Ken Von Alt

As a member of the Business Service Professionals (BSP) team, I provide design services for account teams supporting current clients, creating documents for renewals, stewardship, and program reviews.
Design documents and presentations that meet specific Aon brand standards, using a mixture of templates and unique designs, managing multiple projects with different requirements and varying schedules.
I specialize in branding, creating identities for several internal Business Resource Groups (BRG).Work with multiple account teams to design documents that meet specific Aon brand standards, creating unique and personalized presentation within tight deadlines, often managing multiple projects with different requirements and schedules.

An employee-owned professional services corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments.
Designed and executed a variety of print and digital products, including reports, survey forms, marketing collateral, fact sheets and pamphlets, posters and banners, logos and brand identity.
Prepared digital files for compliance with 508 standards, including screen
reader access, alternate text, and color contrast requirements.
Prepared digital files for production, both traditional and digital printing.

Prepared letters, postcards, envelopes, and survey forms for data merging, using specialized software.
Cleaned, normalized, and prepared variable data.
Prepared print-ready files.

NCTM is the world's largest mathematics education organization, advocating for high-quality mathematics teaching and learning for every student.
My work concentrated on the production of a teachers guide and assisting on various smaller print projects. Produced finished print-ready files and PDFs according to provided specifications. Reformatted existing scanned materials and created new illustrations, charts, graphs and figures.
Coordinated with editors and proofreaders to complete projects in a timely manner.

The American Council on Education is a higher education organization conducting public policy advocacy, and research related to key higher education issues.
Managed the production, marketing, and sales of Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education (AIPE).
Developed and implemented a multi-year marketing plan for print and online editions.
Tracked and analyzed sales data, devised detailed sales and marketing reports, and adjusted marketing campaigns to respond to changing sales trends.

Annually produced a 1,000+ page directory known as the Accredited Institutions of Postsecondary Education (AIPE), which was considered an authoritative publication for verifying educational credentials.
Collected, analyzed, and standardized data from more than 80 regional and national accrediting organizations.
Tracked institutional changes, including CEOs, institutional name changes, and accreditation status; updated a database of more than 10,000 discrete institutional records.
Developed and produced a CD-ROM version of AIPE with complete navigation controls.

Managed critical database functions for the system used to develop and test questions used in the General Educational Development (GED) exam. My role included troubleshooting, error resolution, and daily system backups.
Maintained data integrity, tracking and resolving system errors, writing and testing code, as well as developing user documentation and training.

As a member of the HCTG Publications Service Center, my role included designing and formatting RFPs and RFQs, presentations, and marketing materials.
My duties grew to include system administration of an expanded service center, requesting and installing hardware and software.

Specifying custom typesetting, creating camera-ready artwork, composing elements on a layout board, and producing color breaks using Rubylith/Amberlith. Finished products were used to print custom coupons for delivery by standard mail.