Resume

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Producer
Mearcair Productions
10/2000 – Present

  • Project management: manage music CD publishing and digital music distribution
  • Create timelines, identify milestones, develop publishing schedules and promotional initiatives
  • Artist management: develop image and voice, promotional activities, facilitate networking and events
  • Event coordination: workshops, art openings, release parties, award ceremonies, performances
  • Marketing services: create promo packets, develop web presence
  • Copywriting: press releases, captions, articles, reviews, marketing materials, travelogues
  • Promotional photography and videography; web optimization and publishing
  • Develop and teach XHTML/CSS workshops for the public

Web Developer I (Contract)
Medio Systems
03/2011 – 05/2011

  • XHTML, CSS, JavaScript adjustments to get a portal working in a variety of mobile environments.
  • Used Eclipse, Subversion, Maven in a Java environment.

Web Developer I
WhitePages, Inc.
09/2007 – 05/2010

  • Front-end web development on a deadline-driven team
  • Facilitate cooperation between ad operations and software development departments
  • Create, troubleshoot, and publish web ads using the Atlas ad server and Open AdSource
  • Implement code for A/B and multivariate testing using Google Optimizer
  • Testing code with emphasis on cross-browser compatibility
  • Create and teach workshops to empower co-workers to troubleshoot their own ad issues
  • Standardize and consolidate assets for high-revenue advertising partners

Administrative Coordinator
UWMC Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
03/2005 – 09/2007

  • Arrange materials and rooms for group therapies, conferences, and department events
  • Manage administrative databases; invoicing, personnel, patient information databases
  • Faculty support; Edit and format peer-reviewed journal articles and presentations
  • Create, maintain, and update department Web sites and databases
  • Redesign intranet with PHP/MySQL to improve usability and maintenance
  • Develop written content for the new patient care pages on the website
  • Acted as technical consultant on media and Web publishing to non-technical personnel

Media Editor
Bootleg Networks
03/2000 – 03/2001

  • Optimize video and images and transcribe tour journals for the website
  • Log and edit digital video footage from our touring camera crew
  • Format hardcopy and digital versions of manuals, feedback forms, etc.
  • Design, develop, and launch a new corporate website

Marketing Assistant
CWU Department of Theatre Arts
09/1993 – 06/1998

  • Write copy for playbills, teaching packets, promotional materials; mail merging
  • Manage student volunteers; coordinate department events and awards gala
  • Assist in coordinating an annual weekend of workshops for 400 high school students

EDUCATION
Digital Video Production Certificate
1999, Collins College – Tempe, AZ

  • Emphases on Avid Xpress and Adobe After Effects

Bachelor of Theatre Arts
1998, Central Washington University – Ellensburg, WA

  • Emphases in directing, acting, and movement
  • Experience in broadcast video production and sound design
  • Freshman of the Year Award
  • Organizing member of Central Theatre Club

SUPPLEMENTAL COURSES

  • Introduction to Flash, SCCC Extension Course, 2009
  • JavaScript, BCC Extension Course, 2009
  • InDesign I and II, UW Computing, 02/2007 and 03/2007
  • Introduction to PHP, UW Computing, 08/2006
  • SQL Fundamentals, UW Computing, 10/2005
  • Project Management, UW Training and Development, 10/2005
  • Editing and Proofreading, UW Training and Development, 11/2005

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • DSLR camera and studio lighting equipment, video production, audio and public address systems
  • Microsoft Office; Adobe Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat, Lightroom
  • Familiarity with Windows, Mac, Linux, Bugzilla, Open Ad Source, ATLAS Ad Server, Google Analytics
  • Experience with PHP, MySQL, WordPress, Google Apps, Agile Software Development, CVS, Git

Services

What do you do?

I currently have slots open to take clients for the following services:

Content Services (Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly)

    • Make regular content updates to your website
    • Schedule automatic publishing of blog entries and coordinating  Twitter/Facebook updates
    • Edit and/or proofread your content to make sure there are no mistakes to detract from your message
    • Resize and upload images, video, and podcasts (audio files)
Consulting and MediaServices (Project-based)
    • Create publishing and networking strategies to keep your content up-to-date and bring your readers back for more
    • Product and portrait photography for your website
    • Develop, record, edit, and publish podcasts and videos
    • Explain how to register a domain and acquire hosting if you don’t have it already.
Previous clients have included: a rehabilitation clinic,  a yoga studio, massage therapists, acupuncturists,  food-related bloggers, visual artists, and musicians.

How do site updates work?

Throughout the week, you add your desired changes to a shared document, and I set aside a block of time (usually two to four hours) each week to publish your changes to your website. This can include changes to existing text, publishing new text, calendar changes, resizing and uploading media, and coordinating updates to social networks like Twitter and Facebook.

You’ll prioritize tasks so I know what work is the most urgent at any given time, and I do as much as I can get done in our allotted time each week.

What technology do you work with?

I work at home on a PC with full MS Office and Adobe suites. I can update with full markup (XHTML, HTML5, CSS2). I am a WordPress guru, and am comfortable working with most other blogging platforms, too.

I don’t have a website, or the one I have is ancient and clunky. Can you design/create a website for me?

Maybe. It depends on what kind of site you’re looking for. Let’s talk, and if I can’t do it, I can point you to a friendly publishing system or can point you to someone who can!

Let’s meet and talk about what you need. Call me at 206.354.6121 or use the contact form to get in touch.

 

Contact

Phone: 206.354.6121
E-mail: cm @ colleenmathis.com

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