Jay Chow

Current

• Freelance Graphic/Web Designer, Photographer at …

Past

• Graphic Designer at Move.com
• Senior Graphic Designer at Assurant Health
• Senior Creative Designer/Multimedia Developer at Tamzen

see less...

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Kansas City Art Institute

Recommended

3 people have recommended Jay

Connections

47 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• Resume
• Portfolio
• Google Presentation

Jay Chow’s Summary

CAREER OBJECTIVE:
To hold a senior creative position where knowledge and experiences in graphic design, digital photography, web/multimedia development can be fully utilized to deliver effective messages on time, on target and on budget.

Jay Chow’s Specialties:

Acrobat Pro 8, After Effect, Aperture, Authorware, BBedit, Bryce 4, CSS, Debabelizer, Digital Photography, Dreamweaver, DVD Studio Pro, Expression Media, FileMaker Pro, Final Cut Studio, Flash, Font Lab, Font Management, FTP, HTML Email/e-Newsletter, iLife, Illustrator, InDesign, Iris Large-format Inkjet, Lightroom, Mac OS X Maintenance, Mac Pro/Leopard, Media Cleaner Pro, Microsoft Office, Painter X, Photoshop, Profoto Actue 2 System, QuarkXPress, S-VHS Recording/Editing, Sound Studio.

Jay Chow’s Experience

• Freelance Graphic/Web Designer, Photographer

  …

  (Design industry)

  January 2001 — Present (9 years )

  Designed invites, exhibition/auction catalogs, event promo materials and Web projects for non- and for-profits:
  
  The Congregationalist — Magazine of The National Association of Congregational Christian Churches:
  tinyurl.com/Congregationalist093
  tinyurl.com/Congregationalist084
  tinyurl.com/Congregationalist083
  tinyurl.com/Congregationalist082
  
  www.theflowerlady.com Newsletters:
  www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.09.12
  www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.09.05
  www.theflowerlady.com/newsletter/09.08.15
  
  www.exceptionaleventswi.com
  www.badgerassoc.org
  
  Photographed corporate/private events:
  MPM
  tinyurl.com/MPMBodyWorlds
  
  Wilson Center
  tinyurl.com/WilsonCenter
  
  Henry Schein
  tinyurl.com/photoSchein
  
  Photo-documentary and portraiture
  tinyurl.com/HaloOMalo
  
  Wedding photography:
  Henson:
  tinyurl.com/weddingHenson
  
  Prondzinski
  tinyurl.com/weddingProndzinski
  
  Miller:
  tinyurl.com/weddingMiller
  
  Paap:
  tinyurl.com/weddingPaap

• Graphic Designer

  Move.com

  (Public Company; MOVE; Internet industry)

  March 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  Report to Technology Manager. Responsible for design and production of complex dynamic Web sites and banner ads for the home building industry, using asp, .Net, Flash and Dreamweaver.
  
  Web Sites Designed:
  tinyurl.com/web-des1
  tinyurl.com/web-des2
  tinyurl.com/web-des3
  tinyurl.com/web-des4
  tinyurl.com/web-des5
  tinyurl.com/web-des6
  tinyurl.com/web-des7
  tinyurl.com/web-des8
  tinyurl.com/web-des9

• Senior Graphic Designer

  Assurant Health

  (Public Company; AIZ; Insurance industry)

  August 2002 — January 2008 (5 years 6 months)

  Reported to Graphic Design Manager. Responsible for design and production of print and online marketing collateral, HTML email and web graphics with strict adherence to brand guidelines.
  Highlights include:
  — Designed awarding-winning corporate campaign and print materials
  — Member of Brand Development Graphics Team
  — Created online photo library
  — Developed HTML emails
  — Photographed corporate events

• Senior Creative Designer/Multimedia Developer

  Tamzen

  (Design industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  — Designed and illustrated multimedia and Internet projects, e-brochures, museum kiosk
  — Authored CBT (computer-based training) courseware and conducted eLearning R&D

Jay Chow’s Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  MFA , Computer Graphics , 1985 — 1988

  Activities and Societies:

  Major: Computer Graphics; Minor: Videodiscography. GPA: 4.000 (major), 3.742 (overall)

• Kansas City Art Institute

  BFA , Graphic Design , 1981 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Major: Graphic Design. Minor: Photography. GPA: 3.063 (major), 2.762 (overall)

Additional Information

Jay Chow’s Websites:

• Resume
• Portfolio
• Google Presentation

Jay Chow’s Interests:

Design, Flash, digital photography, videography, interactivity, social networking, new technology, Chinese, documentary, photojournalism

Jay Chow’s Groups:

•    RIT Alumni Group - Rochester Institute of Technology
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Fireworks Users
•    Move, Inc. Alumni
•    Milwaukee Design & Development Professionals
•    Big Shoes Network
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    Adobe® InDesign® | InCopy® | InDesign® Server
•    Adobe Flash Group
•    Adobe Dreamweaver Group
•    Adobe Photoshop Group
•    Adobe Illustrator
•    Graphic Designers
•    Graphic Design Professional Group
•    GRAPHIC DESIGN PROS
•    Kansas City Art Institute
•    Job Openings, Job Leads and Job Connections!
•    R.I.T. Job Seekers

Jay Chow’s Honors:

Assurant Inc. AHA! Health Awareness Campaign - APEX award (Award for Publication Excellence)
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Madison, WI Chapter - Invited speaker on digital photography
International Gallery of Superb Printing - Bronze award and Honorable mentions
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee - Volunteer-of-the-Year
New Media Magazine - Invision Silver Award (Lead programmer, graphic designer)
R.J. Martin Company - Employee Special Recognition/Special Achievement Awards
Rochester Institute of Technology - International Student Scholarships
Advertising Club of Kansas City - Omni Silver Award

Jay Chow’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch