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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]].
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|''Todd Oldham'']]'': Without Boundaries'' and ''Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs''), Bilik moved to Los Angeles in August 1998.
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 (company)|Knock Knock]] in 2002 with the proceeds from the sale of her Manhattan apartment.[[Jen Bilik#cite note-2|<sup>[2]</sup>]] The company is based in [[Venice, California]], where Bilik also resides.
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 (company)|Knock Knock]] in 2002 with the proceeds from the sale of her Manhattan apartment.[[Jen Bilik#cite note-2|<sup>[2]</sup>]] The company is based in [[Venice, California]], where Bilik also resides.
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* Featured speaker: The Dieline Conference, 2013<ref name="The Dieline">{{cite web|title=Knock Knock's Jen Bilik Joins The Dieline Package Design Conference|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2013/6/21/knock-knocks-jen-bilik-joins-the-dieline-package-design-conf.html|website=The Dieline|publisher=The Dieline|accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref>
* Featured speaker: The Dieline Conference, 2013<ref name="The Dieline">{{cite web|title=Knock Knock's Jen Bilik Joins The Dieline Package Design Conference|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2013/6/21/knock-knocks-jen-bilik-joins-the-dieline-package-design-conf.html|website=The Dieline|publisher=The Dieline|accessdate=9 June 2013}}</ref>
* Keynote speaker: PubWest Conference, 2013<ref name=PubWest>{{cite web|title=PubWest 2013 Conference|url=http://pubwest.org/conference/pubwest-conference-2013/|website=PubWest|accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref>
* Keynote speaker: PubWest Conference, 2013<ref name=PubWest>{{cite web|title=PubWest 2013 Conference|url=http://pubwest.org/conference/pubwest-conference-2013/|website=PubWest|accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref>
* Featured guest on Design Matters with [[Debbie Millman]], 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.debbiemillman.com/designmatters/jen-bilik/|title=Jen Bilik on|last=Millman|first=Debbie|website=www.debbiemillman.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>
* Featured guest on Design Matters with [[Debbie Millman]], 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.debbiemillman.com/designmatters/jen-bilik/|title=Jen Bilik on|last=Millman|first=Debbie|website=www.debbiemillman.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-08}}</ref>
* Featured speaker: [[AIGA]] Blueprint Law for Creatives, 2013<ref name="AIGA Los Angeles">{{cite web|title=Blueprint: Law For Creatives [RECAP 07.25.13]|url=http://losangeles.aiga.org/blueprint-law-for-creatives-recap-07-25-13/|website=AIGA Los Angeles|publisher=AIGA Los Angeles}}</ref>
* Featured speaker: [[AIGA]] Blueprint Law for Creatives, 2013<ref name="AIGA Los Angeles">{{cite web|title=Blueprint: Law For Creatives [RECAP 07.25.13]|url=http://losangeles.aiga.org/blueprint-law-for-creatives-recap-07-25-13/|website=AIGA Los Angeles|publisher=AIGA Los Angeles}}</ref>
* Featured as one of ''[[LA Weekly']]s Most Fascinating People'', 2014 ''<ref name="LA Weekly">{{cite web|last1=Alimurung|first1=Gendy|title=Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/jen-bilik-the-knock-knock-joke-stationer-4632672|website=LA Weekly|publisher=LA Weekly|accessdate=14 May 2014}}</ref>''
* Featured as one of ''[[LA Weekly']]s Most Fascinating People'', 2014 ''<ref name="LA Weekly">{{cite web|last1=Alimurung|first1=Gendy|title=Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/jen-bilik-the-knock-knock-joke-stationer-4632672|website=LA Weekly|publisher=LA Weekly|accessdate=14 May 2014}}</ref>''
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* The Dieline<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dieline|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2013/9/24/inside-the-studio-knock-knock.html|website=The Dieline|publisher=The Dieline|accessdate=19 December 2015}}</ref>
* The Dieline<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dieline|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2013/9/24/inside-the-studio-knock-knock.html|website=The Dieline|publisher=The Dieline|accessdate=19 December 2015}}</ref>
* ''Design Milk''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Marni|title=Friday Five with Jen Bilik of Knock Knock|url=http://design-milk.com/friday-five-with-jen-bilik-of-knock-knock/|website=Design Milk|publisher=Design Milk|accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref>
* ''Design Milk''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Katz|first1=Marni|title=Friday Five with Jen Bilik of Knock Knock|url=http://design-milk.com/friday-five-with-jen-bilik-of-knock-knock/|website=Design Milk|publisher=Design Milk|accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref>
* ''Dog Milk''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kimball|first1=Capree|title=The Scoop: Jen Bilik and Paco|url=http://dog-milk.com/the-scoop-jen-bilik-and-paco/|website=Dog Milk|publisher=Dog Milk|accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref>
* ''Dog Milk''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kimball|first1=Capree|title=The Scoop: Jen Bilik and Paco|url=http://dog-milk.com/the-scoop-jen-bilik-and-paco/|website=Dog Milk|publisher=Dog Milk|accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref>
* ''Kern and Burn''<ref>{{cite web|title=Day 61|url=http://www.kernandburn.com/one-hundred-days/day-61/|series=100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship|work=Kern and Burn|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>
* ''Kern and Burn''<ref>{{cite web|title=Day 61|url=http://www.kernandburn.com/one-hundred-days/day-61/|series=100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship|work=Kern and Burn|accessdate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>
* ''Design*Sponge''<ref name=Design*Sponge>{{cite web|last1=Ditmeyer|first1=Anne|title=Sneak Peek: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock|url=http://www.designsponge.com/2010/05/sneak-peek-jen-bilik-of-knock-knock.html|website=Design*Sponge|accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref>
* ''Design*Sponge''<ref name=Design*Sponge>{{cite web|last1=Ditmeyer|first1=Anne|title=Sneak Peek: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock|url=http://www.designsponge.com/2010/05/sneak-peek-jen-bilik-of-knock-knock.html|website=Design*Sponge|accessdate=9 April 2015}}</ref>
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Revision as of 02:01, 25 May 2017

Jen Bilik
Born (1969-07-21) July 21, 1969 (age 55)
Berkeley, California, United States
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)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

Media and press

Profiles of Bilik have appeared in:

References

  1. ^ "Blog Entries by Jen Bilik". Blog Entries. The Huffington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. ^ "Hard Knocks". Inc. Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Jen Bilik". Design Indaba.
  4. ^ Vardy, Mike. ""From Writer to Entrepreneur: Jen Bilik"". Work Awesome. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  5. ^ "Knock Knock's Jen Bilik Joins The Dieline Package Design Conference". The Dieline. The Dieline. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. ^ "PubWest 2013 Conference". PubWest. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ^ Millman, Debbie. "Jen Bilik on". www.debbiemillman.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  8. ^ "Blueprint: Law For Creatives [RECAP 07.25.13]". AIGA Los Angeles. AIGA Los Angeles.
  9. ^ Alimurung, Gendy. "Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer". LA Weekly. LA Weekly. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Losing Focus to Find Focus". TYPO Talks. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  11. ^ "AIGA San Diego Y21 Design Conference". archive.y-conference.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  12. ^ Alimurung, Gendy. "Jen Bilik: The Knock Knock Joke Stationer". LA Weekly. LA Weekly. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  13. ^ Welch, Liz (October 2011). "The Way I Work: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Inc. magazine.
  14. ^ Wallace, Amy (March 20, 2010). "The Wit That Breeds Wisdom".
  15. ^ "Procrastination Is Start-Up's Key To Success". Wall Street Journal. June 15, 2004.
  16. ^ "The Dieline". The Dieline. The Dieline. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  17. ^ Katz, Marni. "Friday Five with Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Design Milk. Design Milk. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  18. ^ Kimball, Capree. "The Scoop: Jen Bilik and Paco". Dog Milk. Dog Milk. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  19. ^ "Day 61". Kern and Burn. 100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  20. ^ Ditmeyer, Anne. "Sneak Peek: Jen Bilik of Knock Knock". Design*Sponge. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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