Jeri Taylor

Jeri Taylor

Microsoft Certified PowerPoint Expert and Instructional Designer

San Francisco Bay Area

Past
  • Instructional Designer at Cisco
  • Instructional Developer at Visa
  • presentation specialist at efi
Education
  • University of California, Davis
  • Vicenza American High School, Italy
Connections
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Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Jeri Taylor’s Summary

A creative and energetic graphic design professional with wide-ranging experience in presentations, advanced PowerPoint animation, instructional design, eLearning, webcasts, sound editing, and voice overs.

Jeri Taylor’s Specialties:

Presentation design, editing, and production, including high-end PowerPoint animation. Provide strong supporting graphics with Photoshop. Instructional design including voice overs, sound editing, and Captivate.


Jeri Taylor’s Experience

  • Instructional Designer

    Cisco

    (Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

    May 2008January 2009 (9 months)

    Produced technical training courses for internal employees. Created learning modules, supporting demos and interactions using PowerPoint, Captivate and Adobe Presenter. Determined best design solutions to ensure maximum learner engagement and material retention. Ensured all courses met company-wide formatting standards. Trained other team members on basic voice over techniques for course narration. Provided voice over narration and sound editing for scenarios and instructional materials. Go-to person on the team for PowerPoint expertise.

  • Instructional Developer

    Visa

    (Financial Services industry)

    January 2008April 2008 (4 months)

    Produced technical training courses for internal employees. Utilized design tools including Captivate, Articulate, and PowerPoint. Provided voice over narration and sound editing for scenarios and instructional materials. Determined best design solutions to ensure maximum learner engagement and material retention.

  • presentation specialist

    efi

    (Computer Software industry)

    20072008 (1 year)

  • Presentation Specialist

    EFI

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; EFII; Computer Software industry)

    April 2007January 2008 (10 months)

    Provide PowerPoint presentations for a wide range of employees, including C-level executives. Create exciting, cutting-edge visuals with advanced PowerPoint animation features, as well as strong supporting graphics using Photoshop. Produce presentations to support speakers at sales conferences, trade shows, and press events. Create and assist in delivery of monthly All Hands meeting. Provide PowerPoint troubleshooting for all employees.

  • Graphic Artist

    Perot Systems

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2005June 2006 (1 year 6 months)

    * Provided graphic design services for Perot Systems and Stanford Hospital, including presentations, logo development, brochures, posters, newsletters and signage.

    * Delivered high-end presentations for employees from administrative assistants through office of chief information officer.

    * Created, edited and provided on-site delivery of monthly company-wide All Hands presentations for account director.

    * Taught on-site PowerPoint classes and provided one-on-one coaching for individual employees.

    * Created and produced annual report for Stanford Hospital and Clinics using Adobe Breeze.

  • Graphic Specialist/eLearning Specialist

    Oracle Corporation

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 1998October 2003 (5 years 9 months)

    * Provided PowerPoint expertise for Oracle University. Ensured adherence to corporate template for consistent look and feel. Created, edited and produced presentations for print and online educational materials. Wrote, produced and recorded PowerPoint tips and tricks eClass for internal online learning.

    * Produced, recorded and edited eLearning courses. Recorded presenters in studio and remotely. Edited audio files with Sound Forge, and web files with Adobe Breeze. Provided voice-over narration for eLearning courses.


Jeri Taylor’s Education

  • University of California, Davis

    BA , Italian , 19821983

  • Vicenza American High School, Italy

    19771978


Additional Information

Jeri Taylor’s Websites:

Jeri Taylor’s Interests:

PowerPoint, Photoshop, kayaking

Jeri Taylor’s Groups:

National Association of Photoshop Professionals, PowerPoint Live

  •    Oracle Alumni Group
  •    Presentation Designers
  •    The OracAlumni Network
  •    Powerpointers
  •    Presentation Gurus!
  •    PowerPoint Stuff from Indezine

Jeri Taylor’s Honors:

Microsoft Certified Professional in PowerPoint


Jeri Taylor’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • getting back in touch

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