“Amanda worked for Jenner & Block at various times between 2001 and 2004, and was consistently reliable and great to work with. Her skills in Powerpoint were greatly used, especially on projects with very short notice. I have also observed Amanda's skills with graphic design and face painting and find them to be artistic and thoughtful. She is a hard worker and dedicated to her craft.”
Amanda Cohen
Los Angeles, California, United States
1K followers
500+ connections
Los Angeles, California, United States
1K followers
500+ connections
About
PowerPoint specialist with 20+years of experience in everything from templates to charts…
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What's the best way to add text to a vector illustration?
I'm seeing a lot of design input here, but not a lot of file format input. To what are you adding a vector graphic? If it's PowerPoint, I recommend saving out the AI file as an .SVG and placing that where you want it in the PowerPoint. That allows you to scale it as needed as well as change colors. Most users will save a graphic out as a .png or (lord help me) a .jpg, and that will subtly change the color. When you want to keep the colors pure, adding the vector graphic as an .svg allows you to ungroup it, re-color elements, then re-group it.
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How can you teach yourself graphic design with no background?
As PowerPoint specialist I have to design templates for all levels of user. Sometimes they have to add some graphic design themselves. I always advise them to let me do it, but when a client insists that their users need to be independent, I offer a class to teach the basics of graphics in PowerPoint. Don't laugh, it's gotten pretty sophisticated. I beg them not to resort to the built-in diagrams. I tell them to use only the colors and fonts I included in the template, and not to paste in images (like bitmaps of flowcharts) but learn the basics of the shapes tools. I also teach them about different types of image file so they don't bog down a file with a TIFF when a jpg will do. Beyond that...learn the Adobe suite.
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Level Up Your Sales Game with Comedy Open Mic! Ever thought about doing a comedy open mic? As a salesperson, getting on stage in front of a live…
Level Up Your Sales Game with Comedy Open Mic! Ever thought about doing a comedy open mic? As a salesperson, getting on stage in front of a live…
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✨ Freelancers - we’re hiring! ✨ Happy Monday friends! This week, we’re bringing you three freelance contracts with companies looking for…
✨ Freelancers - we’re hiring! ✨ Happy Monday friends! This week, we’re bringing you three freelance contracts with companies looking for…
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Smooth sailing for a hybrid pharma event with Brella at the helm. Josh cuts video of the face-to-face proceedings for a virtual audience with TJ…
Smooth sailing for a hybrid pharma event with Brella at the helm. Josh cuts video of the face-to-face proceedings for a virtual audience with TJ…
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Self-employed
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Treasurer for condo board. Collected assessments, managed all bills.
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Fruit Picker
Food Forward
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We pick fruit in backyards and groves where owners don't feel like picking it all themselves, and everything is donated to local food pantries. I do this a couple weekends a month, depending on the season.
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Annoyance Theater
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Second City Conservatory
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English
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Spanish
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SAG-AFTRA
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