my resume

Experience

Nimlok Company
January 2007 - present

Webmaster
  • Manage and maintain 85 Web sites, including:
    • Company’s U.S. and Canadian sites: http://www.nimlok.com and http://www.nimlok.ca.
    • Partners’ (resellers’) sites: such http://www.nimlok-chicago.com.
    • Internal site with electronic order forms: not public.
  • Designed and developed first online sales tool for company (language: ASP.NET C# and MS SQL).
  • Oversee 160 domains; acquire new domains as partners sign on.
  • Compose, edit, design, and send electronic communications, including:
    • Internal newsletter — about 100 issues per year to more than 800 subscribers.
    • End-client “Tips” messages and newsletters — monthly to more than 5,000 subscribers.
    • Webcast announcements — quarterly to more than 100,000 users.
  • Coordinate with external provider to ensure consistent e-mail and Web hosting service; act as primary technology support contact for partners.
  • Coordinate with development, design, and search engine optimization consultants to redesign and enhance site.
  • Monitor search engine optimization to increase ranking, improve site design, and create management reports.
  • Consult with partners and marketing team regarding technical issues.
Fire Arts Center of Chicago
May 2005 – present

Volunteer Board Member, Webmaster, and Foundry Assistant
  • Help plan strategy and logistics for non-profit arts education center.
  • Design and maintain Web site: http://www.firearts.org (currently redesigning).
  • Develop online donation tool as well as online payment options for potential donors/students.
  • Develop blog content to increase web presence.
  • Maintain e-mail accounts for board members and teachers.
  • Assist with teaching foundry classes; help students with sculpture, casting, welding, and other techniques.
Northwestern University Library
January 2005 – January 2007

Interlibrary Loan – Library Assistant
  • Fulfilled as many as 100 external requests per day with particular emphasis on managing copies of periodicals.
  • Researched requests using databases and catalogues; included any media type from locations worldwide.
  • Acted as department resource for distilling statistics so data is useful, actionable, and presentable.
  • Took own initiative to develop fiscal year statistics and to present to Africana collection curator; this helped justify need for greater resource allocation.
  • Trained student workers to use scanners and data-transfer software to produce and transmit files.

Northwestern University Library Staff Association (NULSA) – Vice-President
  • Assisted with the rebuilding of NULSA to act as a representative body for its members.
  • Facilitated communication between library administration, and both exempt and non-exempt staff.

Education

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
August 2002 – May 2004

Graduate Study, Art History (Senegal and Performance Art)
Creighton University, Omaha, NE
August 1996 – May 2001

B.A. Art History and B.A. Theology, Magna Cum Laude

Additional Skills

Recent Training: Developing ASP.NET applications using Visual Studio 2005 (June 2007)

Software Experience:

  • Web and desktop design, including HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET (C# and VB) and PHP.
  • Design/development software, including Dreamweaver 8, Visual Studios 2005, Adobe CS2 (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Image Ready), SQL Server Management Studio.
  • Database experience with Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and Filemaker Pro.
  • Website optimization tools, including ClickTracks and Google Analytics (connected to Google AdWords).
  • Other online software experience includes Movable Type, Wordpress, WebCalendar, Gallery and Coppermine Gallery.