Looking for Web Designer for Lake Mary,FL,USA
URGENT: Looking for Web Designer @ Lake Mary, FL for 6+ Month contract with our client
Job Title : Web Designer
Positions : 1
Duration: 6 Months (Contract to Hire)
Work Location : Lake Mary, FL ,USA
Job Description :
Designs and builds web pages using a variety of graphics software applications, techniques and tools. Designs and develops user interface features, site animation, and special-effects elements. Contributes to the design group’s efforts to enhance the look and feel of the organization’s online offerings. Designs the website to support the organization’s strategies and goals relative to external communications. Typically requires a college degree in fine arts or graphic design. Requires understanding of web-based technologies and thorough knowledge of HTML, PhotoShop, Illustrator, and/or other design-related applications.;
Summary: As part of Design and Consumer Experience team, the right candidate will create visual designs, including typography, concept, logo and icon design for the web and interactive platforms mainly for our Entertainment line of business. The candidate will need to be bright, imaginative, and a capable designer with strong communication skills. Close team collaboration is expected, working with a cross functional team including the creative director and design team along with product managers, and marketing. Must work independently to tight deadlines, communicating effectively The work is in high volume, fast paced and very demanding.
Key Responsibilities:
• Conceptualize web materials that are engaging and on message.
• Create mockups that communicate proposed concepts effectively.
• Work on multiple projects while adhering to creative direction, technical specifications, brand identity and meeting tight deadlines.
• Keep up to date with the industry””””’s trends and standards, latest tools and preferred practices.
Skills and Abilities:
• Stellar Visual design skills and understanding of web and mobile
• Must be highly detail-oriented, able to multi-task and adapt
• Must demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills
• Must be a reliable, independent worker meeting tight deadlines
• Sharp attention to detail and presentation
• Ability to take critiques with a positive attitude
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelors degree required.
• Minimum of two years of experience in Web design and online marketing
• Fluency in current graphic design practices and web production software, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects
• Ability to create superior, original designs for the Web Strong design style, including creative design solutions within the constraints of the internet.
• Strong conceptual skills, including online software concepts and online experience concepts • Thorough understanding of composition typography color theory.
• Stellar Portfolio a must
Please, get back to me at vijay.kumar@gassociates.com or call me @ 937 312 1204 Ext: 207
Greetings,
I was intrigued by your listing for a contract Web Designer, and would like to be considered. I exceed nearly all of the requirements you list with extensive experience and proven results, and live very near Lake Mary in Debary, FL.
Thank you for your kind consideration,
Patrick Shannon
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P A T R I C K M I C H A E L S H A N N O N
Creative Technology Director
Career Summary
Patrick has recently served as the Director of Communications, Marketing & New Media at the world’s leading aerospace university, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. At the 130-location institution, Patrick enjoyed the challenges of a senior-level executive management position involving strategic planning, creative team leadership, marketing, research and cutting-edge development of emerging Web technologies. Patrick built in-house studios, created software tools, re-engineered business processes, launched numerous marketing campaigns and more than doubled the web traffic and online applications to the university. Patrick also chaired the SACS Accreditation Committee assuring agency compliance and measurable growth throughout the organization.
Patrick also served as the Creative Director of an Inc. 500, Blue Chip Enterprise advertising agency handling national brand accounts, and owned two advertising agencies in Washington D.C. and Orlando.
Patrick Shannon is also currently the primary partner of a small web development and marketing business located in Central Florida, an award-winning high-tech creative firm, having helped launch three IPOs as the marketing executive on their boards.
Patrick maintains a strong track record for effective marketing strategies, innovative technical management, business and marketing plan development, and production management of large-scale projects, especially for dynamic interactive software applications. He maintains a sterling reputation for personal integrity and fair business dealings, as well as effective team leadership by empowering others to perform at full potential, enthusiastically instilling a vision for world-class excellence.
Capabilities Summary
Award-winning marketing and advertising strategy, business development and marketing plans, mass communication campaign development, internet and multimedia software design and all aspects of commercial media production. Advertising agency management, creative direction, branding, software interface design and all aspects of production with solid command of creative writing, design, video and film production, scriptwriting, photography, graphic design, 3D modeling/animation, database design and Web architecture. Competent in every aspect of national brand marketing and advertising including strategic planning, research and development, packaging, public relations, event production, media planning, campaign implementation, tracking, reporting and analysis. Also well-seasoned in large-scale e-commerce and web database development, at the enterprise level, utilizing technologies such as Cold Fusion and Oracle.
Proven track record in retail, business-to-business, point-of-purchase, direct media lead generation, event marketing (trade shows), and high-profile corporate image strategy, having served clients in technology, education, travel & tourism, food, hardware, real estate, software, security, automotive, sports and fine arts.
More than forty advertising awards (Gold and Silver Addy Awards), three national awards for Creative Excellence, and one GLOBAL award, the 1999 Gold ARDY for Best Overall Marketing Campaign in the World. Excellent communication skills, client relations, hiring, management, budgeting and organizational skills, as well as public speaking and multimedia presentation skills.
Professional Experience
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL – 4+ years (Oct. 2001 – Dec. 2005)
Director of Communications & New Media
Responsible for all aspects of the university’s Web strategy, planning and development. Managing a team of 25 professional developers across multiple U.S. locations as well as various subcontractors, researching and implementing modern tactical technologies and multimedia applications to increase Web traffic, public awareness of university offerings, and applications for enrollment. Re-engineered department processes, doubled university web traffic and online applications, solved political issues, and implemented a full-scale media advertising campaign for Embry-Riddle’s Wings & Waves event including branding, design, copywriting and production for television, radio, Web and print advertising campaigns. Oversaw large-scale, enterprise development of all external Web database applications utilizing technologies such as Cold Fusion and Oracle. Worked as the managing lead on high-profile joint projects with aerospace partners such as NASA, ICAO, and the U.S. Armed Forces.
A7 Multimedia, Inc., Ormond Beach, FL – 10 years (1995 – Present)
President / Creative Director
Owned and operated high-end multimedia design firm specializing in web development, television and video production, 3D modeling/animation, retail CD-ROMs, e-commerce and database applications, touch-screen kiosks, extranet architecture and software interface design (GUI). Served clients in commercial sector, automotive, software, education, museums and historical societies. Clients have included Corinthian Colleges, Inc., World Online, Inc., Martindale Empowerment Corp., Andrews Systems, Florida Family Insurance, The South Carolina Historic Society, AMSEC International, The Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences, Florida Metropolitan University, BlueGreen Resorts, ICE Galleries and dozens of others. Turned around numerous clients through creative development and implementation of innovative marketing/advertising strategies. Involved in the launch of three IPOs, having developed and implemented marketing plans, branding and advertising campaigns for each.
Benedict Advertising, Inc., Daytona Beach, FL – 4-1/2 years
Creative Director
Served as #2 executive of a fast-growing Inc. 500, Blue Chip Enterprise advertising agency, handling national brand accounts such as Subway, NASCAR, Hilton, Harris Specialty Chemicals, Uniprompt Microsystems, and many others. Doubled the firm’s revenues over 4 years through winning new accounts and showing an average of 12% annual growth for clients.
Excel Design, Inc., Orlando, FL – 2-1/2 years
Owned and operated advertising agency serving the Orlando film and video industry and national remodeling software industry. Won two national awards.
Sun Newspapers, Orlando, FL – 5 month consulting contract (Fall, 1989)
Contract to set up art and production department for 13 weekly newspapers. Researched, designed and built production department (including hiring and training staff) of 35 Mac workstations, telebridged between three offices across city of Orlando. Directed the creation and production of 120 tabloid pages per week, consisting of news, editorial and advertising content.
Shannon & Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (Washington, D.C.) – 1 year
Owned/operated Washington D.C. advertising agency, won two national awards (1987 and 1988)
Biographical Profile
Patrick Michael Shannon started his career at a leading architectural firm in Washington D.C. at age 19, showing uncanny natural talents in drafting, 3D perspective rendering and architectural model-building, and won a fully-paid, five-year Senatorial scholarship to study architecture at the University of Maryland. At 21, Shannon joined a national publications firm producing magazines, books, and videos, and Patrick quickly rose from Graphic Designer to Art Director, then to Production Manager, and eventually to Publications Director (over the entire Editorial, Video and Print Production departments). Here, Patrick gained communications industry knowledge and hands-on experience, exhibiting natural accumen in management, resource planning, and outstanding creative talent.
At 26, Shannon opened his first advertising agency in Washington D.C., and within two years, won two, national, Excellence in Print awards. He was also married in the fall of 1987. As investing partners relocated to Florida in 1988, they soon encouraged Patrick to join them in publishing eleven, weekly local newspapers in the Orlando area. With computer graphics technology still in its infancy, Shannon set up a dynamic, high-tech production department, “telebridging” three offices on a real-time, wide-area network, hiring, training and developing the infrastructure for a staff of 35 graphic designers, writers and production artists.
Shannon started his second agency in Orlando, Florida, at the bidding of his previous Washington D.C. clients, and soon branched into serving clients around the country in the homebuilding and remodeling industries as well as in the film and video arenas in Orlando.
Within 3 years after starting the Orlando firm, Patrick joined a much larger, regional agency, to focus more on large-scale television production. He quickly became recognized as the Creative Director of this Inc. 500, Blue Chip Enterprise, heading up the creative and production departments, developing strategic ad campaigns and high-profile collateral for his clients including Subway, Hilton, Nascar, Thoro, Howard Johnson, Harris, Uniprompt Microsystems, and dozens of others. Shannon won the firm most of the new accounts they pitched, as well as dozens of Addy Awards for Creative Excellence every year.
In the summer of 1995, Shannon recognized the potential of the emerging Internet, and was asked to speak at an international conference: Commanding the Future 95, held in Orlando. With a strong roster of new clients from the conference, he subsequently launched A7 Multimedia, a high-tech digital production firm focused specifically on new emerging technologies such as internet website development, digital video, online databases and electronic commerce. A7 Multimedia grew and prospered for five years through the rise and fall of the “dot-coms,” but when three major clients could not survive the economic downturn of 2000, A7 was downsized and Shannon began to work on a new business plan focused more on education. Shannon received a call in the fall of 2001 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and by October 2001 he accepted the distinguished challenge to head up the aerospace university’s New Media department.
At the university, Shannon oversaw a staff of 25 developers plus outside contractors, and was responsible for strategic planning, creative direction and production of all external multimedia communications. He also worked as the managing lead on high-profile joint projects with aerospace partners such as NASA, ICAO, and the U.S. Armed Forces. After 4+ years as an executive with the university, Shannon resigned on December 31, 2005, a few weeks after the resignation of the president and the installation of a new regime.
He currently continues to operate A7 Multimedia serving a small but distinguished client base, and is always open to new opportunities and partnerships.
Education / Background
Won a full, five-year, Senatorial Scholarship for the University of Maryland School of Architecture, but accepted an equity partnership with a Washington D.C. advertising agency before completing degree. Relocated to Orlando when partners acquired SUNSHINE NETWORKS to head up the technical production team. Became self-educated in online technologies, large-scale creative marketing, e-commerce and enterprise software development. Also continued professional education in business management, process re-engineering, software development, strategic design, search engine marketing, film and video production, 3D animation and enterprise programming in ColdFusion, Oracle, SQL and Flash.
Personal
Age 48 (in 2010), primarily creative, ambitious type A, also with strong left-brain organizational and administrative capabilities. Energetic, personable, married with three boys, enjoying chess, travel, golf, water sports, art, music, theater, film, and continued self-study in software development, marketing, user interface design and 3D simulation.
Contact Information
Patrick Shannon
525 Tera Plantation Lane
DeBary, FL 32713
Phone: (386) 453-1464
Email: PatrickMShannon@gmail.com
Goodness, please delete Comment! I was not expected to publish!!! Thank you! ~Patrick