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Thomas M. Springer 7773 NE Harbor View Drive Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-204-8799 (cell) • 360-779-1994 (home) tbspringer@earthlink.net website-crabfellows.com • On MySpace PROFILE Full of energy, efficient, highly motivated, and a creative problem solver. I enjoy working in environments that offer variety and challenge. I bring intelligence, enthusiasm and professionalism. I thrive on close interaction with people in both collaborative and instructional environments. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY July 2004 -Present Marketing Artist Sound Publishing - Port Orchard Independent, Port Orchard, WA Developing ads and supplemental sections for the Port Orchard Independent newspaper and printed marketing materials for Kitsap News Group clients using graphic design expertise, computer and hand drawn illustration, photography, photo touch-up and manipulation, and typesetting skills. Dummying of publications to balance editorial, advertising and revenue requirements. Consulting with sales staff and KNG clients (local merchants, auto dealers & real estate firms) to generate advertising campaigns and strategies. Collaborating with the publisher to develop marketing plans to increase circulation, sales presentation materials, and internal office collateral. March 2005 -Present Coach - Poulsbo Piranhas Swim Team North Kitsap School District, Poulsbo, WA Training youth in the fundamentals of competitive swimming. Building training programs that emphasize stroke technique, muscle development, and fun. Developing PoulsboPiranhas.com website and administrating user boards and photo gallery. 1999 – March 2004 Webmaster/Marketing Director The Macabe Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA Headed the Marketing Department developing schedules, allocating resources and coordinating marketing efforts to enforce company branding and increase market exposure. Designed and developed all in-house marketing projects including newsletters, trade show booths, brochures, interactive multimedia displays, video presentations. Developed and produced custom marketing brochures for business partners use in their sales presentations to their clientele. Trained marketing staff in design concepts, implementation and software, and website administration. Developed production manuals covering the procedures and best practices of software use, file management and website administration. Managed website content development and delivery, working closely with sales and product development managers to coordinate promotions, product releases, and other marketing strategies. Implemented a SQL/ASP database driven architecture for the web sites increasing access and flexibility of site content and ease of site administration. Streamlined web content delivery creating searchable indices and dynamic templates. 1998 - 1999 Graphic Designer The Creative Group - Robert Half, Seattle, WA Consulted at three separate firms. Website production and marketing collateral production for The Macabe Associates, Inc. Website user interface design for Think New Ideas, Inc. Direct mail production services for The Domain Group including graphic design, photo manipulation, illustration, paste up of the product, and review of blue lines. 1997 - 1998 Co-Owner/Designer CrabFellows Digital Design, Bremerton, WA Built a business providing design and web services for local businesses. Sold services and managed accounts as the primary liaison officer. 1994 - 1997 Production Artist & Art Director Sierra On-Line, Bellevue, WA Managed a 8 person team of computer game artists. Primary liaison between Game Designer, Engineers, Production Manager and the Artists. Created characters, models, backgrounds, textures, animations, storyboards, and concept drawings for 2D and 3D games. Set the standards for character art, wireframe models, textures, movement of wireframe animation, and built the color palette for the games. Created cut scene video sequences. Produced promotional videos for marketing. CITATIONS / AWARDS 2005 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 1st Place - Multiple Advertiser Ad - Color or Black & White 1st Place - Youth Oriented Content 2nd Place - Use Of Two Or More Spot Colors Plus Black FURTHER EXPERIENCE June 2003 - Present Club President Olympic Peninsula Sports Union Bremerton, WA Administrating club organizational duties to the executive committee. Maintaining website. Developing team fund raising programs. Organizing annual summer tournament. 1990 - Present Actor/Director/Improvisation Jewelbox Theater, Poulsbo, WA Stage performance and direction. Improvisational music and performance EDUCATION 1990 - 1994 BA Fine Art Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 1989 - 1990 High-school Diploma The American School in London, London, UK 1986 - 1989 Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, WA TECHNICAL TRAINING Supporting Windows 2000 Professional Server 01/2004 Netdesk Microsoft Certified Training Center Seattle, WA Windows 2000 Network & Operating System Essentials 09/2003 Netdesk Microsoft Certified Training Center Seattle, WA The Conference for Adobe Photoshop Users 07/2003 CompuMaster Seattle, WA TECHNICAL SKILL SET SOFTWARE EXPERTISE Adobe Creative Suite Quark Xpress 5.0 Microsoft Office Suite 3D Studio Max Character Studio Flash MX Adobe Premier Freehand OPERATING SYSTEMS Mac OS X, OS9, OS8 Windows XP, 2K, NT 4.0, 98, 95 PROGRAMMING HTML ASP Visual Basic Scripting SQL JavaScript |