Profile

Experienced media professional with broad-based capabilities encompassing web development, digital & print design, motion graphics, CG, project management, staff supervision, client relations, and troubleshooting. Analytical problem-solver with quick adaptability to new technologies; polished communication/presentation skills.

Technological Summary

Design & Production Software
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress, AfterEffects

Interactive Software
Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, Director

Programming Languages
XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM Scripting, XML/XSL, ActionScript, PHP

Office Software
MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Outlook

Operating Systems
Windows, Macintosh, Unix

Content Management Systems
WordPress, Kentico

Working Knowledge
Adobe Fireworks, Lightwave 3D, Maya, .NET, Java, Assembly, K-Shell Scripting

Education

B.F.A – Graphic Design & Minor in Computer Science
UW-Milwaukee, 2003

References

Available Upon Request

Experience

Enercon Industries Corp. | Menomonee Falls, WI | 2006-Present
Web Producer

  • Maintain, expand, and manage content workflow within internet, intranet, extranet, and micro web sites
  • Oversee migration and development of all internal and external web properties to a Content Management System built on a .NET/SQL Server platform.
  • Coordinate external corporate blogging and enable its RSS Feed for RSS readers.
  • Design and edit all web site templates, graphics, videos and animations.
  • Coordinate acquisition of top level domains including China, Germany, Spain, France, India, South Korea & Russia.
  • Work within a team to organize, build, and launch Enercon’s English Internet site in multiple languages and international domain presences.
  • Develop and utilize various web scripts for web based calculators, contact forms, menus, videos, and image carousels.
  • Lead development of online presence within various Wikipedia articles.
  • Provide creative direction, creating and/or assistance to the Marketing department for print and online ads, trade show graphics, photo correction, and internal graphic design projects.
  • Create, design, and program a corporate kiosk application utilizing XML & Lingo.
  • Educate the Marketing department and upper management in SEO/SEM practices.
  • Monitor, report, and ensure top organic and paid search engine rankings with Google, Yahoo!, and MSN for targeted languages & countries.
  • Aggregate and analyze monthly traffic patterns for all web properties highlighting key content areas, advertising effectiveness, search trends, competitor intelligence, along with any other trends in data.

UW-Milwaukee/Peck School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI | 2008-2009
Associate Lecturer

  • Instructed undergraduates the design and development of the Internet including information architecture, hypertextuality, userability and interface design, critical issues of the Internet culture, fundamentals of markup languages [XHTML, XML], CSS, Javascript, SEO, multimedia inclusion, and development software & utilities.
  • Planned lectures, administered examinations, and assisted students outside of classroom.
  • Designed the curriculum to enable students to fluently communicate design and development processes with team members who have technical, artistic, and management backgrounds.

Media Art Design | Milwaukee, WI | 2003-2008
Founder / Design Director

  • Provide web, identity, graphics, PowerPoint, motion graphics, print brochures, & media storage design to smaller organizations including Peace4Kids, California.

Logan Productions, Inc. | Fox Point, WI | 2003-2006
Senior Media Designer

  • Rapidly promoted from Junior Graphic Designer to Senior Media Designer
  • Actively managed projects within the company’s matrix management system
  • Prioritized project schedules
  • Developed templates & design guidelines
  • Mentored junior design members, & review their performance
  • Continued to design media applications for internal & external clients
  • Developed client proposals with top management
  • Actively maintained client relationships

Junior Graphic Designer

  • Created interactive presentations as part of a cross-functional team
  • Developed & deployed websites
  • Produced motion graphics for video & interactive/promotional DVD’s
  • Designed DVD menus for a variety of clients including John Deere & SABMiller
  • Researched & developed production techniques

Achievements & Recognitions

  • Made a test web site for Google as a candidate for their webmaster position
  • Conducted classes in file transfer & Unix commands, at the request of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s web design instructor as an undergraduate
  • Assisted University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty in two classes in Photoshop, Illustrator, & QuarkXpress as an undergraduate
  • Designed a website for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s department of Student Advising & Registration to assist incoming freshmen with class selection & registration
  • Researched the synergy of graphic design & computer science, through interviews, surveys & web research; published the results in a self-designed booklet
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