Jason Pelker

Current

• Director, Interactive Marketing at Item-9 Consulting

Past

• Senior Web Developer at Metropolitan Bank Group
• Interactive Media Manager at United Way of Metro Chicago
• Assistant to Director of Operations at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago

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Education

• Eckerd College

Recommended

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Connections

69 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Jason Pelker’s Summary

I've had a history of coming into aging and unfriendly web situations, but I've always made efforts to learn quickly and significantly improve these sites' look and usefulness. In 2006, I was hired by United Way of Metro Chicago to manage their web content and one year later, I had earned my own Interactive Media department. My earlier content management responsibilities were supplanted with leading the Communications department in the charge to revamp the organization’s entire web strategy. It was also there where I discovered WordPress (a very popular open-source content management system), which I still use and love today.

After United Way, I was hired by PAWS Chicago and its parent company, the Metro Bank Group, to lead both organizations’ web departments. This position included managing the team that redeveloped and maintained 15 websites and implemented email campaigns and several very successful social media initiatives.

Since I left PAWS this past February, I have turned my focus to running my own web development company, Item-9 Consulting. Taking on numerous freelance projects has allowed me to become more adept some of my historically weaker points, including web designing and project management. For examples of my work, please take a look at my new site and portfolio: http://item-9.com, as well as the two projects I am currently working on: http://item-9.com/drury/ and http://lucyslivinski.com.

Jason Pelker’s Specialties:

Web development, web design, WordPress, new media development, interactive marketing, software testing and implementation.

Jason Pelker’s Experience

• Director, Interactive Marketing

  Item-9 Consulting

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Helping your company make effective changes doesn’t have to be scary. Item-9 Consulting offers a variety of services to help streamline your business and improve your marketing efforts.
  
  We're based out of Chicago and more than anything else, we specialize in helping small businesses understand the sometimes-crazy world of web marketing. We’ve spent years refining our practices and tools and now, we’re ready to hand those learnings to you. We offer customize web/marketing development packages starting under $1000. Visit us at http://item-9.com to get started.

• Senior Web Developer

  Metropolitan Bank Group

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)

• Interactive Media Manager

  United Way of Metro Chicago

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 9 months)

  Summary:
  
  Web development; completely redesigned and coded (html, php, css) new United Way websites, including 70+ page uw-mc.org and ten Member United Way content management systems (CMS) based upon Wordpress.
  
  Web maintenance; ongoing support and improvement of past (ColdFusion) and current (html+php) websites, including ease of use and cost refinement. Replaced expensive, out-dated proprietary technologies with scalable, more accessible open-sourced alternatives.
  
  Interactive marketing; wrote, edited and designed original content for website and email newsletters. Implemented new marketing techniques to improve, record and present analytics—increased web visits to 25,000/month (from 6,000) and news subscription/click-through rates by +25%.

• Assistant to Director of Operations

  Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)

  Information systems administration; maintained and serviced LAN and WAN networks, Windows Server, printers, copiers, database, telephones, and attended personal computer needs for 30+ employees.
  
  Website responsibilities; complete graphical redesign, code authoring (html, flash, javascript, css), and continual updating of new BBBS website, www.bbbschgo.org, (20+ pages, 1000 visitors/month).
  
  Operations tasks; office supply and printing management of $30,000/year budget, reorganization of various office spaces, special events and fundraising assistance, match and donor recruitment, Board of Directors organizing and correspondence, and staff/intern supervision and orientation.
  
  Literature coordination; wrote and edited original texts for website, Let’s Talk Big magazine, and donor appeal letters. Responsible for mailing distribution up to 5,000 pieces/quarterly and compiling bi-monthly Board of Directors’ packets and annual compliancy reports to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.

Jason Pelker’s Education

• Eckerd College

  2000 — 2004