
at Item-9 Consulting
Greater Chicago Area

at Item-9 Consulting
Greater Chicago Area
Web development, new media development, interactive marketing, software testing and implementation
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 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.
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2008 — March 2009 (9 months)
(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%.
(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.
2000 — 2004