RESUME
ABOUT ME:
Digital Designer with over twenty years of experience providing design services to small businesses. Skills include web design, graphic design, social media, email newsletters, and video editing. Additional experience includes recruiting, office management, bookkeeping, payroll and marketing & administrative support.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Express, Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo, GIMP, Pixlr Editor, Photopea, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Bootstrap, WordPress, Wikipedia, Wix, GoDaddy Website Builder, Constant Contact, MailChimp, QuickBooks, Zoom, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
EXPERIENCE:
DIGITAL DESIGN CONSULTANT 01/02 – PRESENT
MOGE Consulting Company (01/ 21 – Present)
San Diego Web Solutions (01/02 – 12/20)
Designed responsive and accessible mobile-friendly websites for clients. Tested and redesigned outdated websites to improve accessibility compliance. Improved outdated websites with new designs to meet mobile-friendly standards. Designed graphics, logos, business cards, brochures, flyers, banner ads and newsletters. Created promotional videos including sound, photos, graphics, animation & special effects. Designed titles and motion graphics. Created social media graphics and managed social media posts for clients. Conducted usability testing to ensure top performance of websites across devices and browsers. Customized websites from third party providers including WordPress, GoDaddy and Wix. Provided quarterly maintenance services on WordPress sites to ensure they were up to date. Optimized websites for search engines. Provided independent usability testing for sites created by other web designers and firms. Created email newsletters and distributed them on behalf of clients using Constant Contact and MailChimp. Published content to Wikipedia about public figure clients. Responsible for daily business operations including accounting and marketing.
VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY (VOLUNTEER) 07/15 – 06/17
Rolling Hills Elementary Foundation
Designed and maintained a new, responsive website for a non-profit organization. Conducted usability testing to ensure top performance of website across devices and browsers. Designed monthly email newsletter and managed email subscriber database. Organized, planned and volunteered at Hour of Code events for elementary school students.
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER / WEB DESIGNER 07/10 – 04/15
Inika Small Earth
Designed and maintained custom WordPress website and optimized website for search engines. Managed Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn pages including custom design and content updates. Designed Email newsletter template and managed quarterly newsletter distribution.
CONTRACT RECRUITER & WEB DESIGNER (PART TIME) 09/05 – 10/06
Integrity Placements
Sourced, pre-screened, and submitted interested, qualified candidates for permanent placement in IT positions with local clients. Performed searches for candidates using personal candidate pool, internet job boards, internet research, user groups and technical websites. Coordinated and prepped candidates for client interviews. Designed and maintained company’s website. Created HTML email template for small email marketing campaigns.
IT RECRUITER (05/03 –10/04) & BRANCH ADMIN / PAYROLL ADMIN (04/02 – 05/03)
CDI Corporation
Sourced, pre-screened, and submitted interested, qualified candidates for permanent placement in IT positions with local clients. Managed all aspects of employee payroll including time collection and auditing, verification of weekly pay, and resolution of employee inquiries regarding payroll and benefits. Acted as a liaison between corporate office and local office in functions such as human resources, payroll, billing, accounts payable and receivables and company programs. Ensured that all employee records were maintained according to company policy and legal requirements. Responsible for the implementation and training of corporate Business Model practices and increased compliance with these procedures.
MARKETING COORDINATOR / WEBMASTER (12/01 – 04/02)
Component Control
Oversaw the maintenance of company website. Created graphics, logos, banners for use on the web. Designed and distributed weekly email newsletters in HTML format. Produced marketing materials to promote company and products. Provided administrative support to the VP of Marketing and the Sales team. Generated daily and weekly sales activity reports. Maintained customer email database. Responsible for the coordination and planning of trade show attendance. Responsible for national and international shipping of marketing materials.
MARKETING COORDINATOR / WEBMASTER (03/01 – 11/01)
JoY Foundation
Developed and maintained client websites and re-designed existing sites. Created graphics, logos, banners for use on the web. Created and distributed weekly email newsletters in HTML format. Created book covers, brochures, business cards, flyers and display ads for various events.
CERTIFICATIONS:
SAN DIEGO CONTINUING EDUCATION
- Digital Design Certification (2021 – 2022): Content Management, Workflow For Modern Web Design, Video Production, Motion Graphics, Portfolio Design, Page Layout Design, Visual and Vector Design
- Social Media For Business (2020)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
- Web Skills for Business (2000)
- JavaScript Programming (2000)
- Adobe Photoshop (2000)
- HTML Programming (Spring 1998)