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ABOUT Eric Palm

I’m a communications and design professional with a wide range of skills. I have a passion for design, photography and geeking out on all things digital.

Throughout my 15-year career in newspaper journalism, I've been a photographer, reporter, copy editor and designer. My career has taken me from being a manager at a small-town, 20K-circulation paper to editing and designing for one of the best known news brands in the world, The New York Times.

As the industry has changed, I've been changing with it by picking up new skills in videography, web design, and social media while pursuing a degree in digital media. I've been able to leverage my experience and new skills to meet the needs of the nonprofit sector and corporate communications for companies like Lockheed Martin and The Walt Disney Company.

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-   CAREER TIMELINE

TIMELINE Eric Palm

1991 - 1996 I attended Auburn University where I developed my eye for design and photography as photo editor and designer of the college yearbook.

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1995 - 1998 I worked for the Opelika-Auburn News as an ad designer, copy editor, photographer and writer. I managed a five-person copy desk responsible for daily production of the paper.

1998 - 1999 I was one of 40 copy editors who edited and designed 12 editions of the zoned Metro section. K

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TIMELINE Eric Palm

1999 - 2002 As a member of the team at The (Raleigh) News & Observer that was awarded the Society for News Design’s “World’s Best-Designed Newspaper,” I designed the Local and Business sections.

 2002- 2006

I continued developing my design and editing skills at The (Ocala) Star-Banner and Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Both papers were owned by The New York Times where I ultimately worked as a staff editor on the NYT News Services staff producing foreign editions of the paper.

2006-2009 I was the designer of the Spanish-language weekly, El Sentinel, and designed and edited regional, business, op-ed and wire pages. K

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TIMELINE Eric Palm

2010-present I’m part of a five-person startup, Unleashing Performance, that helps non-profits develop assets to tell their story to in-house constituents and potential donors.

 2011- 2012

I was a contractor for the in-house communications team at Lockheed Martin that provided general creative support for the business development staff and worked on proposals for contracts. I also launched an interactive employee newsletter.

2012-2013

I was responsible for working in partnership with the Enterprise Recruitment Marketing team to support social media and recruitment marketing strategies across The Walt Disney Company. I provided video production and graphic design support on enterprise initiative to rebrand Disney’s Professional Internship program and Heroes Work Here initiative to recruit veterans.

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PORTFOLIO News Design

The New York Times Orlando Sentinel 2008 Election

I was a designer and editor for a weekly section that was distributed in 21 foreign newspapers in English

or the country’s official language.

I designed and edited various sections of the Orlando Sentinel. The Sunday Lake section (above)

provided an illustration challenge for a purely numbers story.

Deadlines are a given on any given night at a daily newspaper, and

processing the flood of information on election nights takes a lot of patience and advance planning.

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PORTFOLIO Interactive Newsletter

Embedded video Links to online surveys Interactive photo galleries Calendar notifications

Features

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PORTFOLIO Social Media and Web Design

Disney Careers Social Media Heroes Work Here Disney Professional

Internship

Disney’s Enterprise Recruitment Marketing Team is responsible for developing the content for more

than 25 social media channels for each segment of the company,

excluding Parks & Resorts.

The Heroes Work Here web site acted as the hub for marketing

Disney’s initiative to hire veterans. I provided the initial wireframes for

the structure of the site. In addition to the design, I shot some of the

cast member portraits and helped manage the video shoot.

The rebranding of Disney’s Professional Internship program had

many moving parts across the company on several platforms. I

provided creative support for print, video and web projects.

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Click on images for links

SHOWREEL

Overview

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MOTION GRAPHICS

Be Real PSA

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VIDEO

Disney Recruiter Q&A

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⎛   CONTACT Eric Palm 30 W. Harvard St. Orlando, FL 32804 (347) 306-8701 palmeric@gmail.com