Publisher, Editor, Author, Designer, Trainer, Consultant, Nice Guy. Publisher: GurusUnleashed.com, WorkflowFreelance.com
Portland, Oregon Area
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- Publisher at WorkflowFreelance.com
- Publisher at GurusUnleashed.com
- Publisher at Designorati.com
- Trainer / Consultant in InDesign, Illustrator, InCopy, Photoshop, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, workflows at Freelance (Self-employed)
- Writer and Columnist at Freelance Writer
- Editor In Chief at Quark VS InDesign.com
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- Co-Author at Peachpit Press
- Author at John Wiley and Sons
- Author at SAMS Publishing an imprint of Pearson Education
- Co-Author at QUE Publishing an imprint of Pearson Education
- Senior Support Services Researcher & Supervisor to Level 1 and 2 and Expert Support Technicians at Adobe Systems, Inc.
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Pariah Burke’s Summary
Pariah Burke’s Specialties:
creative workflow consultation, creative application training, print and web design, technical writing and editing; migrating newspapers, magazines, and other publishing workflows from QuarkXPress and Word to InDesign and InCopy
Pariah Burke’s Experience
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Publisher
WorkflowFreelance.com
(Graphic Design industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
The Web's largest portal to thousands of creative professional freelance and contractor articles, tutorials, tips, tricks, news items, design job openings, and live design discussions.
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Publisher
GurusUnleashed.com
(Graphic Design industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
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Publisher
Designorati.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)
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Trainer / Consultant in InDesign, Illustrator, InCopy, Photoshop, Acrobat, QuarkXPress, workflows
Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)
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Writer and Columnist
Freelance Writer
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Freelance technology writer covering the creative pro space (software and business practices) and occassionally venturing out into office and productivity applications. With over 200 articles published, writing credits include: Macworld Magazine, Publish, InDesign Magazine, Creativepro.com, PDFZone.com, PlanetQuark.com, CreativeLatitude.com, QuarkVSInDesign.com, Designorati.com, InDesignSecrets.com, Weblogs, Inc., and others.
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Editor In Chief
Quark VS InDesign.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 11 months)
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Co-Author
Peachpit Press
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Contributed several chapters to the authoritative QuarkXPress reference book, "Real World QuarkXPress 7" (2007, ISBN: 0321350308).
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Author
John Wiley and Sons
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year )
Authored the book "Mastering InDesign CS3 for Print Design and Production" (2007, ISBN: 0470114568), the first book written not for begining InDesign users but for the already experienced InDesign professional.
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Author
SAMS Publishing an imprint of Pearson Education
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)
October 2004 — September 2005 (1 year )
Authored the book "Adobe Illustrator CS2 @work: Projects You Can Use on the Job" (2005, ISBN: 0672328011).
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Co-Author
QUE Publishing an imprint of Pearson Education
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSO; Publishing industry)
May 2005 — June 2005 (2 months)
Contributed several chapters to Michael Smick's book "Special Edition: Using Adobe Creative Suite 2" (2005, ISBN: 0789733676).
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Senior Support Services Researcher & Supervisor to Level 1 and 2 and Expert Support Technicians
Adobe Systems, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
Trained Adobe's North American technical support and expert support agents and Level 2 agents and researchers. Provided advanced knowledge and research to Level 1 and 2 agents, and interfaced with programming team liaisons and researchers in other Adobe offices worldwide. Compiled reports about technical issues faced by Adobe customers and their feature requests. Was the technical lead for InDesign, InCopy, PageMaker, Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Acrobat Family (Acrobat, Reader, Capture, etc.); technical second for Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe Type Products; and was the expert-in-residence for publishing, graphic design, pre-press, and QuarkXPress.
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