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my strengths

Relator: I enjoy close relationships with others and find deep satisfaction in working hard with friends to achieve a goal.

Positivity: I have an enthusiasm that is contagious, I'm upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.

Empathy: I can sense the feelings of other people by imagining myselve in others' lives or others' situations.

Individualization: I am intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. I have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work together productively.

Maximizer: I can focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. I seek to transform something strong into something superb.

employment

adjunct instructor

11/2011– Present
Metropolitan Community College

Basic web design skills and topics. Students learn the basics of writing XHTML and CSS codes as well as the basics of Dreamweaver. They also learn about website navigation and standard web graphics formats.

webmaster

6/2008 – Present
University of Nebraska at Omaha

  • Design, develop and maintain Criss Library and KANEKO-UNO Library Websites, Blogs, and Social Media presence. Providing technical support for Web applications using standardized coding and scripting.
  • Implement technical writing abilities and graphic design skills to create usable and accessible web pages.
  • Perform backups and ensure user accessibility to all sites. Monitor site traffic and helps scale site capacity to meet traffic demands and performance expectations.
  • Assist in supporting in-house and commercially- developed interactive multimedia applications.
  • Liaison to UNO's Information Technology Services and vendors.
  • Art Direction. Supervise creative design within the libraries and directs and develops final visual image that communicates the organization's marketing objectives to the consumer.
  • Implement marketing and advertising campaigns by assembling and analyzing usage statistics, preparing marketing and advertising strategies, plans, objectives, and organizing promotional presentations. 
  • Partner with leadership in a collaborative environment to communicate the rationale and benefits for brand consistency across all touch points. Publish and maintain the brand style guide.
  • Design and create a brand marketing toolkit through the creation and maintenance of Library marketing assets.
  • Researches, analyzes, and forecasts advancements in applicable technologies and public adoption, advising management on evolving web and mobile technology standards and their use in a library environment.
  • Conduct design evaluations through design review critiques using best practices, usability studies, and card sorts.
  • Lead and direct the work of Virtual Services Student Assistants. Recruit, select, orient, and train assistants.

web designer & developer

1/1998–4/2008
University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • Designer, developer, and manager of all Internal Medicine Websites, Department of Graduate Medical Education Website, and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society Website
  • Project coordinator and interactive developer of 5 browser based CD-ROM applications and 9 educationally rich interactive on-line multimedia Web courses
  • Multimedia editor, non-linear editing of digital video and audio, and produce audio voice-overs
  • Project manager on all projects and maintain computer database on project elements

adjunct photography instructor

 9/2007–1/2008
Iowa Western Community College (Part-Time]  

  • Basic photography and the history of photography
  • Cultivate basic technical skills in photography and an awareness of artistic composition
  • Develop a syllabus to foster higher-level thinking skills

associate composition artist

8/1995–1/1998
Lancer Label

  • Compose 1, 2, 3, & 4 color touching labels, output to film, shoot PMTs, clean & check negatives.
  • Check color separations, composition, trapping, type, size of art

graphic designer

3/1995–1/1996  
MediBadge, Inc.

  • Computerized design and layout of direct mail products
  • Design and edit four-color, two-color and one-color sticker graphics

graphic artist

5/1994–8/1994
Specialty Finishing

Design front and back covers inside pockets of school folders, handbooks, planners, floor plans, and mascots

related experience

Art Instructor
6/1998–Present
Growing and Building Together Academy of the Art,

Co-President
8/2009–5/2011
American Advertising Federation, UNO Chapter

Publications Director, Editor-in-Chief
8/2004 – 10/2009
A.P.C. National Young People Alliance

Assistant Publications Director
4/1998–Present
 G.B.T.  

Graphic Designer
1/1994–1/1995
Dana College Alumni Affairs

Graphic Design Intern
Voices for Children in Nebraska
8/1994–12/1994 

education

8/2009 – 12/2011

M.A., Journalism and Mass Communications,
Specialization: Advertising
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

8/1991–5/1995

B.A., Major 1: Graphic Design, Major 2: Fine Art,
Minor: Biology
Dana College, Blair, NE

8/2009 – 12/2011

M.A., Journalism and Mass Communications,
Specialization: Advertising
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

03/2008

Web Page Development Certificate
University of Nebraska - Omaha
College of Business Administration
Nebraska Business Development Center

technical skills

Languages: 

CSS, SQL, ColdFusion, PHP, HTML, XML, DHTML, jQuery, JavaScript

software:

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Coldfusion, Director, After Effects Pro, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth, Audition, Encore DVD, PageMaker, Freehand, Bridge, Dynamic Link, Version Cue, Lightroom; Sonic Foundry SoundForge; Media Cleaner Pro; QuickTime Pro; Imaginate; Quark XPress; Corel: CorelDraw, Photo-Paint, R.A.V.E., WordPerfect Office Suite; Microsoft: Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, FrontPage; and various other software packages.

Systems:

iOS & PC

accomplishments

Awards and Honors

University of Nebraska Board of Regents Kudos Award: 9/2011
AAF Omaha Scholarship: 6/2011
UNO Employee of the Month: 5/2011
UNMC I.M. Star Award for: 2007
GBT Humanitarian Award: 2003
Certificate of Merit, Visual/Graphic Design; Student Addys, Drake University: 1995
Graphic Design chosen for NATA (Nebraska Art Teachers’ Association) undergraduate art show: 1995
Art, photography, 2D designs, & poetry published in various publications

Publications: Electronic Media

Wigton RS, Tape TG, eds: Mosby’s Primary Care Procedures: Arthrocentesis. (CD-ROM) St. Louis: Mosby; 1998 
Wigton RS, Tape TG, eds: Mosby’s Primary Care Procedures: Gynecological Procedures in Women’s Health. (CD-ROM) St. Louis: Mosby; 1999
Wigton RS, Tape TG, eds: Mosby’s Primary Care Procedures: Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and GI Procedures. (CD-ROM) St. Louis: Mosby; 2000 
Wigton RS, Tape TG, eds: Mosby’s Primary Care Procedures: Geriatric Procedures. (CD-ROM) St. Louis: Mosby; 2001
Wigton RS, Tape TG, eds: Mosby’s Primary Care Procedures: Office Procedures. (CD-ROM) St. Louis: Mosby; 2002

Publications:  Books

Stageman J, Daye TA, eds: Core Competencies for House Officers, University of Nebraska Medical Center: 2007.

Selected Presentations & Exhibits

Using Multimedia to Teach Procedural Skills. Robert Wigton, MD, Thomas Tape, MD, Teonne Daye, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE. Slice of Life Workshop and Computers in Healthcare, June 29–July 1, 2000.
Photographic Display, UNMC College of Medicine: Celebrating 125 Years. Durham Western Heritage Museum, 10/6/2006 -4/29/2007