Sami Kern

Lead Multimedia Designer - MMD Technologies, LLC

Monterey, CA 93940

ac456y@r.postjobfree.com

618-***-****

Work Experience

Team Lead Retail Merchandiser

Crossmark Inc. - Plano, TX

January 2012 to Present

• Provide retail merchandising and reset services to retailers such as Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, and Rite-Aid and clients such as Hershey, General Mills, Kimberly Clark, Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, etc.

• Maximizing sales for such companies by in-store marketing and offering product availability. Multimedia Consultant

MMD Technologies, LLC - Monterey, CA

January 1999 to Present

Consult for and develop multimedia products such as websites and interactive brochures; graphic design and corporate identity packages.

• Maximizing ROI for companies through email management, KPI metrics, and internet marketing through search engine optimization and targeted campaigns.

• Previous contracted Corporate Multimedia Trainer through John A. Logan College to instruct the unemployed, underemployed, and currently employed retraining and job upgrading courses and programs to area businesses with their training/retraining needs. Available: http://www.jalc.edu/cbi/ index.html

• WebCEO Certified, Internet Marketing

Computer Technology Instructor

Rend Lake College-Big Muddy River Correctional Center - Ina, IL November 2004 to October 2005

• Offered instruction and supervised inmates on projects in order to rehabilitate them to society by giving them the basic skills in computer technology to receive and retain gainful employment after release. Curriculum included Technical Math, Computer Technology, MS Office, Windows XP, Keyboarding, Networking, HTML, Systems Analysis & Design, Programming Logic, and Visual Basic.

• Reduced Computer Technology budget costs by teaching students to learn hands-on how to network a LAN by installation in the classroom.

Interactive Marketing Director

Evolution Multimedia - Herrin, IL

May 2004 to October 2005

Perform internet marketing checks on clients websites and recommend appropriate courses of action through organic keywords in HTML code.

Education

M.A. in Interactive Multimedia

Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, IL

January 1999 to December 2007

Skills

FLASH (8 years), HTML (6 years), MS OFFICE (4 years), ACTIONSCRIPT (Less than 1 year), AJAX (Less than 1 year)

Additional Information

COMPUTER SKILLS

WebCEO, Constant Contact, Emailtopia, CMS (WordPress), Runtime Revolution, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, AferEffects, InDesign, Director, SoundEdit16, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Syntrillium CoolEdit 2000, WebCT, SmartDraw, Microsoft Office

Operating Systems:. MacOS, Windows

Languages:. HTMl, DHTMl, XML, PHP, Lingo, ActionScript, JavaScript, Ajax, FTP, CSS