences, and styles. Many of these projects involve creating complementary materials, such as graphs, icons, and tables. I also regularly preform multilingual typeseting and localization of various files into all European and East Asian languages. I excel in industry-standard tools such as Adobe CC and MS Office. I am experienced in print production and pre-press, working in print shops, working in conjunction with print houses, and preparing files for self-publishing platforms like Amazon KDP and Ingram Spark. For clients needing digital formats, I create functional and reflowable ePub files, troubleshoot compatibility issues, and ensure designs meet diverse display requirements. I look forward to discussing how I can contribute to your project’s success.

I’ve helped companies, publishers, and individuals meet their print media needs through expert graphic design, multilingual typesetting, and pre-press work. Clients value my attention to detail, efficiency, and ability to consistently deliver ahead of deadlines. Whether working independently or seamlessly within a team, I bring a wealth of experience and technical expertise to every project. Please see my online portfolio: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ I’ve worked on a diverse range of book, magazine and brochure design projects tailoring layouts to a wide range of industries, audiences, and styles. Many of these projects involve creating complementary materials, such as graphs, icons, and tables. I also regularly preform multilingual typeseting and localization of various files into all European and East Asian languages. I excel in industry-standard tools such as Adobe CC and MS Office. I am experienced in print production and pre-press, working in print shops, working in conjunction with print houses, and preparing files for self-publishing platforms like Amazon KDP and Ingram Spark. For clients needing digital formats, I create functional and reflowable ePub files, troubleshoot compatibility issues, and ensure designs meet diverse display requirements. I look forward to discussing how I can contribute to your project’s success.

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I’ve helped companies, publishers, and individuals meet their print media needs through expert graphic design, multilingual typesetting, and pre-press work. Clients value my attention to detail, efficiency, and ability to consistently deliver ahead of deadlines. Whether working independently or seamlessly within a team, I bring a wealth of experience and technical expertise to every project.

Please see my online portfolio:
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I’ve worked on a diverse range of book, magazine and brochure design projects tailoring layouts to a wide range of industries, audiences, and styles. Many of these projects involve creating complementary materials, such as graphs, icons, and tables. I also regularly preform multilingual typeseting and localization of various files into all European and East Asian languages.

I excel in industry-standard tools such as Adobe CC and MS Office. I am experienced in print production and pre-press, working in print shops, working in conjunction with print houses, and preparing files for self-publishing platforms like Amazon KDP and Ingram Spark. For clients needing digital formats, I create functional and reflowable ePub files, troubleshoot compatibility issues, and ensure designs meet diverse display requirements.

I look forward to discussing how I can contribute to your project’s success.

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Language

Czech
Intermediate
French
Beginner
Slovak
Beginner
Polish
Beginner
German
Beginner
Spanish; Castilian
Beginner

Work Experience

Freelance Graphic Designer at My Language Connection
January 9, 2023 - Present
Typeset and laid out European languages for various medical packaging clients which often requires recreating the original. Typeset various promotional and marketing brochures and flyers in all major EN and East Asian languages.
Freelance Graphic Designer at The Breakthrough Company
February 12, 2019 - Present
Designed a series of professional training workbooks and promotional material that included editing images and creating infographics.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Spirit Level Post
December 4, 2024 - Present
Designed interior pages layouts for books, completed the layout and typesetting of these interior book pages and checked and edited book cover layouts.
Freelance Multilingual Grapic Desinger at ACA WSO
June 27, 2024 - Present
Typeset books into various European languages using a source files to match the layout and typography of the original.
Freelance Graphic Designer & Multilingual DTP Operator at Various Companies, Publishers, Translation Companies and Individual Authors
December 5, 2005 - Present
Design manuals, guidebooks, brochures, logos, posters, business cards, adverts & medical instruction sheets. Perform multilingual publishing for manuals, adverts, posters, books & packaging in the fields of technical, information technology, medical, pharmaceutical, health care, banking, finance, computer gaming & culinary for all European languages and most East Asian languages. Create, edit and set up packaging and POS material. Provide pre-press & technical support. Contribute photography and digital photo editing.

Education

Certificate of Achievement in Czech Language at Karlova Univerzita Praha
April 7, 2003 - June 20, 2003
Associate Degree – Graphic Design at Art Institute of Philadelphia
September 6, 1999 - June 15, 2001
Professional Development Degree in HTML & Web Design at Penn State University Great Valley
September 7, 1998 - December 18, 1998
BA – Journalism, Minor: History at Millersville University
August 24, 1992 - June 14, 1996

Qualifications

Certificate of Achievement in Czech Language
April 7, 2003 - June 20, 2003
Professional Development Degree in HTML & Web Design
September 7, 1998 - December 18, 1998

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Retail, Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Healthcare, Travel & Hospitality
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