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Marilyn C.

Presentation Designer | PowerPoint, Pitch Decks & Marketing Design

Santa Barbara, California
$50 per hour
69 jobs
$80K+ total earnings

🎨 15+ Years of Graphic Design & Marketing Experience ⚡ Fast Turnaround (24–48 Hours) 💬 Responsive, reliable, and easy to work with I create polished, professional presentations and marketing materials that look great, communicate clearly, and stay true to your brand. I’m a graphic designer with 15+ years of experience in design and marketing. I’ve worked with businesses, startups, agencies, and marketing teams on everything from PowerPoint presentations and pitch decks to brochures, eBooks, one-pagers, and other marketing materials. Here’s what I can help with: - PowerPoint presentations & pitch decks - Sales, marketing & company presentations - Canva templates - Business proposals & one-pagers - Brochures & eBooks - Infographics & data visualization - Branding & marketing materials - Digital & print design I can work from an existing template or brand guidelines, or take rough content and turn it into a clean, well-designed presentation. My marketing background also means I think about the audience, messaging, and overall goal, not just how the design looks. I’m experienced with PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Canva, and I’m comfortable working on tight deadlines and turning projects around quickly. I’m responsive, easy to work with, and always happy to jump on a quick call to discuss a project. If you have a presentation or design project that needs to look polished and professional, I’d love to help.

Patrice D.

Graphic Designer

Santa Barbara, California
$65 per hour
15 jobs
$40K+ total earnings

Experienced design professional known for skill in creating sophisticated, visually engaging product and program campaign materials for print and digital media. Demonstrated success working closely with cross-functional teams and global-marketing partners in strategic planning of product and program launches. Core competencies include: Art Direction • Graphic and Multimedia Design • Corporate Identity Branding • Photo retouching Pre-press Expertise • Adobe Creative Suite Expert • Project Management • Copywriting • Copyediting

Elizabeth B.

Editorial Design & Multi-lingual Desktop Publishing Expert

Santa Barbara, California
$45 per hour
23 jobs
$10K+ total earnings

I am an expert editorial designer from New York with extensive experience in multi-lingual desktop publishing and designing multipage documents. I have an eye for stunning design in projects such as books, magazines, catalogs, and pamphlets, and I have experience seeing projects through to the printing process. I am a fluent Spanish speaker with a bachelor's degree. I have never missed a deadline and have seen every project out to completion. I have created hundreds of design works for prominent companies, but I enjoy multipage projects the most. Let's design some stunning and meaningful content!

Troy H.

Smartsheet Wizard

Santa Barbara, California
$132 per hour
11 jobs
$20K+ total earnings

Certified by Smartsheet as both a Core Product and Product Solution specialist, and as a Workflow Automagician (top 5% of workflow users), I go for the amazed smiles when people realize how much easier things are when using a creative Smartsheet solution. Having worked with this tool since 2011, and leveraged its capabilities on dozens of automated processes, I've become proficient at finding friction-free ways to "Get Sheet Done." My career has spanned 11 years in business ownership, 12 years in government service, and 25 years in higher education—executive, analyst and director roles—enabling insightful perspective as I ferret out opportunities for process enhancement. My motto has always been: Let's find a way. I once did a presentation at a national conference titled "Making Smartsheet Sing." I've told my wife and friends that I find innovating in Smartsheet almost as thrilling as riding my Harley. See my bio, linked at Employment History below, for more about bringing good things to tasks that match my strengths. The Solutions tab at westmont.edu/smartsheet gives you a sense of the ways I’ve added value via Smartsheet. See more about me and Smartsheet at cleversheet dot tech.

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