K. Jay Chow 8914 W Appleton Ave. Apt. 204 Milwaukee, WI 53225-4244 403 700-4243 jay.chow@earthlink.net http://tinyurl.com/JayChowLinkedIn http://tinyurl.com/JayChowFacebook Resume: 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 Email Marketing - http://tinyurl.com/jaychowEmail Google presentation - http://tinyurl.com/jaychowGoogle 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/2001 - Present Self-employed - Milwaukee, WI Freelance Designer/Photographer Designed magazine, invites, exhibition/auction catalogs, event promo materials and Web projects for non- and for-profits: The Congregationalist - Magazine of The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches: http://www.congregationalist.org/BackIssues.aspx http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist094 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist093 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist092 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist091 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist084 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist083 http://tinyurl.com/Congregationalist082 www.theflowerlady.com Newsletters: http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.11.01 http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.09.12 http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.09.05 http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.08.15 http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.07.01 http://www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.04.29 www.exceptionaleventswi.com www.badgerassoc.org (Sec. 508 and WC3 compliant) Photographed corporate/private events: MPM http://tinyurl.com/MPMBodyWorlds Wilson Center http://tinyurl.com/WilsonCenter Henry Schein http://tinyurl.com/photoSchein Photo-documentary and portraiture http://tinyurl.com/HaloOMalo Wedding photography: Henson: http://tinyurl.com/weddingHenson Prondzinski http://tinyurl.com/weddingProndzinski Miller: http://tinyurl.com/weddingMiller Paap: http://tinyurl.com/weddingPaap --------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/2008 - 07/2009 Move, Inc. - Milwaukee, WI 823 South 60th Street Milwaukee, WI 53214 (414) 615-1000 http://www.move.com http://www.homebuilderdev.com Graphic Designer Designed and maintained: CSS/SQL-based dynamic sites on Windows platform with Dreamweaver; banners and animations with Flash; and Web graphics with Fireworks/Photoshop/Illustrator. Gained working knowledge in ASP VBScript and worked as a team with backend software engineers. Web Sites Designed: http://tinyurl.com/web-des1 http://tinyurl.com/web-des2 http://tinyurl.com/web-des3 http://tinyurl.com/web-des4 http://tinyurl.com/web-des5 http://tinyurl.com/web-des6 http://tinyurl.com/web-des7 http://tinyurl.com/web-des8 http://tinyurl.com/web-des9 Web Sites Maintained: Interactive map http://tinyurl.com/DavidonHomes Interactive floorplans http://tinyurl.com/ifp1Crock http://tinyurl.com/ifp2cachet Photo Gallery http://tinyurl.com/slideshowPro1 Banner Ads: http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad1 http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad2 http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad3 http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad4 http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad5 http://tinyurl.com/banner-ad6 Area Info http://tinyurl.com/juddbuilders Flash: http://www.pmchomes.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/2002 - 01/2008 Assurant Health - Milwaukee, WI 501 W. Michigan St. PO Box 3050 Milwaukee, WI 53201-3050 (414) 271-3011 http://www.assuranthealth.com 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: http://tinyurl.com/EAE03 http://tinyurl.com/JtoG04 HTML Email: http://tinyurl.com/jaychowEmail Flash: IMployee Landing Page: http://tinyurl.com/IMployee AHA! screensaver: http://tinyurl.com/flashAHA 3D: Holiday Invite: http://tinyurl.com/3DInvite --------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/2000 - 05/2001 Tamzen Media, Inc. - Elm Grove, WI 2001 2nd Street Wausau WI 54403 (715) 845-4424 http://www.tamzen.com Senior Creative Designer/Multimedia Developer - Designed and illustrated multimedia and Internet projects - Authored CBT and conducted eLearning R&D - Designed "Tree of Life" interactive kiosk for the Milwaukee Public Museum --------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/1998 - 03/2000 Creative Educational Options, LLC - Hartland, WI tni-australia.com +61 3 9719 7710 kathyn@tni-australia.com 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/1991 - 07/1998 TOTO Multimedia - Brookfield, WI Multimedia Development Coordinator - Designed and developed award-winning CBT courseware with Authorware and demos - Photographed stock photo CD-ROM - Created animations and illustrations for children software and Web development --------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/1988 - 06/1991 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 http://tinyurl.com/lyndaCerts Milwaukee Institute Art & Design - Milwaukee, WI http://www.miad.edu Basic Flash Design Course (Continuing Education) Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY http://www.rit.edu/overview/colleges_cias.php MFA Degree in Computer Graphics; Advanced Graduate Certificate in Videodiscography Kansas City Art Institute - Kansas City, MO http://www.kcai.edu BFA Degree in Graphic Design. Major: Graphic Design; Minor: Photography The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL http://www.saic.edu Studied: Symbology, Offset Printing, LOGO Computer Language, Video Synthesis ===================================================================== TECHNICAL SKILLS (Skill Name [Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert / Years of Experience]) Acrobat Pro [E/10] After Effect [B/1] Aperture [B/1] ASP [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] Fireworks (CS4) [I/2] FileMaker Pro [B/1] Final Cut Pro [B/2] Flash (CS4) [B/2] Font Management: Suitcase, FontExplorer X, FontAgent Pro [E/10] FontLab Studio, Fontforge [I/4] FTP: Fetch, Cyberduck, 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/Leopard [B/1] 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] VBScript [B/1] ===================================================================== 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