Jen Bilik
| Jen Bilik | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 21, 1969 Berkeley, California, United States |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Publisher and businessperson; founder and CEO of Knock Knock (company) |
Jen Bilik is the founder and CEO of Knock Knock, an American book and gift publishing company.
Biography
Jen Bilik was born on July 21, 1969, in Berkeley, California. After attending college at the University of Michigan, she moved to New York City and pursued a variety of creative interests including writing, editing, design, and arts and crafts. She freelanced as an apprentice film editor, architectural draftsperson, and newspaper proofreader before becoming a book editor at Rizzoli International Publications.
After a freelance stint that included editing many books as well as co-authoring two (Todd Oldham': Without Boundaries and Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs), Bilik moved to Los Angeles in August 1998.
Encouraged by her friends’ reception to her humorous January Card (a holiday card for procrastinators) and her flow-chart poster “How to Find True Love,” Bilik launched Knock Knock in 2002 with the proceeds from the sale of her Manhattan apartment.[2] The company is based in Venice, California, where Bilik also resides.
Bilik founded Knock Knock in order to be able to “write and design at the same time”[3] and all of Knock Knock’s products exhibit this union. She is an adept humorist, and Knock Knock’s products are known for having a distinctive, non-homogenized voice of humor via social observation. She is a designer, creative director, and avid crafter.
Other Activities
- Contributor to The Huffington Post[1]
- Contributor to Inc. (magazine)[2]
- Guest lecturer at Art Center College of Design
- Featured speaker: Design Indaba Conference, 2011[3]
- Featured guest on the "Work Awesome" podcast, 2011[4]
- Featured speaker: The Dieline Conference, 2013[5]
- Keynote speaker: PubWest Conference, 2013[6]
- Featured guest on Design Matters with Debbie Millman, 2013[7]
- Featured speaker: AIGA Blueprint Law for Creatives, 2013[8]
- Featured as one of LA Weekly's Most Fascinating People, 2014 [9]
- Featured speaker: TYPO San Francisco, 2015[10]
- Moderator: AIGA Y Conference in, 2016[11]
Media and press
Profiles of Bilik have appeared in:
- LA Weekly[12]
- Inc. (magazine)[13]
- The New York Times[14]
- Wall Street Journal[15]
- The Dieline[16]
- Design Milk[17]
- Dog Milk[18]
- Kern and Burn[19]
- Design*Sponge[20]
References
- ↑ "Blog Entries by Jen Bilik". Blog Entries. The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ "Hard Knocks". Inc. Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "Jen Bilik". Design Indaba.
- ↑ Vardy, Mike. ""From Writer to Entrepreneur: Jen Bilik"". Work Awesome. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ↑ "Knock Knock's Jen Bilik Joins The Dieline Package Design Conference". The Dieline. The Dieline. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "PubWest 2013 Conference". PubWest. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ Millman, Debbie. "Jen Bilik on". www.debbiemillman.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Blueprint: Law For Creatives [RECAP 07.25.13]". AIGA Los Angeles. AIGA Los Angeles.
- ↑ Alimurung, Gendy. "Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer". LA Weekly. LA Weekly. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ "Losing Focus to Find Focus". TYPO Talks. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "AIGA San Diego Y21 Design Conference". archive.y-conference.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ Alimurung, Gendy. "Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer". LA Weekly. LA Weekly. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Welch, Liz (October 2011). "The Way I Work: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Inc. magazine.
- ↑ Wallace, Amy (March 20, 2010). "The Wit That Breeds Wisdom".
- ↑ "Procrastination Is Start-Up's Key To Success". Wall Street Journal. June 15, 2004.
- ↑ "The Dieline". The Dieline. The Dieline. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ↑ Katz, Marni. "Friday Five with Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Design Milk. Design Milk. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Kimball, Capree. "The Scoop: Jen Bilik and Paco". Dog Milk. Dog Milk. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ "Day 61". Kern and Burn. 100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ↑ Ditmeyer, Anne. "Sneak Peek: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Design*Sponge. Retrieved 9 April 2015.