Project Management

account & team management/direction : web ia/ux ppc/advertising streaming emerging media

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j oshua nard

773-***-**** ********@*****.***

portfolio: www.joshuanard.com

6 years agency work (RFPs, spots for 6/10 top agencies), 4 yrs broadcast, 2+ yrs C-level, consultant work

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4.5 years of emerging media and web project management experience, 2 years of account management

Fluent translation and visual problem solving of complex web apps and marketing objectives with teams

Evaluate and diagram brand, product strategies across web UX, streaming & social media platforms

Hands-on technical execution of marketing or web development ensure day one project launch success

Advance client goals with agency management flair and performance driven teams in streaming media,

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user experience, geo/social and data trends. Utilizing multi-dimensional advertising experience in every

medium, I provide clients and teams comprehensive project management and ROI/metrics driven results.

Current: advertising, web development project mgmt consultant for two European and one Asian company.

The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies, Director of Web Marketing & Creative Design 07.08 - 08.10

>web project/account mgmt

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Financial Investment Companies with over $25B Commercial Real Estate Properties

Multiple account director and manager of creative, web development and streaming video teams

Report directly to company CEO for weekly status report on projects, client feedback & team performance

Highly adept in identifying new client strategies with project discovery via diagraming, analysis phase

Analyze, propose, manage RFP project budgets; evaluate full and part-time staff experience, chemistry

Proven analytical skills, thin-slicing client needs, translating technical jargon into client business logic

Approve staff and contract-based time sheets, PTO. Elevate team performance and assess merit reviews

Wireframe UI architecture with database visual development to CSS/HTML prototyping, some mobile

Spearheaded company s first social media platform, Ruby on Rails site and streaming media marketing

Result: 99% RFP wins & nearly doubled client ROV, halving schedule and costs with efficacious planning

Ameriflex, Creative Director of Web Marketing 01.08 - 07.08

>web/streaming mgmt

Clients: MPS, DCM, Holweg, Drent-Gobel, Weber, ATM

Strategize 2008 advertising campaign encompassing print, on-line, and new media

Project manage and develop dynamic flash and xml data flexibility, web content

Connect strong business associations to the product with relational copy to drive call to action

Propose, budget, brand manage advertising campaigns: print, web and e-blast deadlines

Bolster targeted product knowledge with educational focused e-blasts, video streams with metric analysis

Break down client product technology benefits into comprehensive and impactful copy

Result: Increased traffic on client site over 20% and moved Q1 08 sales by 12% over Q1 07.

Draftfcb, Senior Art Director of Emerging Media Department 05.06 - 12.07

>agency post project mgmt

Clients: State Farm, Kmart, CVS Pharmacy, Nokia, USPS, Brinks, Coors, SC Johnson, Yum! Brands

Concept, direct and execute creative spots in broadcast & new media venues

Tested project management of multiple projects within deadlines and budgets

Capture target audience with simple, relative storytelling within brand management guidelines

Maintain brand essence for client with relational building with agency experience

High degree of broadcast, kiosk, new media and interactive for successful execution

Actively sought out emerging technology for relevant new advertising markets

Successfully designed and launched continental new media/kiosk network for large client

Monitored media engagement trends and tailored advertising to optimal 360 degree response metrics

Result: Growth in State Farm N.A. product awareness lead to agency account growth by 30%

>broadcast promotion

Viacom / CBS 2 Chicago, Broadcast Promotions Designer 07.02 - 05.06

Clients: Viacom/CBS Programming and Promo, ComEd

Provided creative direction for new brand identity in promos, news opens, billboard/print, specials, topicals

Directed production crews and managed creative from storyboard to completion within budget, schedule

Managed multiple and tight, usually same-day deadlines within highly stressed environment with a smile

Project managed budget, creative boards/pre-production, location setup, production, and finishing

Expedient thinking and team collaboration necessary in same day sales and promotional deadlines

Result: Shifted station s ranking from last place to 2nd in highly competitive market by 2006

account & team management/direction : web ia/ux ppc/advertising streaming emerging media

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D raft, Digital Kitchen, Radar Studios & DCM Contract Motion/Interactive Designer 01.01 - 07.02

Multiple Agency Clients: McDonald s, Virginia Electric, Sears Auto, Switchboard.com, Burger King

Concept and execute agency new business pitch work, spot finishing or broadcast design

Translate key client objectives into creative pitches yeilding successful agency account wins

Lead designer and front-end developer for html and flash B2B web sites and advertising

HBO/Time-Warner [Signcast] branded entertainment channel, Motion Designer 06.00 - 12.00 (close)

Streaming content creation for emerging media channel/network start-up with global distribution

Art direct advertising supported branded entertainment in one day deadlines

Produced live action productions in conjunction with post finishing for advertising tie-ins

Avenue Edit / Somersault, (Agency Advertising) Motion Designer 11.98 - 06.00

Clients: Sears, Oldsmobile, Miller, ATA Airlines, Kohler

Lead Artistic and finishing support for design/visual effects group servicing top global agencies

Advanced technical knowledge of analog/digital broadcast tape and computer standards

High degree of organizational skills necessary to juggle multiple, daily agency requests and deadlines

Savannah College of Art & Design, Double Major, B.F.A. Video Film & Animated Art/Design

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Four year scholarship, Art History minor

10 -15+ years:

CS5 Photoshop HTML CSS Flash XML After Effects Illustrator InDesign Word, Powerpoint

OS: Microsoft Windows 98, NT3.5-4.0, 2000, Vista, 7 SGI IRIX Apple Macintosh OSX

5 -10 years:

Omnigraffle / Visio Final Cut Pro Acrobat Pro Compressor DVD Studio Word Pages PPT Keynote

Quicktime, Windows Media: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, FLV, AVI, VP6, 3GPP, WMV9, .264, AVC, ProRes, P2

1-5 years:

PHP MySQL jQuery jQTouch FancyBox CSSEdit Omnifocus Joomla Wordpress Basecamp

Google: Docs Adwords SEO Webmaster YouTube Sketchup dfp, ActionScript (general)

-1 year: iPhone and iPad UI Development in Xcode, Interface Builder Quartz Composer (basic)

Project Management on MVC Development:

Javascript /AJAX Ruby on Rails Git UAT EXT Core touch based app prototyping

Social marketing consulting: Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, Streaming Media/YouTube.

Testing/usability: W3C compliance on: IE6/7/8, Firefox [Mac, PC], Safari, Chrome [Mac, PC]

2007 Bronze Promax/BDA North America award, Art Direction in an Image Campaign

^honors

2007 Tempo Award, CADM. State Farm

2006 Gold Promax/BDA North America award in Art Direction

2006 Silver Promax/BDA North America award in Title Design

2005 Emmy award Title Design nominee

2005 Silver Telly award for Art Direction

2005 Silver Telly award for Animated Title Design

2005 Discreet artist profile, article and NAB speaker on branding

2005 Promax/BDA magazine article on brand positioning in broadcast

2004 Emmy award for Title Design

2004 Promax/BDA road show guest speaker: Importance of branding in media

2004 Discreet National Association of Broadcasters Best of Show reel

2000 Silver Telly award in Design

2000 Bronze Telly award in Animation

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