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Monika S.-Media Design, Layout, Graphics

Monika S.
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Gaggenau, Germany

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Oct 2024 - Jan 2025
Karlsruhe, Germany
Remote

Creating accessible PDFs and forms

Der Punkt

Position summary
Creating accessible PDFs and forms at Der Punkt
Industries
Banking and Finance

Creating accessible PDFs (bank forms and legal texts) from InDesign and final editing in Adobe Acrobat

Apr 2020 - Present
Straubenhardt, Germany
Hybrid

Part-time job

web://contact

Position summary
Part-time job at web://contact
Industries
Advertising
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Marketing

Commercial print products, flyers, roll-ups, magazines, logo design...

Nov 2014 - Mar 2020

Entrepreneur/Founder

ms-simply.media

Position summary
Entrepreneur/Founder at ms-simply.media
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Marketing

Media agency – Editorial Design – Creative Space

Mar 2011 - Oct 2014
On-site

Supporting the Online Services department

Health and Beauty Germany

Position summary
Supporting the Online Services department at Health and Beauty Germany
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • ePaper
  • App
  • Web
Jan 2011 - Feb 2011
Karlsruhe, Germany
On-site

Creating floor plans with MS Visio for the trade fair area

Health and Beauty Germany

Position summary
Creating floor plans with MS Visio for the trade fair area at Health and Beauty Germany
Industries
Cosmetics

Creating floor plans for trade fair exhibitors

Jul 1999 - Dec 2010

Responsible for creating various specialist magazines (D-A-CH-IT-ES-NL-GB)

Health and Beauty Germany

Position summary
Responsible for creating various specialist magazines (D-A-CH-IT-ES-NL-GB) at Health and Beauty Germany
Industries
Cosmetics
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Information Technology
Operations
Production
  • Managed the entire workflow in the graphics and prepress department
  • Created complete specialist magazines (also for other European countries in the respective local language)
  • ePaper production and app creation
  • Commercial print products, catalogs, reference books, and paperbacks
  • Software and hardware support for Mac computers in the graphics department
Dec 1998 - Jan 1999

Team Lead, Agency Production Department

G. Braun

Position summary
Team Lead, Agency Production Department at G. Braun
Industries
Advertising
Business areas
Production
Project Management

Project management

Dec 1997 - Nov 1998

Project Lead, Major Client Projects

G. Braun

Position summary
Project Lead, Major Client Projects at G. Braun
Industries
Education
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Production
Project Management

Production of all training materials (textbooks) for bank clerks for Deutscher Sparkassenverlag

  • Workflow coordination
  • Production management
Sep 1995 - Nov 1997

Mac DTP Specialist, Trade Magazine Production

G. Braun

Position summary
Mac DTP Specialist, Trade Magazine Production at G. Braun
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Production
  • Layout and master page creation
  • Typesetting
  • Image editing
  • Localization of multimedia CDs (English – German)
Jul 1993 - Aug 1995

Acting Production Manager

G. Braun

Position summary
Acting Production Manager at G. Braun
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Production
Project Management

Project management

Nov 1991 - Jun 1993

Employee in the typesetting profit center (CCI typesetting system)

G. Braun

Position summary
Employee in the typesetting profit center (CCI typesetting system) at G. Braun
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Production

All typesetting work, mainly editorial design

Feb 1988 - Oct 1991

Prepress specialist in the repro department

G. Braun

Position summary
Prepress specialist in the repro department at G. Braun
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Production
  • Camera
  • Contact
  • Lithography
  • Logo scanner
  • Deputy group leader
Sep 1985 - Jan 1988

Typesetting apprenticeship

WerbeZech

Position summary
Typesetting apprenticeship at WerbeZech
Industries
Advertising
Business areas
Production

End of the apprenticeship due to insolvency

Industry experience

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Experienced in Media and Entertainment, Cosmetics, Advertising, Manufacturing, Education, and Banking and Finance.

Media and Entertainment
Cosmetics
Advertising
Manufacturing
Education
Banking and Finance
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Production, Information Technology, Marketing, Operations, Product Development, and Project Management.

Production
Information Technology
Marketing
Operations
Product Development
Project Management
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Summary

I create clear, well-structured layouts and complete print and digital publications from concept through production. My experience covers editorial design, magazines, catalogs, brochures, flyers, books, exhibition plans, logos and image editing, as well as production coordination and project management.

I have produced specialist magazines in several European languages and supported ePaper, app and web projects. I also create accessible PDFs and forms from InDesign, including legal texts, and bring strong knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Visio, Macintosh-based DTP, prepress and print production.

Skills

Product Management Editorial Design All Kinds Of Design Commercial Print Products

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
Latin
Intermediate
French
Elementary
Italian
Elementary

Education

Oct 1976 - Jun 1985

Gymnasium Neureut

Abitur · High school · Karlsruhe, Germany

Oct 1973 - Jun 1976

Nordschule

Primary school · Karlsruhe, Germany

Oct 1972 - Jun 1973

Uhlandschule

Primary school · Karlsruhe, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Webdesign Mit Wordpress (Cleverprinting)

Indesign Cc

Ms Visio 2010

Acrobat Upgrade 8.0 Mit Stephan Jaeggi

Mac Os X Jaguar

Pdf Individual

Samuel Húgli Seminar (Quark XPress 4.0)

Grundschulung 4c-Scanner Linotype Opal Ultra

Grundschulung Framemaker

Color-Management

IHK Bildungszentrum

Intensivschulung Dtp

Betriebssystem Apple Macintosh

MS-Word Für Windows

CCI Europe: PageChamp

CCI Europe

Einführung In Excel

CCI Europe: BookBuilder

CCI Europe

CCI Europe: ImageChamp

CCI Europe

CCI Europe: TabBuilder

CCI Europe

CCI Europe: Grundkurs

CCI Europe

Einführung In Word

Grundkurs Edv

EDV im Fotosatz

Bildungswerk der Druckindustrie

Fotosatz

Bildungswerk der Druckindustrie

Fotosatzlehrgang

Fa Berthold AG in München

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 13
Experience in Media and Entertainment 35.5 y
Avg length 3 y 1 m
Longest experience 11 y 5 m

Global experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Creating accessible PDFs and forms, Part-time job, Entrepreneur/Founder
Main industries Media and Entertainment, Cosmetics, Advertising
Main business areas Production, Information Technology, Marketing

Qualifications

Certifications earned 24
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Monika is based in Gaggenau, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Monika speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Latin (Intermediate), French (Elementary), Italian (Elementary).

Monika has at least 41 years of experience. During this time, Monika has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 6 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years and 2 months. Note that Monika may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Monika would be well-suited for roles such as: Creating accessible PDFs and forms, Part-time job, Entrepreneur/Founder.

Monika's most recent position is Creating accessible PDFs and forms at Der Punkt.

In recent years, Monika has worked for Der Punkt and web://contact.

Monika is most experienced in industries like Media and Entertainment, Cosmetics, and Advertising. Monika also has some experience in Manufacturing, Education, and Banking and Finance.

Monika is most experienced in business areas like Production, Information Technology, and Marketing. Monika also has some experience in Operations, Product Development, and Project Management.

Monika has recently worked in industries like Advertising, Media and Entertainment, and Banking and Finance.

Monika has recently worked in business areas like Marketing.

Monika attended Gymnasium Neureut for High school.

Monika has 24 certificates. Among them, these include: Webdesign Mit Wordpress (Cleverprinting), Indesign Cc, and Ms Visio 2010.

Monika is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

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