Eileen Schmidtke Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois

Buffalo Grove

I engage in a diverse range of marketing projects for local businesses including sales and promotion collateral, logo design, print ads (news and magazine), magazine design, web design/development, and photography; all in an effort to develop big corporate-style visuals on “mom and pop” budgets.Independent projects inspire me to focus on fresh ideas, keep up with industry trends, and relevant hardware and software applications• Print design and production• Web… Show more I engage in a diverse range of marketing projects for local businesses including sales and promotion collateral, logo design, print ads (news and magazine), magazine design, web design/development, and photography; all in an effort to develop big corporate-style visuals on “mom and pop” budgets.Independent projects inspire me to focus on fresh ideas, keep up with industry trends, and relevant hardware and software applications• Print design and production• Web design/development• Custom WordPress Themes• HTML email design and coding• Photography Show less

Design lead and consultant for a department-wide initiative to improve health literacy and the delivery of complex technical information between AbbVie’s Global Medical Information (GMI) team and medical professionals.• Create custom layout templates for medical response letters that utilize style sheets and incorporate custom designed table and chart templates in Microsoft Word• Provide leadership and educate the GMI team regarding basic design principles while advancing their MS… Show more Design lead and consultant for a department-wide initiative to improve health literacy and the delivery of complex technical information between AbbVie’s Global Medical Information (GMI) team and medical professionals.• Create custom layout templates for medical response letters that utilize style sheets and incorporate custom designed table and chart templates in Microsoft Word• Provide leadership and educate the GMI team regarding basic design principles while advancing their MS Word skill set to include the correct use of templates and stylesheets • Assist in evaluating the readability of legacy medical response letters and consult on the use of infographics Show less

321 N Clark St. Chicago, Il 60654

Contract Graphic Designer for the ABA Design Group providing conceptual, artistic and production support for various legal entities within the American Bar Association.

Buffalo Grove Il

CORPAK is a leading global medical device company focused on enteral nutrition devices and access technologies.• Significantly influenced the major transformation of the CORPAK brand from Viasys/Cardinal Health into a dynamic top global medical device company • Received a promotion to Senior Graphic Designer and contributed as part of a small dynamic marketing team driving creative direction• Served as "One Person Art Department" taking the direction of the marketing leads and… Show more CORPAK is a leading global medical device company focused on enteral nutrition devices and access technologies.• Significantly influenced the major transformation of the CORPAK brand from Viasys/Cardinal Health into a dynamic top global medical device company • Received a promotion to Senior Graphic Designer and contributed as part of a small dynamic marketing team driving creative direction• Served as "One Person Art Department" taking the direction of the marketing leads and executing a wide range of projects to support their vision and accomplish the goal Show less

Evanston Il

Developed strong project management skills directing the production of college level textbooks that required multi-chapter batch routing throughout multiple internal departments and external client review. Many projects involved outsourcing large technical and illustrative art programs further expanding the scope of the scheduling challenge.• Created templates incorporating libraries and style sheets in InDesign and QuarkXPress and acquired exceptional electronic pre-press production… Show more Developed strong project management skills directing the production of college level textbooks that required multi-chapter batch routing throughout multiple internal departments and external client review. Many projects involved outsourcing large technical and illustrative art programs further expanding the scope of the scheduling challenge.• Created templates incorporating libraries and style sheets in InDesign and QuarkXPress and acquired exceptional electronic pre-press production practices• Extensive publishing background promoted practical knowledge of proofreading and editorial guidelines which I utilize daily throughout my careerACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTSI designed the interior layout, directed the illustrative art program, and executed the print production for Planet Dexter’s Roddy!: The Best Rod Activities Ever!/Book and 55 Cuisenaire Rods for publisher Addison Wesley receiving national recognition by Parents Magazine. Show less