K. Jay Chow 8914 W Appleton Ave., Apt. 204 Milwaukee, WI 53225-4244 414 536-4892 jay.chow@earthlink.net Resume: HTML — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/resume.html Word — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/resume.doc PDF — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/resume.pdf Plain Text — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/resume.txt Portfolio: Web — http://home.earthlink.net/~jaychow.portfolio/ (min. screen resolution: 1024x768) PDF (32 samples 1008 KB) — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/pdf/Jay_Chow_Portfolio_32.pdf PDF (96 samples 3 MB) — http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/pdf/Jay_Chow_Portfolio_96.pdf OBJECTIVE To hold a senior creative position where knowledge and experiences in graphic design, digital photography, web/multimedia development can be fully utilized to deliver effective messages. WORK EXPERIENCE 2002-2008 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 tight 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 http://home.earthlink.net/~jaychow.design/html_emails/ - Developed “Web-In-A-Box” Prototype/Templates for insurance agents - Photographed corporate events: http://picasaweb.google.com/jaychow.eventphotos/ForisHealthEmployeeAppreciationEvent2003?authkey=QbdryO2pLnI http://picasaweb.google.com/jaychow.eventphotos/AssurantHealthJourneyToGreatness?authkey=vbc333lOWRY - Invited speaker on digital photography to business communicators - Photographed top-selling agents portraitures on 7 locations - Flash: - IMployee Landing Page http://jaychow.sellimployee.com/front/frontIndex.jsp - AHA! screensaver http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/flash/aha/ - 3D: Holiday Invite http://home.earthlink.net/~jay.chow/career/3d/holiday_invite_480x360_mov/ 2001-Current Self-employed/Freelance - Milwaukee, WI Freelance Designer/Photographer, NPPA - Designed graphic and web projects: www.badgerassoc.org, www.exceptionaleventswi.com - Photographed corporate/private events: - MPM: http://home.earthlink.net/~eventphotos/mpm07/ http://home.earthlink.net/~eventphotos2/mpm07/ http://home.earthlink.net/~eventphotos3/mpm_body_worlds/ - photo-documentary: http://picasaweb.google.com/jaychow.eventphotos/HaloOMalo?authkey=4pYsNC2KfDg - and portraiture - Wedding photos: - Miller http://picasaweb.google.com/jaychow.eventphotos/DanJanineMillerWeddingMay112007?authkey=9cv0KiTazfQ - Paap http://picasaweb.google.com/jaychow.eventphotos/RickErinPaapWeddingJan1220083Stars150?authkey=CETUpg4-eF0 2000-2001 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 - Designed "Tree of Life" interactive kiosk for the Milwaukee Public Museum 1998-2000 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 1991-1998 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 EDUCATION Milwaukee Institute Art & Design - Milwaukee, WI Basic Flash Design Course OnLine Learning 2000 - Denver, CO Conference attendee Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, NY M.F.A. Degree in Computer Graphics. Major: Computer Graphics; Minor: 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 Professional 8 [E/10] * After Effect [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 (up to CS3) [E/5] * DVD Studio Pro [B/2] * Expression Media (iView MediaPro) [E/5] * FileMaker Pro [B/1] * Final Cut Studio [B/2] * Flash (up to CS3) [B/2] * Font Lab [I/4] * Font Management: Suitcase, FontExplorer X, FontAgent Pro [E/10] * FTP: Fetch, Cyberduck [E/6] * HTML Email/eNewsletter [E/4] * iLife [E/3] * Illustrator (up to CS3) [E/10] * InDesign (up to CS3) [E/4] * Iris Large-format Inkjet [I/1] * Lightroom [I/1] * 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 (up to CS3) [E/10] * Profoto Actue 2 System [B/1] * Quark XPress (up to 6.5) [E/10] * S-VHS Recording/Editing [B/1] * Sound Studio [E/8] ACHIEVEMENTS Assurant Inc. AHA! Health Awareness Campaign - APEX award (Award for Publication Excellence) http://www.apexawards.com/A2006_Win.List.pdf (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 http://www.iaphc.org/pdf/Winnersbook2003.pdf (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