K. Jay Chow

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8914 W Appleton Ave., Apt. 204
Milwaukee, WI 53225-4244
414 536-4892

jay.chow@earthlink.net

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

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Completed online courses on Web design/development and Adobe CS4

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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