Andy Padjen

Past

• Contract Position - Info. Arch., UX Design, Content Dev., Comm. Building, Marketing, Copywriting at American Bible Society
• Information Architect at Symetri Internet Marketing
• Merchandising Director at ChristianSuperstore.com

• Senior Content Producer at Crosswalk.com
• Writer/Editor/Designer at Gospelcom.net

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Education

• Bethel College
• Calvin College

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Portfolio

Andy Padjen’s Summary

I'm a user-experience geek!

I love helping with everything that goes into crafting a great user experience - everything from copywriting, content development and community building to info. architecture, interaction design and usability.

I bring positive energy and provide great vision for projects. I'm extremely creative, a gifted communicator and have a great intuition for crafting outstanding user experiences.

P.S. I've done a lot of work for religious organizations; I'm just as comfortable working for non-religious organizations.

Andy Padjen’s Experience

• Contract Position - Info. Arch., UX Design, Content Dev., Comm. Building, Marketing, Copywriting

  American Bible Society

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year)

  For one of ABS's websites, I helped define goals and strategies; developed, wrote and edited copy and content; created and fostered online community; developed a volunteer program; recruited and managed volunteers; wrote and edited copy for the email newsletter; improved the usability, information architecture and overall user experience of the site; conducted usability testing; created paper prototypes and online prototypes (using SproutBuilder.com); developed and executed online marketing plans and strategies; wrote copy for online ads; gathered and analyzed website traffic data; researched best practices.

• Information Architect

  Symetri Internet Marketing

  (Internet industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years)

  Helped clients define business goals and strategies for their websites; specified how users would find information on a website by defining its organization, navigation, labeling and searching systems; created wire frames and site charts; developed user scenarios; designed and conducted usability testing; developed content and wrote copy for clients’ websites; collaborated with programmers and visual designers throughout the website-development process.

• Merchandising Director

  ChristianSuperstore.com

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  Developed and managed email marketing strategy and campaigns; wrote copy for monthly email marketing campaigns, promotions on the home page, online ads, product descriptions, etc.; developed and managed the website publishing strategy and schedule.

• Senior Content Producer

  Crosswalk.com

  (Internet industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years)

  Wrote copy for website, online ads and email newsletters; created content and tested innovative content formats, especially involving user-generated content; developed and managed online community areas (chat and message boards); managed 2 producers and 1 part-time producer.

• Writer/Editor/Designer

  Gospelcom.net

  (Internet industry)

  June 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 3 months)

  Developed, wrote, and edited biweekly website and email content for "Christian Sports Flash" and "Internet for Christians"; designed, architected and built websites; supervised assistant editor.

Andy Padjen’s Education

• Bethel College

  Master's , Transformational Leadership , 2002 — 2005

• Calvin College

  BA , Communication , 1991 — 1995

Additional Information

Andy Padjen’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Portfolio

Andy Padjen’s Interests:

Some things I dig: salsa (the condiment, not the dancing, though I admire the dancing!); olives (especially the gourmet olive bar at Whole Foods … oooooohhh, fancy); exercising (especially running); playing sports (any sport, though I’m currently on a co-ed soccer team called the “Pink Panthers” … yea, I know, it’s not the most intimidating name); watching sports; talking about sports (OK, you get the idea: sports, sports, sports); learning about and experiencing emotional and spiritual development; helping others learn about and experience emotional and spiritual development; communication (writing and speaking); the Web (everything about the Web – it’s so much fun! - but especially good user-experience design); reading; movies; music; art; simplicity (ahhhhh … breathe).

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