William P. Smith Jr.

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Nashville, TN 37206

xq0j8a@r.postjobfree.com 615-***-****

Experienced Multimedia Artist

The services I offer to your firm are second to none in the digital arts. My specialties are in Graphic Design, Web Design, Audio Production, Video Production, Digital Animation, and SEO/Social Media.

Education

Bachelors of Applied Science in Digital Media and Animation

The International Academy of Design and Technology, Nashville TN

Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2011

Experience

Freelance Graphic/Web Designer, Ewebsitegraphicdesign.com , Nashville, TN ,04/2011 – Now

Designed logos for neighborhood organizations for churches and non-profits

Designing web sites for small businesses.

Mail Room Worker, The Tennessean, Nashville, TN, 7/2010 to 3/2011

Maintained packing and distribution for The Tennessean clients

Operated insert machines for making newspaper bundles for distribution

Events Staff/Unarmed Security , Contemporary Services Corp , Nashville, TN , 10/2003 - 01/2008

Maintained security for patrons and events for guests

Patrolled assigned quadrants to detect and report suspicious activity

Monitor and authorize entrance and departure of employees and visitors

Technical Skills

Design and Animation

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Adobe Illustrator CS5

Adobe Indesign CS5

Corel Painter X

Adobe Flash CS5 (Vector)

Digicel FlipBook 6 (Raster)

Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 64-bit

Social Media, SEO, and HTML

Market Samurai

Domain Samurai

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Basic PHP

Adobe Dreamweaver CS5

Wordpress.org

TweetDeck

Traffic Bug

Audio/Video Production

Avid's Pro Tools 9

Adobe Audition 3.0

Apple Garage band

Apple Final Cut Pro 9

Adobe After Effects CS5

Adobe Premier Pro CS5

Apple imovie

Awards / Volunteer Activities

First Baptist Church South Inglewood, Nashville TN - Computer Repair and Tutoring, Mentoring with Men's Meeting in Graphic and Web Design

http://nashvilletech.co/ , http://www.meetup.com/Nashville-Tech/ Image Design Contributor, Member

Other Qualifications

Good skill set in the fine arts dealing with drawing, 2D animation, and painting

Intimate familiarity with principles of design

Versed in cross-platform computer in both Macintosh and Windows-based operating systems

Enjoys individual creative direction

Great use of Microsoft Office tools; PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook

Great skill in Audio Production

Ability to properly interface digital audio devices via analog and digital interconnections

Understanding of proper digital synchronization practices

Understanding of configuring audio software headphone cue mixes

Ability to efficiently use digital signal processing power

Can integrate the use of MIDI, and sample, loop libraries in creations of remixes for industry standards

Audio for Video Production

Understanding of Drum Editing and Drum Sound Replacement

Understanding of pitch correction for Auto-Tune and other programs

Understanding of Audio Podcasting for RSS feeds and basic XML

Great skill in Video Production.

Detailed understanding of photography

Understanding of shudder speeds

Aperture settings easily understood for lighting and depth of field

Color correction principles and editing

Great foundation of transitions from shot to shot

SMPTE time-code for drop time and synchronizations

Compositional understanding for After Effects and visual Fxs

Understanding of Video Podcasting for RSS feeds and basic XML

Fine Understanding SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for keyword research and rankring

Knowledge of Google Adwords Keywords system for getting great optimization

Understanding of on-page factors for better information architecture

Can optimize meta tags for keyword and descriptions

Can write articles for keywords, widgets, blogs

Understanding of Google Analytics for tracking traffic and ranking

Knowledge of back-links of websites for articles, audio, and video.

Understanding of Traffic Bug for indexing websites and blogs

Using advanced social media tools and skills for branding and marketing

Can customize Facebook using involver.com

Can use Tweet Deck for looking at all major social media sites at the same time

Understanding of Google Alerts for getting information on brand

Can get blogs noticed using technorati.com for higher ranking

References available upon request

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