EXPERIENCE

2004-2006 Heartland Consulting Wichita, KS
Communication Director
Managed 12 employees, including administration, budgets and development.
During my tenure there was no employee turnover. Developed and implemented
new office procedures resulting in 5% decrease in labor costs, and a 12% increase
in profitability. Implemented new marketing strategies and tactics resulting in
an above industry average 10% increase of new client acquisition and
94% client retention.

2002-2004 Linesight Inc./CondoEngine, Inc Wichita, KS
Art Director
Team leader in E-Services and Internet-User Interfacing. Oversaw and took part in
Web design, Business Planning and Development, Internet Marketing and Research.
Expertise in Project Management and Communication. Worked with both Marketing
and Development departments to create cohesive business solutions for clients.

2000-2002 Bank of America Chicago, IL
Loan/Credit Manager
Provision of independent credit advice to internal clients. Ensuring “best practice” and “continuous improvement”
by working with local business partners to facilitate on-going compliance of their systems/procedures/processes with relevant contractual and internal regulations, and provide general compliance support.

CONTRACT/FREELANCE

1999-2006 Paslé Productions Wichita, KS
Director
Designed, Produced and Promoted a series of large scale multi-disciplinary experimental exhibitions that have included a large crew of people. Worked with designers, sound engineers, stage and lighting technicians, videographers, photographers, musicians and artists on part-time basis.

1997-Ongoing Fisch Haus Studios, Inc.Wichita, KS
Producer
Directed Design and Production departments for annual events on a part-time basis.
Website Design and Administration.

Spring 2003 Wichita Art Museum Wichita, KS
Assistant Preparator
Assisted with the Organization and Installation of the museum’s Permanent Collection.

2000-2002 About.com Chicago, IL
Online Archivist
Archived all german forum discussions at german.about.com chronologically so that they may be reaccessed at any time through the database.

Summer 1999 United Nations World Health Organization Amman, Jordan
Design Consultant
Designed the presentation and visual collateral for the World Health Organizational Conference 2000.

Summer 1997 Imagenet World Wide Amman, Jordan
Graphic Designer
Worked directly under the regional creative director on a variety of projects. Clients included The Hard Rock Café, Sheraton Hotel and The Marriott.


LANGUAGES:

Fluency in English, German and Arabic


COMPUTER SKILLS

Platform: PC and MAC
Design Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand, Final Cut Pro, Quark Express, Streamline, Phontographer, Html, Xhtml, Home Builder, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and some knowledge of Flash and PHP. Office Suite: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Adobe PageMaker

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