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	K. Jay Chow	8914 W Appleton Ave., Apt. 204 Milwaukee, WI 53225-4244 414 536-4892 jay.chow@earthlink.net Résumé: HTML — http://tinyurl.com/jaychow Word — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowWord PDF — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowPDF Text — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowText Portfolio: Web — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowPortfolio Google Presentation — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowGoogle Email Marketing — http://tinyurl.com/jaychowEmail PDF — 32 samples (1008 KB): http://tinyurl.com/jaychowPDF32 PDF — 96 samples (3 MB): http://tinyurl.com/jaychowPDF96

POSITION STATEMENT		Experienced, diverse, and innovative design professional seeking senior creative position where knowledge in graphic design, Web/multimedia development, and digital photography can be maximized to deliver effective messages on time, on target and on budget.
WORK EXPERIENCE	03/08-07/09	Move, Inc. (Top Producer division) — Milwaukee, WI A division of Move, Inc. which offers Web, video production and interactive voice response services for real estate brokerages and home building industry, using asp, .Net, Flash and Dreamweaver. Graphic Designer Designed and maintained: CSS-based dynamic sites, Flash banners/animations, and Web graphics with CS3 on Windows platform. Teamed with software engineers and gained working knowledge in ASP, SEO, SQL and VBScript. Web sites designed & co-developed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Web sites maintained: Interactive map, Interactive floorplans, Photo gallery Banner ads: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
	01/01-Present	Freelance — Milwaukee, WI Freelance Designer/Photographer Designed graphic and Web projects: — The Congregationalist — Magazine of The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches: 09/3, 09/2, 09/1, 08/4, 08/3, 08/2 — www.theflowerlady.com, Newsletters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 — www.exceptionaleventswi.com — www.badgerassoc.org Photographed corporate/private events: — MPM, Wilson Center, Henry Schein, photo-documentary and portraiture — Wedding photography: Henson, Prondzinski, Miller, Paap
	08/02-01/08	Assurant Health — Milwaukee, WI A health insurance subsidiary of Assurant, Inc., a Fortune 500 company specializes in niche market insurance Senior Graphic Designer Reported to Graphic Design Manager. Responsible for design and production of print and online marketing collateral, HTML email and Web graphics with strict adherence to brand guidelines. — Designed awarding-winning corporate campaign and print materials with Adobe CS3 — Member of Brand Development Graphics Team for corporate sites and printed materials — Created online photo library with Expression Media and Apache server — Developed in-house Graphics Forum with BBphp — Developed HTML emails with Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Netscape and vendor software — Developed “Web-In-A-Box” Prototype/Templates for insurance agents — Photographed corporate events (1, 2) — Flash: IMployee Landing Page, AHA! screensaver. 3D: Holiday Invite
	04/00-05/01	Tamzen Media, Inc. — Elm Grove, WI Senior Creative Designer/Multimedia Developer — Designed and illustrated multimedia and Internet projects — Authored CBT and conducted eLearning R&D
	08/98-03/00	Creative Educational Options, LLC — Hartland, WI Multimedia Developer — Developed, promoted and maintained Web sites using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) — Developed medical CBT CD-ROMs: from programming, design to marketing Designed corporate identity, slide presentation
	08/91-07/98	TOTO Multimedia — Brookfield, WI Multimedia Development Coordinator — Designed and developed award-winning CBT courseware and demos — Photographed stock photo CD-ROM — Created animations and illustrations for children software and Web development
	09/88-06/91	R.J. Martin Company — Paramus, NJ Computer Graphics Supervisor — Managed desktop publishing & service bureau department — Conducted training, trouble-shooting and maintenance — Designed corporate communications audio/visual/print materials
EDUCATION	lynda.com Completed online courses on Web design/development and Adobe CS4 Click icon to view Certificates of Completion.
	Milwaukee Institute Art & Design — Milwaukee, WI Basic Flash Design Course
	Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY M.F.A. Degree in Computer Graphics; Advanced Graduate Certificate in Videodiscography
	Kansas City Art Institute — Kansas City, MO B.F.A. Degree in Graphic Design. Major: Graphic Design; Minor: Photography
	The School of the Art Institute of Chicago — Chicago, IL Studied: Symbology, Offset Printing, LOGO Computer Language, Video Synthesis
TECHNICAL SKILLS	Skill Name [Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert / Years of Experience]
	Acrobat Pro (CS4) [E/10] After Effect (CS4) [B/1] Aperture [B/1] Authorware [E/7] BBedit [E/10] Bryce 4 [B/1] CSS [I/2] Debabelizer [E/5] Digital Photo: Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon [E/10] Dreamweaver (CS4) [E/5] DVD Studio Pro [B/2] Expression Media (iView MediaPro) [E/5] FileMaker Pro [B/1]		Final Cut Studio [B/2] Fireworks (CS4) [I/2] Flash (CS4) [B/2] FontLab Studio [I/4] Font Management: Suitcase, FontExplorer X, FontAgent Pro [E/10] FTP: Cyberduck, Fetch, FileZilla [E/6] HTML Email/eNewsletter [E/4] iContact [I/2] iLife [E/3] Illustrator (CS4) [E/10] InDesign (CS4) [E/4] Iris Large-format Inkjet [I/1]	Lightroom [I/3] Mac OS X Maintenance [E/5] Mac Pro/Snow Leopard [B/2] Media Cleaner Pro [I/3] Microsoft Office [E/10] Painter X [B/1] Photoshop (CS4) [E/10] Profoto Actue 2 System [B/1] ProStores [B/1] QuarkXPress (up to 6.5) [E/10] Regular Expression (GREP) [E/5] S-VHS Recording/Editing [B/1] SlideShow Pro [I/1] Sound Studio [E/8]
ACHIEVEMENTS	*Assurant, Inc. AHA!* Health Awareness Campaign** — APEX (Award for Publication Excellence: p. 24 under Category 64 “Employee, Benefit & Membership Communications”)
	International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Madison, WI Chapter — Invited speaker on digital photography
	Assurant Inc. Branding Guidelines Team — Graphics team member
	International Gallery of Superb Printing — Bronze award and Honorable mentions (p. 7 under Fortis Health)
	Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee — Volunteer-of-the-Year
	New Media Magazine — Invision Silver Award (Lead programmer, graphic designer)
	R.J. Martin Company — Employee Special Recognition/Special Achievement Awards
	Step-By-Step Graphics Magazine — Computer graphics illustration featured
	Rochester Institute of Technology — International Student Scholarships
	Advertising Club of Kansas City — Omni Silver Award
	Fairchild Foundation, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Kansas City Art Gallery Association — Logo/stationery design winners
AFFILIATION	National Press Photographers Association — Member (2001-2002)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES	Assurant Health/YMCA One on One Mentoring — Mentor
	Milwaukee Art Museum — Family Sundays volunteer
	Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee — CyberPlace volunteer
	Friends of Channel 10/36 — Special events volunteer
	Organization of Chinese Americans, WI Chapter — Board member, 1998-99; volunteer since 1996

K. Jay Chow