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James Schuler
303.748.0709

Skills:
15 years in marketing consultation, corporate branding, business imaging, graphic design, web design, web animation and traditional illustration.

Education:
San Francisco State University, BA in Fine Arts with a minor in filmmaking. Made SFSU’s Dean’s List as well as the United State’s National Dean’s List.

Summary:
Carried hundreds of print jobs from strategy, conceptualization and design all the way through to offset print operations and press-checks.

Extensive use of Dreamweaver, hand-coding HTML and Javascripts. Interactive Flash presentations. Opt-in email marketing campaigns. Meta tagging for SEO and natural optimization.

Objective:
To work with an organization where I can help my team strategize design collateral that: 1) draws prospective clients, 2) benefits existing clients, and 3) brings my organization closer to our objectives.

Experience:
August 2008-present Freelance Graphics and Web Designer.  Published full-page exclusive illustration on page 3 of the Denver Business Journal, January 2009. Designed look-and-feel for web site of SEO For Dummies author Peter Kent. CD music covers for Anonymous Music Productions. Design collateral for Utopia Films.

2002-2008 – Director Of Marketing Communications.  My web site: Expert1031.com climbed to page 1 of Google naturally with a $0 budget for pay-per-click or Google ads. My ideas are often imitated by competitors.
Select accomplishments:

  1. Supervised a team of designers, developers, translators, production and marketing assistants.
  2. Developed a brand new corporate identity into a leader in it’s industry.
  3. Designed/created guidebooks, online resources and CD-ROMs.
  4. Designed/built/maintained the popular 1,000-page web site expert1031.com, and organically rose to the top of Google.
  5. Publisher of an email newsletter with 21,000 subscribers. Personally oversaw the production of all 110 editions to-date.
  6. I'm a published writer in Colorado Real Estate Journal and Realty Times.
  7. Directed/produced the 30-minute online Flash-course, 6-1031rules.com.
  8. Developed viral marketing campaigns.

1993-2002 – Graphic Print and Web Designer. Created corporate identities, logos, web sites and print collateral for several companies and non-profit organizations.

Print And Web Tools:    
Apple Macintosh G5 Pro: Email Broadcasting: Windows PC:
Dreamweaver
InDesign
PhotoShop

Flash
Illustrator
Bridge

Constant Contact
Cooler Email
Silverpop
FeltTip Sound Studio
Microsoft:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint

Additional Education:
El Camino College, AA in communications

Professional References:

Gary and Debby Gorman, most recent employer
5600 Greenwood Plaza Bl, Ste 200, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.694.0204. Gary@expert1031.com; Debby@expert1031.com

Nick and Lucy DellaValle, clients
12120 State Line Road #347, Leawood, KS 66209-1254
913-940-7116 ChristWalk.us

Bridget Quandt, co-worker
5600 Greenwood Plaza Bl, Ste 200, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
303.726.4573. Bridget@expert1031.com

 
     
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