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ResumeProfessional ExperienceWEB MANAGER . Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark. Managed online communications including web sites and email newsletters targeted at prospective students, alumni, faculty and staff, current students and athletic boosters. Administered complex family of 9 different websites including HTML, graphics design and layout, scripting, security and server management. Supervised and edited work of departmental web managers and student workers. Developed policies directing production of internal and external web sites. Produced multimedia CDs for university departments. Taught classes to train new users on development of departmental websites and other web applications. Developed database driven web applications for web contact management, e-commerce, content management, course management, online giving and information directories. Conducted focus groups of core constituents to evaluate website design, navigation and content. Developed, Designed and hosted web sites for external organizations. Initiated internet broadcasting of monthly television program, athletic events, commencements and lectures. Taught mass communications and graphic design courses. (January 2001 to present) ONLINE CONTENT PRODUCER . The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Produced and designed special sections, graphics and interactive forms. Lead in the addition of audio and multimedia presentations to a print driven website. Responsible for the selection of content from newspaper to be placed on website. Worked with reporters and editors to place breaking news on the site and update stories throughout the day. Performed site maintenance including tracking page views, analyzing site useage, removing orphaned pages, repairing dead hyperlinks. (January 2000 to the January 2001) MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER & INSTRUCTOR . Mid-South Community College, West Memphis, Ark. Designed print projects including special reports, advertisements and newsletters. Designed and maintained portions of the college web site. Designed and provided technical support for presentation to President Bill Clinton, several cabinet members and national leaders of the transportation industry. Started educational cable channel including purchasing of production and broadcasting equipment. Produced television commercials, informational videos, presentations and instructional videos. Taught Media Broadcasting and Computer Courses (May 1998 to January 2000) VIDEOGRAPHER . Baptist Sunday School Board, Missionfuge, Mobile, Ala. Produced one 10 minute introductory video, daily 5 minute video flashback of the day's activities, weekly 11 minute overview of week's activities; developed overall video concept, shot and edited all footage; responsible for sales and duplication of videos. (Summer 1997) REPORTER . KYXK Radio, Arkadelphia, Ark. Generated news stories, covered local news events, conducted interviews, broadcast live news stories, wrote, recorded and edited news stories, wrote commercials, engineered programs. (October 1995 to January 1997) Professional SkillsNewspaper, Newsletter & Ad Design with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Pagemaker, Illustrator, Quark Express and Macromedia Freehand • Web site design and development using Adobe Photoshop & Imageready, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Freehand, Flash & Fireworks, Microsoft FrontPage • Able to Handcode HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, PHP and VBScript • Multimedia Development using Macromedia Director, Quicktime and Macromedia Flash • Non-Linear Video Editing using Avid Express Pro, Final Cut Pro and iMovie • Video and audio compression for Windows Media, Real, Flash and Quicktime video plug-ins • Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Publisher and FrontPage • Professional Camcorder Operation • Digital Photography • Copywriting • News writing • Internet Information Services and Apache Web Servers • Macintosh, Windows and Linux operating systems EducationM.A., In progress (all but thesis)
. University
of Memphis, Memphis, Tenn. B.A., May 1997 . Ouachita
Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark. |
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