Jill Zylke

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

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.

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.