Typefi’s Professional Services team is always looking for ways to help customers DO MORE.
In this four-minute Lightning Session from the 2019 Typefi User Conference, Solutions Consultant Marie Gollentz demonstrates a new EPUB workflow that allows users to create both PDF and EPUB from a single InDesign template.
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Marie Gollentz
Solutions Consultant | Typefi
Based in Paris, Marie is a Solutions Consultant focusing on the European market. Prior to joining Typefi, she held a number of positions in the publishing industry in London, including at the publisher of Research Fortnight and the London School of Business and Finance.
Marie holds a Masters degree in European Political Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Bachelors degree in Political Sciences from Sciences Po Strasbourg. She is trilingual in English, French and Spanish.