Monika Gause
Designer, writer, trainer
Hamburg, GermanyWork Experience
Mediawerk
Partner, Designer
Screen design and development of multimedia applications
April 1994
- Present
Hamburg, Germany
MEV Mensch Und Medien
Autorin | Tech Writer
»Creative Aktuell« is a printed and online magazine focusing on how to solve tasks in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat and other Creative Cloud apps. My part is writing tutorials and tipps about Illustrator as well as other apps, such as Illustrator Draw, Dimension, Character Animator, Animate and others.
2007
- Present
Vilgertshofen, Germany
Rheinwerk Verlag
Autorin | Tech Writer
Since version CS2 I've been writing the »Das umfassende Handbuch« about Illustrator, which is a documentation of functions with lots of real life examples. Roughly 800 pages.
2006
- Present
Bonn, Germany
Video2brain/LinkedIn Austria
Trainer
I'm recording video trainings around the subject of vector graphics. My recent trainings cover advanced Adobe Illustrator concepts, the Astute Graphics plug-ins and a beginner class on Affinity Designer.
March 2015
- Present
Graz, Austria
Cleverprinting
Trainerin, Autorin | Trainer, Tech Writer
Conducting trainings on vector editing using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign for beginners as well as experienced users, focusing either on general techniques or workflows for specific industries.
I have written a book on how to do vector graphics in InDesign (and Illustrator).
I have written a book on how to do vector graphics in InDesign (and Illustrator).
2007
- Present
Germany
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lecturer
I've been teaching courses on image editing techniques with Photoshop and I am teaching courses on layout and typesetting using InDesign. All my courses also discuss basic principles of colour, Gestalt, type design, layout as well as technical basics such as printing.
2001
- Present
Lüneburg, Germany
Medien[plan]tage
Trainer
I'm doing trainings on Adobe Illustrator for beginners and advanced users as well as trainings aimed at specific target groups.
September 2011
- Present
Bremen, Germany
Adobe
Adobe Community Professional
December 2015
- Present
DOCMA
Autorin | Tech Writer
For German image editing magazine »DOCMA« I have contributed workshops combining the use of Illustrator and Photoshop.
2007
- 2010
Germany
Myself
Freelance designer
Working for multimedia and ad agencies in-house
1997
- Present
Germany
Myself
Freelance designer
Working for advertising agencies, vector illustration and layout
1991
- 1994
Germany
Designschule Schwerin
Lecturer
Teaching Illustrator classes to graphic design students
September 2022
-
Schwerin, Germany
Education
Languages
German (Native),
English (Advanced),
Skills
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Layout,
Vector Graphics,
Adobe Illustrator,
Multimedia,
Screen Design,
Writing,