Professional Experience

Company: Apollo Group / University of Phoenix Aug 2008 to Present

Positions held:Sr. Web Designer / Art Director

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Qualifications:

Programs:Adobe CS6: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Premier Pro & After Effects, Sony Vegas, Sony Sound Forge & Acid Multimedia, MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Sharepoint

Languages: HTML5, CSS3, XHTML, JavaScript, and some ASP.net & Action Script

Services: Strongmail Responsys(Email delivery), Coremetrics & Google Analytics(Web analytics), CQ5 Communiqué (CMS), RoboHead & Workamajig (PMS)

Job Summary:

As Art Director:

  • Directed the strategy, design and development of digital student experience, from email, digital banners and site/landing page development
  • Responsible for understanding and driving powerful brand strategies incorporating traditional and multimedia platforms such as, landing page design, interactive HTML5, email communications, magazine ads, postercatalog production, direct mail marketing, trade show booth design, radio broadcasting
  • Assisted in development and design of video and multimedia production
  • Presented in project discovery meetings, internal reviews and client presentations
  • Produced internal communications including email development, intranet user experience and department landing page design
  • Created and refined team process and project efficiencies

As Web Designer & Team lead:

  • Responsible for analysis and design, front end/UI and integration of email, web and digital banners
  • Coordinated and managed the allocation of workflow to designers, developers and freelancers
  • Directly worked on and reviewed other team members work for the Universities flagship site, (phoenix.edu)
  • Design lead on a team of electronic direct mail specialists
  • Designed and delivered many successful digital web banner campaigns
  • Worked on and managed flash multi-media landing pages
  • Directed video production and postproduction for notices that were placed on external and internal sites
  • Produced team productivity reports, project loads, team bandwidth and project schedules.

Company: GoDaddy.comAug 2007 to Aug 2008

Positions held: Graphic Web Designer / Logo Designer

Location:Tempe, AZ

Qualifications:

Programs:Adobe CS4: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver

Languages: Basic HTML and CSS. Some flash animation (non-script based)

Services: GoDaddy proprietary Client Management Tools & Website template tools

Job Summary:

  • Accountable for concept, design and production of Custom sites using CSS within a template structure.
  • Conceived creative web and logo solutions that supported defined strategies.
  • Received high marks for excellent client satisfaction with minimal revisions.
  • Conducted client interviews and provide quality logo, web site and overall branding solutions.
  • Maintained project management responsibilities in a very fast paced environment.

Company:Insight Enterprises Inc.Jan 2004 to Aug 2007

Position held: Graphic Web Designer II

Location:Tempe, AZ

Tools Used:

Programs:Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver,Premier & After Effects, MS Office

Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash animation (AS2)

Services: Proprietary CMS for website insight.edu, Omniture (Web Analytics), Coremetrics (Web Analytics), Responsys (Email Delivery)

Job Summary:

  • Design and maintain customizable, corporate web sites with effective branding and usability.
  • Examples include:Microsoft®, Lenovo®, IBM®, Sony and Symantec™
  • Worked with a global marketing team to identify, and leverage best practices on all corporate websites.
  • Helped investigate and implement a web analytics tool for the corporate website (insight.com).
  • Worked to implement Omniture, and later replace it with Responsys and Coremetrics.
  • Attended training and was a core user of both site metric applications.
  • Utilized data for A/B testing the sites components and improve customer interaction and site satisfaction.
  • Insight Values Award winner. Nominated several times for various marketing awards.

Company: WebMD 1999 to 2004

Position held: Internal Web Designer / GUI software designer

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Tools Used:

Programs:Adobe 5.0: Photoshop, Illustrator; Macromedia FlashMX, Microsoft Visual Studio

Languages: Basic HTML, designed for .net platform

Services: Helped develop medical software that is still in use. (Sage Intergy)

Job Summary:

  • Design and implement web user interfaces, and web sites for internal departments.
  • Created and maintained web-based software applications, including (WebMD’s “Intergy” software).
  • Webmaster for the company intranet. Maintaining user logins, overall site design and files structure, including team landing page designs.
  • Responsible for executive level PowerPoint presentations and some small external print brochures and tradeshow material.

Education

(2010 - Present) BSP, University of Phoenix

(2000 – 2002) Scottsdale Community College

(1994-1998) - High School Diploma, Mountain Pointe High School

Please contact for personal and professional references
Brandon Powell
480-205-1072

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