Tom Karels Resume
3722 N. Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL 60613
847.852.0630
info@etomco.com
Portfolio|
http://etomco.com/portfolio
Education|
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
Bachelors of Fine Arts 2003
Major: Communication Design
Minor: Art History
Experience|
+ Sr. Interactive Designer & Coder – Reader’s Digest, Feb. 2007 – present
Currently at Reader’s Digest duties include designing, coding & marketing for
shoptasteofhome.com , readersdigeststore.com and countrystorecatalog.com. Other duties include website realigns/coding, email marketing, SEO, wireframes, social media, affiliate marketing, various print media, managing offshore developers and overall technology guru.
{Manager Bryan Sorensen can be contact at 414.423.3980}
+ Sr. Creative Designer – Quill Corporation, Feb. 2004 – 2007
Duties at Quill Corporation include project management, e-mail design & strategy, website design and web application design. Other duties include lead designer brand standardization, lead designer internal CMS application and mentor intern & mid-level designers.
{Quill can be contacted at 847.634.6690}
+ Fred Sparks Design, Oct. 2005 – present (freelance)
Currently duties at FSD include freelance web design, coding, interactive creative direction, SEO and site set up. Site setup included but not limited to domains, email and database setup. Other duties include managing day-to-day web design needs for in-house activities.
{Employer Aaron Brookhart can be contacted at 618.559.4635}
+ Graphic Designer Tutor – Achieve, 2002 – 2003
Duties at Achieve included tutoring and teaching students design theories and principles. While working at achieve I tutored as many as 4 people at one time and held a 3.7 G.P.A.
{Employer Roger Pugh can be contacted at 618.453.2569}
+ Graphic Designer – Southern Illinois University, 2002 – 2003
Duties at Southern Illinois University included weekly restaurant menus, brochures, and various campaigns promoting events for the university.
{Employer Michelle Rositch can be reached at 618.453.3489}
Skills|
Web Design
+ XHTML/CSS tableless websites
+ Graphics, audio and video editing programs
+ CMS integration (Joomla, Wordpress)
+ E-Commerce Design (Magento, PaypPal, osCommerce)
+ Email design, development & strategy
+ RSS Syndication & Feeds
+ Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
+ Affiliate Marketing
+ Blog Integration (Wordpress)
+ Flash animation, flash video, banner ads, graphics, etc.
+ Interwoven
+ Coremetrics, Omniture Analytics
+ Search Engine Optimization
+ Social Media Expert
Print Design
+ Quark & InDesign
+ Prepress Setup
+ Illustrator
+ Print Collateral (brochures, business cards, etc)
+ Interactive PDFs
+ Packaging Design
Miscellaneous
+ Management Experience (2-3 Employees)
+ Focus Groups
+ Project Management (Overseas and Internally)
+ Branding
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