Resume

Experience:

CodeGeek

Senior Project Manager & Developer:

Jan ’18 – Present

• Manage dozens of client relationships across multiple websites
• Prioritize developer resources to ensure concurrent projects deliver on time
• Provide training to Junior Project Managers & serve as a technical project manager for complex WordPress projects, including eCommerce, membership and directory websites.
• Manage complex WordPress website and Laravel Web Application projects from proposal to completion, including budget, deadlines & scope of work
• Guide the discovery phase of projects to determine what a client needs to have built and how to get that done in the budget and timeline required.
• Work with current websites to improve speed, usability, accessibility and functionality and add new features and functionality

Jonas Digital

Owner, Digital Strategist & Frontend Developer

June ’15 – Present

• Build custom WordPress website solutions for independent clients
• Create and manage Google Adwords Campaigns
• Design and build email marketing templates for client use
• Create and manage social media campaigns
• Create actionable improvement planning based on Google Analytics and other tools

Great Alaska Adventure Lodge

Safari Guide

June ’17 – August ’17

• Guide lodge guests on day hikes and flatwater kayak trips
• Connect guests with third-party vendors for additional adventure trips, including whitewater rafting, ziplining, helicopter dog mushing, and glacier cruising
• Ensure guest safety and comfort on lodge sponsored trips

The Goss Agency

Account Manager/Digital Director

January ’14 – June ’15

• Build and implement digital strategies for a wide range of clients to maximize return on investment
• Develop and implement email campaigns with custom built email templates
• Organize and manage accounts for clients ranging from consumer services to tourism to nonprofit
• Develop customized WordPress-based websites for clients, with integrated social media accounts
• Manage production on traditional and new media projects, working within budget and deadlines

C-SPAN

Web Producer

February ’12 – January ’14

• Develop editorial strategy and coordinate video, links and text coverage for ’13 government shutdown
• Produce news boxes on homepage, includes choosing and editing photos, writing copy, and linking
• Work with team at RebelMouse to develop a social media landing page for behind-the-scenes coverage of Inauguration Day 2013
• Encode and process live video feeds, link video to homepage and events pages
• Develop editorial plan for homepage on daily basis and during special events, like election coverage and Supreme Court health care decision

MedillPolitics.org

Web Editor

January ’12 – May ’12

• Produce website featuring content from Medill School of Journalism students from Chicago and DC
• Develop and implement posting guidelines and procedure, along with multimedia standards

Hinge

Interactive Associate Producer

September ’11 – December ’11

• Working with Bonnier Corporation and their recently spun-off Web+ tablet application to develop a tablet-first magazine with the theme of “history through the lens of pop culture”
• Producing interactive elements for 14 reporters using HTML5, JavaScript, Adobe AfterEffects and InDesign
• Preparing a media kit and website to market the weekly tablet-only magazine

Northwestern News 21

2011 Fellow – A Parent’s Quest

June ’11 – September ’11

• Designed and created interactive graphics for three stories, including text, video, and photos
• Wrote and produced story on school choice systems in urban school districts across the country
• Produced web stories for eight other fellows, using WordPress, plugins, and custom fields.

Medill News Service

Business Reporter, Technology Beat

January ’11 – March ’11

• Covered the Chicago Technology Business beat, including companies like Motorola, Groupon, and U.S. Cellular
• Produced and edited a video on the Verizon iPhone release
• Served as Web editor during which I edited and posted content to the website and communicated with clients of the wire service

C-SPAN

White House Independent Pool Producer

October ’07 – September ’10

• Communicated daily coverage plans to C-SPAN and AP Television News bureaus
• Field produced stand-ups from the White House for C-SPAN programs
• Developed and coordinated FTP file acquisition from international agencies, including the European Parliament and NATO
• Planned logistics for and field produced coverage of President Obama’s first state dinner, which included 5 separate camera crews, two producers, and on-air talent

Programming Operations Production Assistant

July ’06 – October ’07

• Prepared logs for the master-control operators
• Typed graphics and pulled together materials for daily programming

NBC Olympics Torino 2006

Runner

February ’06

• Assisted on-air talent with research and interviews of athletes
• Field produced athlete press conferences

KCNC CBS 4 Colorado –Denver, CO

Newsroom Intern

June ’05 – August ’05

• Assisted assignment desk with management of daily stories
• Field produced anchor packages for afternoon and evening newscasts

Colorado Production Group – Denver, CO

Administrative and Production Intern

May ’04 – August ’04

• Researched locations for seven shows in production for the Travel Channel
• Secured location permits and assembled production books for executive producer