Tara Brooks: Web and Graphic Design Consultant//Motion Graphics/Editor in Santa Barbara, CA

Working as Project Manager and Consultant on digital and print projects in HTML5, CSS, Java, PHP, Wordpress, and Joomla. Social media, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LIvestream, and Instagram consultant, expanding social media and optimizing sites for SEO and SEM using Google Adwords, analytics. Implementing e-blasts, newsletters, with A/B split testing, and coordinating events for non-profits.

In Marketing department, working with marketing director, designing media for digital and print ad campaigns, project manager for website re-design and maintenance, and undergoing a Joomla migration 1.5 - 3, with shopping cart, e-commerce implementation in HTML5, CSS/LESS, bootstrap, PHP/MySQL, Joomla, Dreamweaver, Adobe CC and GitLab for version control. For dev I've been using Drupal, Javascript/jQuery/node/gollum. Enhancing social media and SEO for site using google adwords, analytics, tag manager, optimizely. Designing banner animations for digital campaigns in After Effects. Implemented PM software Basecamp for department.

Responsibilities include book editing, design and digital output. I work in CS6 on a MAC and a PC. All of their books were on film. I am coverting their books from film to digital and creating a database for future reprinting. I help create, edit, and design new books for print which includes everything from writing, to layout, to finding a printer, and uploading the final product to the web. I cre- ated our logo design and media materials for advertsing, including the catalog, and brochures. I also maintain our computer network. We have four computers. I do some invoices, and accounting in Excel, and Publisher’s Assistant when my boss is on vacation.

Graphic Composer/Designer in Pre-Press. Manager of a department of 4, designing ads for online and print production, and contributed to website maintenance. Hired as technical specialist and consultant for company wide upgrade, implementing Adobe suite and direct-to-plate printing, with online proofing.

Graphic Designer, ad design, layout, and advertising for print production