Graphic Arts

Graphic Arts

We used call this profession Commercial Art. Before my time, it was called Advertising Art. In the really early 1600s, they started a press that changed everything; it was called a printing press. Now we call it many names: Graphic Arts, UX UI, Web or Blog Design, SEO with ASP, or maybe even Java AI baby. It all falls under the general area of communication. Communication is the key to accomplishing just about anything. Publishing communications brings results; so is what I do and have done since 1977. You’ll find a plethora of additional samples from 1980 on in the Way Back Machine which is now part of Google Archives. It’s true, with age comes experience.

This site and connected sites, and all items within, are representative of the types of customizable services I offer.

I offer the following Professional Services:

I’ve worked at two newspapers, two print shops, a publishing company, and have freelanced since to gain many years worth of real-world experience in presentation, design, marketing, camera work, estimating, proofing, printing, and the millennia of other aspects required to produce good print and web material.

See a more complete nitty-gritty of the communicative writing aspects here

Services may include:

content and copywriting:

  • Editing (developmental, line editing, copyediting/proofreading)
  • Book Reviewing
  • Formatting: Kindle, Apple iBook, B&N PubIt!, Sony Reader, Nook and Mobipocket ebooks from Word (.doc and .docx), PDF and RTF source files
  • Book Cover Design for Print and Ebook Editions
  • Book, Document and Image Scanning to Create Editable, Digital Text and Image Files From Hard Copy Sources*
  • Author, General Manuscript, Publishing Consultation
  • UX UI
  • Blog Design
  • Backgrounds, Art
  • Print Publications
  • Email Promotions
  • Manuscript or Book Critique
  • Web Design, Logos, Illustrations, Advertising, catalogs, books, brochures, press releases, videos, slideshows, product descriptions, educational materials, faq’s, SEO work, manual coding
  • It has not been boring outside of a niche. If you’d like to read a story about what I think of Niche Editing, have fun reading about Uncle Ned here.

You must own the rights to any material you wish to have scanned.

My standard rates are for editing jobs (assumes double-spaced pages, font no smaller than 10pt) are reasonable, practicable, and established via first review estimate.

For editing and formatting jobs requiring an unusual degree of time and effort (e.g., those containing many illustrations, special formatting, indices, etc.), additional hourly charges may apply. Therefore, in order to receive a firm bid on a formatting or editing job you will need to submit a sample chapter for review and analysis.

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Designed by yours truly.

A Resume Flipbook Design that will:

  1. Stand out in an open sea of bored employers who’d like nothing better than to just send most resumes to that dead-end circular file called a trash can. Choose a 2023 Resume Flipbook Design to suit your suit.
  2. For you, truly to get a job, even if you don’t want to write a resume, this yours truly can assist you with writing, formatting, conversions, links, making your resume into a pdf power web-savvy powerhouse that says you know a thing or two about how to survive in this competitive webiverse.
  3. Yes, it is true. Many of us “old-timers” prefer documents that seem like books over things like cell phones, and that probably won’t change. If you’d rather write a real book, well I can convert and edit your text into a professional press-ready publication instead.
  4. Or you will find options in the flipbook menu to print and share. Any way the page flips, it’s just more fun!
  5. I would like nothing better than to offer you an opportunity to show off your skills in a cool little flipbook that people (like employers) will actually notice and(hopefully) enjoy.
  6. Check out the capabilities of a 2023 Resume Flipbook Design here and then
  7. You’ll likely want the software (yes, you will, so I’m selling the software advantage as well) at:

https://warriorplus.com/o2/a/kscd7h/0

Then contact me if you want to get the job done.

Check out all the editing options here.

In Conversational Terms Resume:

Jill Annette Johnson provides services and products on jilljj.com. Her communications career began with positions as an advertising artist and writer, a marketing writer and estimator, camera and product setup specialist, as a full-time employee within offices of Transcript Printing, Transcript Newspaper, St Cloud Daily Times, and Burgess Publishing. In addition, Ms. Johnson completed a Bachelor of Science in Art Education with honors and including an emphasis on (the brand new concept of the 1980s 🙂 Computer Graphics. She went on to teach all age groups at Schools in the Central Minnesota Area before forming her own web and design company, which she still maintains, at jilljj.com

Experience

Jill Annette Johnson has over 30 years of experience in writing, editing, art, and marketing, including full-time, part-time, and contractual work. She currently runs a freelance art and writing/editing business in Rice, Minnesota, where she journals about her passions, products, and work, on jilljj, local harvest, google, and other online blog arenas. In addition to the sales of her own products, major contracts have included managing editorial and web design SEO duties for; Rich Theisen Realty, BananaArt, J.M. Kiser, Central MN Model Railroad, media and communications support, and various writing, editing or graphic arts projects involving ads, brochures, logos, campaigns, books, editing, proofing, copywriting, award-winning projects for multitudes of companies big and small throughout the 30 plus years, samples of which are available on jilljj.com

Education

Jill Annette Johnson studied Commercial Art and Writing for 2 years at SAVTI before going to work in the industry. She also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education from St. Cloud State University.

Transferable Skills

Jill started work in Commercial Art at a time when big changes were in the wind. She learned how to draw and write old-school, and can even burn sticks to get a literal point across. Everything she knows, she learned from scratch. Nowadays, that stick becomes; digital, virtual, lightweight, and often includes programs such as: AI, Adobe, Macromedia, Windows, and Microsoft (Jill knows most if not all of the programs quite well). She understands many other SEO, graphic art, video, writing, converting, authoring, and programming systems, quite well. If there is a specific program you are wondering if she has familiarity with, please do not hesitate to ask her. Jill loves to study, and really likes to know how to operate programs that make your life easier, literally.

About The Art Chi Tech Teacher

“It seems I have printing ink running through my veins. I adore the feel, smell, taste, look, and mental stimulation, of beautiful visual pieces. As I breathe, so is the innate desire to put forth beauty. I consider myself lucky to have the richness of experiences that culminate in a creative bent which serves to enhance lives.”
Jill Annette Johnson

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