Hire the Best Adobe InDesign Experts in Western Australia

Hello! I'm Kirstie, a passionate and experienced writer and desktop publisher with a knack for transforming ideas into visually stunning and well-organized documents. With expert-level proficiency in the MS Office suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, I specialize in creating corporate templates and resolving document issues, and am experienced in formatting books for Amazon Kindle KDP, ensuring they meet all necessary standards for publication. I also have extensive Adobe Acrobat/PDF formatting experience, including creating forms, adjusting text and layout in PDF documents. I love working in Word and find it fun to solve any new challenges a client may bring me. It's like a puzzle! I excel at solving complex document challenges, turning them into seamless solutions. I thrive on both large and small projects and relish the challenge of creating unique and technologically advanced solutions. My diverse experience spans various industries, from international corporations and large multi-state companies to small mom-and-pop businesses and non-profits. What do I bring to you? In desktop publishing, I am a creative professional focused on aesthetically pleasing and well-organized layouts. I am detail-oriented and efficient, having worked on everything from large safety documents and corporate M&A presentations to one-page flyers and letterheads. In writing, copywriting, and content writing, I bring a strong background with a keen interest in research and accuracy. My writing is compelling and colorful, and in editing and proofreading, I offer strong attention to detail, an understanding of narrative flow and story arcs, and excellent grammar, punctuation, and AP Style knowledge. Ultimately, my goal is to deliver exactly the product you are looking for, exceeding your expectations in quality, on time, and within budget. Let's collaborate to bring your vision to life with precision and creativity!

With over 20 years of experience as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, and Animator, I bring a versatile creative perspective to every project. I hold a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati with an emphasis in Illustration, a foundation that informs both my digital and traditional work. My background covers a broad commercial spectrum, providing my clients with well-rounded design solutions. This includes everything from brand identity and logos to packaging, print and web advertising, trade show displays, and product merchandising. Much of my work has been focused on assiting clients with self-publishing. To date, I have guided more than 30 titles—including children’s books, cookbooks, and self-help guides—through the entire production process. I offer hands-on expertise in cover art, interior layout, and navigation of platforms such as Amazon KDP, IngramSpark, Mixam, and Barnes & Noble. Technically, I am highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After Effects. Though much of my illustration work is completed digitally, whenever possible, I like to incorporate traditional media such as acrylics, oils, pencils, and watercolor. Whatever project you have in mind, I look forward to applying my years of experience to make it beautiful. Thank you so much for considering me for your creative needs!

Book layout design for self-publishing authors and small businesses, including professional-looking layouts for publication via sites such as Kindle Direct Publishing, Lightning Source, Lulu and others in both print and ebook formats. Most books require 3-5 hours to finish the layout of interior and cover for print. *Note in my feedback that clients without feedback represent ongoing clients with multiple projects. If you are looking to publish your book or books, my extensive print publishing background will be an excellent resource for you. I'm uniquely qualified to prepare your book from manuscript to finished book for publishing as a paperback, hardcover and/or an ebook. I'm familiar with specific requirements of various common sites, as well as having a great background in the print industry, unlike many "newly minted" graphic artists whose training has focused on websites, web publishing and apps.. I've very proud to say that I've assisted with preparing Best Seller listed books and high profile artists for publication via print-on-demand sites. It's exciting to see this publishing method being used by the "big boys" as well as the self-publishing authors. And to add another feather to my cap, I received word from one Client that his book about early colonial Cambodia was approved by the actual King of Cambodia. Client says I'm "the Royal Typesetter"... :) I'm happy to give you a time estimate for completing your project, but to me, every book is unique, and deserves a unique layout, so giving an exact fixed-rate price is necessarily impossible. Using the hourly rate, you pay only for what YOUR project requires. Let's talk about the possibilities. Every book deserves a great cover, and I'm also available to help you with your cover design, from start to finish, concept to print and ebook publishing. While I generally leave uploading of files to my clients, if you need help, I'm usually available, and I do guarantee my files to sucessfully upload to the various sites, or I'll work on it until it does. This guarantee has even led me to step in and work with the help desks of more than one print site when their automated system thought it detected a problem, and my extensive print process knowledge assured me there wasn't one and sure enough, all was good to go. "Being there" for my clients is especially important to me, and I'm proud of my on-going client list here on oDesk. My clients seem to refuse to close out their accounts even when we don't have an active project. :-) During my nearly 50-years of graphic design within the printing and publishing field, I have witnessed and adapted to the many changes in technology as it relates to the industry. Yes, I'm vintage, but not antique yet! So although I'm specializing in book publishing, if you have other print needs, such as stationery, magazine layout, flyers and on and on, I have done just about everything there is to do in the printing industry. Most of the changes in the print industry have been in the way that typography, photography and art meet and make their way to the printed page. We used to do this with light tables, punch-tape and exacto knives, now we use computers for the whole process. Offset presses have largely remained the same, and the digital presses use the same file types so prepress ideas have remained the same, with technology replacing the hand pasting and stripping departments. My complete knowledge of the process from idea to print serves me well in achieving my client's goals in the most economical fashion possible. I have been using the industry standard computer programs for over 30 years, including Adobe CS6 programs. There are special factors related to putting computer generated art onto paper vs. the computer monitor. Things like color space, RGB vs. CMYK; raster vs. vector; high and low resolution and when to use each one. With my experience and knowledge, I know how to deliver the right file type for the publication method, and how to use the same developmental files to create products that are suitable for both print and e-delivery, saving time and money on multi-use projects. Although printed material is far from leaving us, more and more publication is done in e-formats. Setup of material for printing and e-publication is similar, but there are many specific aspects that need to be addressed in the publication of e-books, online magazines and other multi-media. As the industry changes, so do my skills. I continue to learn and expand my knowledge base in the Graphic Arts, enabling me to provide my clients with the best print and publishing designs for paper and electronic media. I'm enjoying every step of the process. I do know the basics of web design, although having chosen to focus on print-style design, rather than web sites and web pages, but I can help my clients with their basic web-site needs. If you become a client and need supporting documents for use on the web, I can handle it.

If you need clean, conversion-focused design that actually moves the needle, you’re in the right place. I help B2B companies and marketing teams create high-impact visuals for trade shows, sales teams, product launches, and brand communications. With over a decade of experience working with Fortune 500 brands, I know how to deliver professional results—on time and on brand. ⭐️ Services I Offer: • Trade Show Booth Design • Logo Design + Brand Guidelines • Product Sheets + Sales Collateral • Print + Digital Marketing Materials • Email Graphics + Social Media Assets 🔧 What You Can Expect: • Clear, responsive communication • Fast turnaround and efficient workflow • Strategic design with a clean, modern aesthetic 🛠 Tools of the Trade: • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign • Figma • Blender (for 3D mockups + visualizations) If you’re looking for a reliable partner to elevate your brand visuals, let’s connect. I’m here to make your marketing look as good as it works.

I am a brand and identity designer with almost 20 years of experience working with both early-stage startups and established companies. My work focuses on building exceptional brand systems that hold up in real use. I pride myself on clear communication and attention to detail, to make sure projects stay on track and my clients are happy with the results. TESTIMONIALS: "Adam was instrumental in bringing Boom Ball to life. What started as a big, slightly crazy idea became a real, tangible brand because of his work. He nailed not just the look, but the personality of everything - from Boom Ball itself to the Chaos Crew and Lucky Llamas. He just "got it" immediately, which is rare. Fast, creative, thoughtful, and incredibly talented—he's someone you want in your corner if you're building something from scratch." "Adam has designed multiple book-covers for my small press, and working with him has been a dream. He shines when owning a project end to end, but has also swooped in and saved me when another designer left me in the lurch. If you're looking for someone enthusiastic, creative, professional, and reliable, I recommend Adam 100%."

Hi, my name is Ken Whitaker (Howard is my given first name), an experienced freelancer who DOESN’T MISS AGREED-UPON MILESTONES! Visual communications expert (in all of its forms): - Adobe CC graphics tools: InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator - Long document book layout (InDesign, Affinity Layout), structured/hierarchical style design and KDP conversion (Kindle Create) - Blended tutorial/courseware instructional designer (with workbooks) for business and app screen recordings: PowerPoint, webcams, Camtasia, Audiate, InDesign - Technical writing and editing: User manuals (InDesign, Word, Docsie) aimed at improving end-user satisfaction (in other words, reducing customer/technical support pain) - Project leadership and ScrumMaster roles (software projects, instructional design, or user documentation) I have written books on tech leadership (Managing Software Maniacs), project management (Principles of Software Development Leadership), technical writing (A Guide to Publishing User Manuals), and InDesign (InDesign to Kindle). I work well under tight time schedules as long as there are frequent, iterative handoff reviews. At the end of most projects, you’ll get an overview “how-to” guide describing how the work was created and can be maintained (huge benefit to a client). On-time, quality results that delight the client (and their customers) mean everything. More info at leadingswmaniacs dot com. Creator of the Quick Start series of Udemy courses with Quick Start: Creating App Tutorials with Camtasia. (This course is for those CLIENTS who don’t want to commit to days learning Camtasia [or to hire a freelancer like me] and just want some basic “How-To” assistance to learn how to do screen recordings in one afternoon.) I rarely entertain fixed-price contracts (and the one time I did, it turned into four follow-up hourly-rate projects). For project management and urgent projects, a slight hourly upcharge for “rush, drop everything” jobs will be applied.