OBJECTIVE Opportunity
to utilize my unique combination of creative Web/graphic design skills, superior
communications capabilities, and extensive marketing experience.
COMPUTER
SKILLS Operating Systems: Windows Vista, XP, 95-2000, NT
Workstation, 3.1, DOS, Unix, Mac OS.
PROJECTS/EXPERIENCE Web
Designer, October 2008 - present, Tria
Design and Marketing - Lansing, MI. Responsible for updating, maintaining,
and expanding Web design and Web sites for variety of client companies (including
large-scale Joomla-based CMS sites, creating & editing custom PHP forms, and
providing fresh design perspective).
Freelance
Web/Marketing Projects, May 2001 - present:
·
Web Designer, October 2008 - present, Elance.com Registered
and certified freelance Web designer.
·
Webmaster, October 2008 - present, DailyWebGeek.com Charged
with all aspects of site development: graphic design, content writing and creation,
database/blog/forum setup & administration, recruitment of staff, traffic
building.
· Research Associate,
September 2008 - present, Institute
for Public Policy and Research (Michigan State University) - E. Lansing, MI. Conduct
surveys on a wide variety of subjects, including health issues, political attitudes,
and client new product development campaigns.
·
Marketing Research Associate, August 2004 - present, Capitol
Research Services - E. Lansing, MI. Conduct
market research (telephone/field surveys) and recruit participants for clients'
paid focus groups.
· Webmaster/Owner/President;
Web/Graphic Designer, May 2001 - present, Jpopexpress.com. Japanese
entertainment Web site featuring online shopping, news, interactive discussions,
and links for fans of Japanese pop music, animation, and games.
·
Web Design Consultant, Summer 2005, Individual Client. Provided
counsel to individual client on how to create basic Web page structure and graphic
design for introductory Web site to sell automotive fuel-enhancing product.
·
Web/Graphic Designer, November 2004 - January 2005, Michigan
State University Office of Property Services - E. Lansing, MI. Re-designed
Web site and graphics to advertise a nation-wide annual conference co-hosted by
Michigan State University and the University of Michigan.
·
Web/Graphic Designer, Summer 2003, Individual Client. Created
a "mirror site" of client's wedding photo album, migrating and editing
content from one server to another.
Web
Designer/Producer, July 2000 - December 2001, Aquent
Partners - Southfield, MI. Performed Web design & production assignments
utilizing industry-standard software and development techniques:
·
Webmaster, November 2000 - December 2001, Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, National Accounts Marketing & Sales - Southfield,
MI. Responsible for maintaining,
updating, and documenting all content of departmental intranet.
·
Web Producer, October 2000 - November 2000, National
Blinds, Wallpaper & Rugs (a company owned by Home Depot) - Southfield, MI. Cropped,
resized, and optimized hundreds of images of various sizes and resolutions (thumbnails,
portrait, and landscape views) for display on company's product pages using batch
processing in Photoshop. Restored select images to original appearance (in terms
of color, brightness, and detail).
·
Web Designer, September - October 2000, GVCINet - Detroit, MI. Composed
several detailed design drafts in the process of developing a complete makeover
of client's home page. Principal tools used were Dreamweaver and Flash.
·
Translator/Editor, August - September 2000, Edge New Media - Farmington Hills,
MI. Translated as well as edited
product information/Web content from English into French for a major automobile
manufacturer's nationwide Canadian dealership site.
·
Web Producer, August 2000, Riegner & Associates Marketing Communications -
Southfield, MI. Created product pages
in Dreamweaver and HTML (with images resized in PhotoShop). Prepared small animated
graphics using Flash. Modified site map graphics using Illustrator.
Aquent
Partners: Springboard Program, July-August 2000, Aquent
Partners - Boston, MA. Selected and sponsored to participate in an intensive
two week course for Web development in Boston, MA (geared specifically toward
corporate Web site development). Learned in-depth HTML, PhotoShop, JavaScript,
CGI scripting and DHTML, and Cascading Style Sheets. Completed a Case Study site
entitled "Aquent Excursions" for a fictitious retailer of outdoor products. [The
final exam was to produce a Web site from scratch in one day].
Tutor,
October 1999 - May 2000; January 2002 - August 2002, Lansing
Community College - Lansing, MI. Tutored computer courses (Microsoft Windows/Office
operations, Web design, programming), as well as French and English-as-a-Second-Language.
Internet
Consultant, Summer 1999, C.L.E.A.R. (Center for Language Education
Research) at Michigan State University. Provided training to foreign language
instructors on how to incorporate Internet technologies in their classes by designing
their own Web pages, activities, etc.
French
Instructor, 1997-1998, Michigan
State University - East Lansing, MI Taught first and second-half of introductory
level French courses (101 and 102); provided language and cultural instruction
to adults preparing for travel to French-speaking countries.
WEB
SITE DEVELOPMENT Daily
Web Geek Web reference and meeting place for Web 2/3.0 publishers,
designers/developers, and digital entrepreneurs.
Jpopexpress.com Japanese
entertainment Web portal site featuring online shopping, news, interactive discussions,
and links for fans of Japanese pop music, animation, and games. (May 2001 - present).
KevinPajak.com My
personal Web site, showcasing my Web/graphic design work (May 2001 - present).
Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Michigan http://blueslink.bcbsm.com/national/ Siite
of National Accounts Marketing & Sales department on “BluesLink”: corporate intranet
of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (November 2000 - December 2001). [Internal
site only].
National
Blinds, Wallpaper & Rugs (company owned by Home Depot). Optimized
rug and wallpaper images of various sizes - (October - November 2000).
PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS Jpopexpress.com Lead and manage
team of 15 international staff members/contributing editors.
Handle all
aspects of client online advertising (including recruitment, sales, editing, and
management of ads).
Maintained a steady sales growth rate of 50% for three
consecutive quarters in 2007 for sales of products from principal shopping affiliate.
Recruited
global team of staff members/writers/contributing editors for latest interactive,
"blog-style" version of Web site, wherein each member can contribute
reviews, news, opinions, and other relevant editorial content via WordPress-driven
Web publishing interface (August 2007).
Customized new Web interface for
WordPress-powered "blog-style site".
Succeeded in producing a
traffic increase of ten times the level of unique monthly visitors from January
to July 2005.
Obtained Alexa traffic ranking among top 180,000 sites among
all sites on the Internet.
Achieved search results within top 10 on Google,
Yahoo!, and MSN for crucial market-specific search strings (among several million
page results).
Wrote and custom-coded in JavaScript in-depth 'Shopper
Survey' for purpose of evaluating content and merchandise desired from key
repeat customers and site visitors.
Capitol Research
Services Awarded cash bonus and promotion for "good attitude
and reliability".
Led all employees in total number of telephone surveys
completed and total logged-on hours for client projects 2006, 2007, and 2008 (surveys
conducted for major insurance/financial companies).
Blue
Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, National Accounts Marketing & Sales Handled
several technical issues with site (including the need to restructure HTML and
JavaScript source code of select pages, rollovers, frame issues, drop-down menu
links, etc).
Developed a complete, detailed site map of entire structure
of Web site.
Compiled a 146-page "Web Workbook" to accompany site for future
reference [intended to instruct employees how to handle certain basic Web-related
tasks themselves (such as updating Web documents, working with Microsoft FrontPage,
frames, etc)].
Completed (as most recent project) highly customized, JavaScript-based
"shopping cart-style" application intended for Account Managers' internal use
to order materials and track cost.
Created custom graphics and Web programming
solutions as needed.
Master
of Arts - French. 3.5/4.0 G.P.A. 1997 - 1999 Michigan State University - East
Lansing, MI.
Bachelor of Arts - French. Graduated with honor (3.55/4.0
G.P.A). 1997 Semester abroad - l’Université de Haute Bretagne II - Rennes,
France. 1994 - 1997 Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI.
Bachelor
of Arts - Psychology. Dean’s List - Fall 1989. 1987 - 1991 North Carolina State
University - Raleigh, NC.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS English (American native-speaker).
French (fluent).
Japanese
(advanced beginner level).
Korean (introductory level).
Latin (two
years of study).
REFERENCES Available
upon request.
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