Manager Design

Richard Wayne Houchin

**** ******** ***, #**

Chico, CA 95926

530-***-**** (mobile) -- 530-***-**** (work)

*********@*****.***

Literary/Programming Portfolio: http://www.worldofdreamers.com/

Education

Graduated from California State University, Chico with a BA in English cum laude (3.798 GPA) and

with honors in the major and honors in general education. Minor in creative writing.

Professional

Product manager for a publication with a 2-year budget of $150,000 and print-runs of 13,000 copies.

Catalog Editor and Web Master of the Class Schedule for California State University, Chico, a Web

site that receives 1.6 million page views a year and 200,000 annual absolute unique visitors.

Self-directed learning of Google Analytics tools, CSS Web design, and JavaScript to improve services

for a user base of 200,000+, and to update terrifying and truly ancient code.

Responsible, as a temporary emergency hire, for converting the University Catalog from Ventura 8 to

Adobe InDesign in 6 months to meet a print deadline for 15,000 copies on a $160,000 account.

Spent over 100 self-directed hours consuming training materials for Adobe InDesign in preparation for

new job, leading to 5 years of creative professional experience with the Adobe suite.

Management of the University academic calendar, which requires a powerful stomach for details and

the ability to communicate with everyone.

Self-directed learning of PHP Web design with MySQL database interactions.

Experienced teaching writing skills to college freshmen.

Personal

Fluent in written, spoken, and shouted English.

Avid student of communication, persuasion, and storytelling. Years of focused experience in

composition, character development, and literary experimentation.

My spare time is spent reading, writing, and listening. In his spare time, Edison worked on light bulbs.

Einstein fleshed out the theory of relativity on his coffee breaks. What will I do? Sky s the limit.

Past Experience

Graphic Design Specialist II / Publications Coordinator at CSU, Chico from June '06 to Present

I work with 50 academic departments, deans, and staff operations to maintain the University catalog

content, a publication of over 13,000 copies. I also coordinate the vendors, the Associated Students,

and the $150,000+ budget.

My responsibilities have grown to include management of high profile Web sites that receive 1.6

million annual page views, including redesigns and self-directed technical learning. I've also produced

technical guides to ease the high turnover experienced by my office.

Teaching Fellowship CSU, Chico from August 06 to December 07

While coordinating Academic Publications, I received a grant to work with Professor Andrew Flescher

on the 100+ student general education course "What is Religion?" For 3 semesters I taught writing

proficiency, provided office hours, graded essays and exams, and assisted with course content.

Student employee APO Services & APO Catalog Editor at CSU, Chico from May 03 to June 06

I worked my way through college and did such a good job, they hired me on graduation and gave me

the title of Graphic Design Specialist II. From June 06 on I ve been full-time staff.

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