Gene Seaman
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Peoria, IL 61604 Home 309-***-****
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Summary
A creative, reliable Manager with experience in supervising a large web search team of
17 members, including remote employees. Worked in a production atmosphere with
clearly defined goals and emphasized motivation within the group through incentive
programs which proved successful due to the team regularly surpassing production goals.
Implemented new software programs which united office locations and increased overall
team productivity by 25%.
Professional Experience
Jupiter Images Incorporated, a Getty Images Company 6 + Years
Stock Photography Company
Keywording Manager 12/03 - 5/09
Supervised a global team of 17 keyword specialists whose responsibilities were to
optimize customer image search results through tagging images with keywords.
Demonstrated the ability to increase production by 25%.
• Promoted from Keyword Specialist to Keyword Manager during career at Jupiter
Images
• Led team to a 20% overall image production increase from 2007 to 2008
• Beta tested and integrated two different keywording programs, both of which
increased keywording productivity
• Assisted in creating and maintaining keywording controlled vocabulary which
ensured excellence in image returns on JI website
• Created a quality and production ranking system which assisted in monitoring
production and evaluating individual performance
• Developed incentive programs to motivate team to meet and exceed daily
production goals of 100 images per day
• Wrote 3rd Party Supplier Assessment system in which a keyworder systematically
reviewed third party suppliers and made recommendations on whether the
metadata should be loaded onto the website
• Hired and trained large staff of keyworders who consistently exceeded production
standards
• Created internal tracking system to monitor images coming and going from the
department
• Successfully completed keyword clean-up project of entire Jupiter Images website
which enhanced the customer’s search
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Caterpillar Inc. (Contract) 2 Years
Machine Manufacturing Company
Data Entry Clerk 5/01-12/03
Scanned and filed documents from hard copy into a retrievable database so internal
customers could easily store and retrieve files
Key Industries 3 Years
Print Shop for Promotional Products
Team Leader/Proofreader 3/97-12/00
Proofread art for print on promotional products and lead team of 7 employees ranging
from production artist to other proofreaders
• Promoted to Team Leader in the department and consistently met daily deadlines
EDUCATION
B.A. – English Bloomington, IL
Illinois State University
AAS – English East Peoria, IL
Illinois Central College