Client Service Analyst at comScore, Inc.
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Client Service Analyst at comScore, Inc.
- Web/Graphic Designer at Olympus Creations (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing at WATT Publishing
- Columnist at Northern Star
- Webmaster at Insight Student Newspaper
- Layout Editor at Insight Student Newspaper
- Editor In Chief at Insight Student Newspaper
- Asst. Website Designer at VisionFriendly.com
- Production Assistant at VisionFriendly.com
- Education
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- Northern Illinois University - College of Business
- Northern Illinois University
- Waubonsee Community College
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Ian Essling’s Summary
Experienced in a variety of professional areas, including SEO, advertising, publishing, writing, editing, managing, web site design, computer construction, virus and spyware troubleshooting.
Strong leadership and communication skills.
Ian Essling’s Specialties:
Organic search engine optimization
Social media marketing
Copy editing
Layout and graphic design
Spyware and virus removal
Computer construction and maintenance.
Fluent in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint.
Passing knowledge of Microsoft Access, Microsoft Frontpage, Adobe Flash, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Imageready
Ian Essling’s Experience
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Client Service Analyst
comScore, Inc.
(Public Company; SCOR; Market Research industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Web/Graphic Designer
Olympus Creations (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Internet industry)
February 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
Freelance website design, graphic design and social media marketing.
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Search Engine Optimization and Social Media Marketing
WATT Publishing
(Publishing industry)
June 2008 — November 2008 (6 months)
Organic search engine optimization, social media marketing and traffic analysis for WATT's magazine websites (www.petfoodindustry.com, www.wattpoultry.com, www.feedindustrynetwork.com and www.pig-international.com, among others).
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Columnist
Northern Star
(Educational Institution; Newspapers industry)
October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)
Columnist writing weekly Perspective (editorial) pieces. My articles can be viewed at http://ianessling.com/blog/index.php/category/articles/northern-star/
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Webmaster
Insight Student Newspaper
(Newspapers industry)
December 2004 — August 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Created a brand new Insight website in 2004 to replace outdated text-only site that was in use at that time and began offering an online .PDF version of the paper, the first time this had been done for Insight.
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Layout Editor
Insight Student Newspaper
(Newspapers industry)
January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Led complete redesign of the layout of the paper. Brought back color printing, set design standards, created layout and style guide.
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Editor In Chief
Insight Student Newspaper
(Newspapers industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for leading a complete redesign of the entire paper in 2006 and a complete revamp of procedures and policies in 2007. Doubled page count and quadrupled readership and production while Editor In Chief, and rebuilt newspaper from only two staff members to over a dozen.
Responsible for designing the visual layout of the newspaper for each issue, including placement of articles, photos, advertisements and other content
Created and set Design Standards for the entire organization to create consistency in both published material and internal documents
Spearheaded the creation of a 33-page constitution and policy guide for Insight and penned a journalism writing guide.
Led staff to most successful year in the history of the newspaper, with nearly every issue breaking production records, advertising records and article count records; also, never missed a single printing deadline -
Asst. Website Designer
VisionFriendly.com
(Internet industry)
May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)
Worked as assistant web designer; prepared images and other content for use on the web, updated and maintained client's websites and answered phones.
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Production Assistant
VisionFriendly.com
(Internet industry)
May 2004 — August 2004 (4 months)
Website updates, minor Photoshop and graphics work.
Ian Essling’s Education
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Northern Illinois University - College of Business
B.S. , Interactive Marketing , 2007 — 2009
3.66 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- Northern Star Student Newspaper, American Marketing Association, Marketing Honor Society, Golden Key Honor Society, College Republicans
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Northern Illinois University
2007 — 2009
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Waubonsee Community College
A.S. , General Business , 2004 — 2007
3.77 GPA
- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Theta Kappa, Insight Student Newspaper
Additional Information
Ian Essling’s Websites:
Ian Essling’s Groups:
Phi Theta Kappa, Marketing Honor Society (Mu Kappa Tau), Golden Key Honor Society, American Marketing Association, College Republicans, Northern Star Student Newspaper, Insight Student Newspaper
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OCA (Organization of Conservative Americans) -
comScore Recent Graduate Networking Group
Ian Essling’s Honors:
Acxiom Interactive Marketing Scholarship (2009)
John J. Swalec, Jr. President’s Achievement Award (2007)
Dean's List (F04, S05, S08, F08, S09)
President's List (F06, S07)
Inducted into Mu Kappa Tau Marketing Honor Society (F08)
Inducted into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (S07)
Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America (2004)
Certificate in Web Site Design (Waubonsee Community College 2004)
Ian Essling’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
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