David Metcalfe

Current

Creative Director/Illustrator at The Eyeless Owl
Digital Media/Marketing/Account Liason at XNet
Creative Director/Illustrator at The Absurdist Monthly Review

Eminence Grise at Macon Raine, Inc.

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Past

Market Research Associate at HIMSS
Project Manager at Bradley Wiltjer Marketing Group

Education

Elmhurst College

Recommended

4 people have recommended David

Connections

66 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

David Metcalfe’s Summary

Currently consulting with local & regional small to mid-sized businesses to develop new media strategies that highlight the creation of valuable content, community connectivity, cultural relevance and potent relationships.

I also illustrate for various electronic publications including The Absurdist Monthly Review, Richard Stiennon's IT security blog ThreatChaos and my own on again/off again electronic journal The Eyeless Owl.

I've managed successful market analysis projects within the education technology, small-mid sized business, and healthcare information technology industries. Along the way dabbling in strategic partnering, copy-writing, editing and content development to support these initiatives.

David Metcalfe’s Specialties:

- Acquiring/analyzing complex qualitative data sets
- Primary/secondary research
- Strategic relationships.
- Writing/Editing
- New media strategies.
- Demographic, Psychographic and Technographic profiling
- Poignantly unsightful scrawlings and raw illustration.

David Metcalfe’s Experience

Creative Director/Illustrator

The Eyeless Owl

(Online Media industry)

2009 — Present (less than a year)

A few unsightful scrawlings rendered in delicately improper penmanship.
Digital Media/Marketing/Account Liason

XNet

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

I am currently working with XNet to develop innovative digital media strategies for small/mid-sized businesses and entrepreneurs, promoting community engagement, cross platform utilization and culturally relevant content.

On March 25th, 2009 XNet will be hosting TEDx - Naperville as part of our efforts to bring a higher level of cultural and industry awareness to Chicago's western suburbs.
Creative Director/Illustrator

The Absurdist Monthly Review

(Fine Art industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Providing original illustrations highlighting essays featured in the review.

Polycarp Kusch and the crew are keeping one step ahead of the game with their delicious brand of extrasensory absurdity. Avant-garde literature and exacting critical theory never tasted so good.

Check out what they're up to at: http://absurdist.cc and http://amr.obook.org
Eminence Grise

Macon Raine, Inc.

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

Ben Bradley and the good people at MaconRaine are constantly seeking to bring the best in cutting edge techniques to their clients via potent lead generation, highly personalized CRM, introspective business intelligence and vibrant content development for various B2B marketing campaigns.

As Eminence Grise I shadow the marketing doctors as they work and help keep scapels clean, oxygen flowing and the clients well fed.
Market Research Associate

HIMSS

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years )

Managing data acquisition and client relations for 240 hospitals as part of an effort to map the current and planned Information System environment of the North American healthcare space.

By aligning HIMSS Analytics proprietary EMR adoption model with up-to-the-second industry intelligence I connected industry participants to the HIMSS organization shedding much needed light on the murky deeps of IT adoption in the healthcare sector.
Project Manager

Bradley Wiltjer Marketing Group

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

2004 — 2005 (1 year )

Ben Bradley and Peter Wiltjer are masters when it comes to aligning strategic B2B marketing with industry leading clients.

Through writing, editing, lead generation, CRM, business intelligence and content development I helped keep their campaigns on track and their MP3 library well organized.

David Metcalfe’s Education

Elmhurst College

Bachelors , Philosophy , 1998 — 2002

President of Philosophy Honors Society; Department Assistant under Dept. Chair, Dr. William Hirstein, assisting with pre-publication of his work, Brain Fiction: Self-Deception and the Riddle of Confabulation (MIT Press, 2005); Graduated Magnum Cum Laude.

Activities and Societies:

Phi Sigma Tau

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David Metcalfe’s Interests:

Geo-political philosophy, cognitive science, consciousness studies, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, foreign policy, emergent technologies, new media, future studies, cultural studies, business intelligence, investing, ancient history, history of religion, folklore, sculpture, painting, history of art, Oberiu