Summary:

Highly self-motivated and goal orientated creative professional with 15+ years of design experience. Experience in building websites from concept to launch, including complex, intricate e-commerce and content management systems to basic brochure sites. Diverse background also includes customer service, photography, and media buying.

Objective:

Employment that utilizes my diverse experience in website design, graphic design, and/or photography, offers the opportunity expand my career and further develop my skills in my field.

Education:

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 1993-1997
Degree: B.A. Art-Graphic Design Emphasis
Royal College of Art-London, England 1996
Madison Area Technical College 2005

Technical skills:

• Programming - HTML, CSS, Java Script
• Software Applications - Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, Flash, FTP, MS Office Suite, Eclipse CVS
• Content Management Systems - Joomla
• Operating Systems - Mac OS X, Windows XP
• Other - Commercial, Landscape and Portrait Photography

Work Experience:

• Lead designer in building a complex e-commerce site from site concept to launch
• Design, develop and implement new web interfaces, graphics and layouts.
• Create, manage and maintain company Internet sites, with key responsibilities for maintaining product content and creating featured product offer graphics.
• Effectively communicate with team members to develop and implement new site functionality to better end user experience.
• Cutting edge knowledge of HTML programming
• Responsible for quality assurance of all web design projects, including web usability, accessibility, testing and debugging.
• Image creation, manipulation and optimization
• Search engine optimization, including keyword, meta tagging, search engine submission
• Experience with PHP and Java driven sites
• Exceptionally well organized and detail orientated
• Effectively multi-task without compromising quality
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Intensely self-motivated/self-educated keeping current of online marketing trends and applications

Related Work History:

American Family Insurance; Madison, WI (2010-Present)

• Interactive Media Specialist/Web Developer

American TV & Appliance; Madison, WI (1998-2010)

• Web Designer
• Web Design Support Specialist
• Assistant Photographer
• Digital Photographic Content Specialist
• Graphic Designer/Production Artist
• Film Coordinator/Production Artist

Mil-Mar Shoe Company; Wauwatosa, WI (1997-1998)

• Advertising Coordinator/Graphic Designer