resumé
Brian Poulsen
234 N Broadway, #318
Milwaukee, WI 53202-5823
Phone: 262.412.5144
summary
Creative professional with eight years experience in Web design and development. Project management experience includes creating and maintaining Web sites for in-house and outside clients. Background includes proposal preparation, GUI and mock-up development, client negotiation, project feasibility assessment, coordination with Web developers and sales/marketing groups, Web site programming, designing, copy writing, editing and maintenance.
experience
Layer One Media, Milwaukee, WI — 2006 to present
Senior Web Developer
Malcolm Marketing Communications, Racine, WI — 1998 to 2006
Manager, Web Development and New Media
- Experienced Web developer with strong computer knowledge, graphic design abilities, people skills and business experience.
- Created new Web/Multimedia department dedicated to corporate, consumer and B2B Web site development and established all departmental processes, workflow and methodologies.
- Performed advanced application programming using ColdFusion, PHP and the Fusebox development methodology.
- Designed, developed and maintained multiple Web sites for in-house and outside clients including many multi-national corporations.
- Hired new developers and supervised the work of contract developers. Collaborated with the marketing department to create
effective online brand advertising. - Reduced internal IT expenses $60,000 - $100,000 annually.
Communication Concepts Unlimited, Racine, WI — 1997 - 1998
Illustrator/Graphic Designer
- Designed projects in print, including logos, identities, newsletters, annual reports, newspaper and magazine ads, brochures, posters and trade show booth graphics.
- Collaborated with writers, artists, photographers, print vendors and other professionals.
- Conceptualized graphics, reviewed submitted graphics, and managed projects to on-time and under budget completion.
education
University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI — 1994
B.A. (cum laude), Fine Art; Minor: English
Gateway Technical College, Racine, WI — 1997
Associate Degree, Graphic Design; Technical Certification, Digital Pre-press and Page Layout
technical skills
- Audio & Video Applications — Adobe Audition, Encore, Premiere Pro, Apple Quicktime
- Database — Access, Filemaker, MySQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server
- Operating Systems/Servers — Mac OS 8/9/10; Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP; Windows 2000/2003 Server
- Print & Design Applications — Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop); Quark XPress
- Programming — CSS, ColdFusion, DHTML, HTML, Java Script, PHP, SQL, XHTML, XML, XSL
- Web Applications — Macromedia Studio (Dreamweaver, Fireworks); familiarity with Adobe GoLive, Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Flash
honors & awards
- Creative Award, Summit, 2003. www.casemediakit.com
- 1st Place Web Site Award, Construction Writers Association, 2003. www.casemediakit.com
- Bronze Quill Award for Internet Sites, IABC, 2001 to 2003. CNH Media Web Sites
- 1st Place, PICA, 2001. CNH Media Web Sites
- University Art Purchase Award, University of Wisconsin Parkside, 1994
training & seminars
- User Experience 2001, Nielsen Norman Group, Washington, DC. Jakob Nielsen Principal, Nielsen Norman Group
- Web Design World 2001, Thunder Lizard Productions, Atlanta, GA. Keynote: L. Jeffrey Zeldman Founder and Creative Director, Happy Cog Studios and AListApart.com
- Web Design World 1999, Thunder Lizard Productions, Seattle, WA. Keynote: Jakob Nielsen Principal, Nielsen Norman Group
