Jon Lukas

Current

• Director of User Experience at The Moment Collective
• Independent Contractor at CustomDigitalAudio.com

Past

• Flash Developer/Programmer, New Media Producer at Creative Search Media
• Flash Developer/Programmer at BoldFocus, Inc.
• New Media Producer at Lyris, Inc.

• Web/Flash Developer at ClickTracks Analytics
• Flash Developer/Programmer at Tatu Digital Media

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Education

• Humboldt State University

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Portfolio

Jon Lukas’s Summary

I'm a web and new media expert with over twelve years of development experience. I create online experiences utilizing a range of skills including motion graphics, complex interactivity, voice-overs, synchronized soundtracks, audio and video, and client-server interaction. I hand-code html/css/JavaScript/PHP. I'm very experienced at working independently, as well as collaborating closely with graphic designers and back-end programmers.

Jon Lukas’s Specialties:

Writing and editing (marketing copy and documentation), creation of software mockups, demos, and tutorials, and user interaction optimization.

Jon Lukas’s Experience

• Director of User Experience

  The Moment Collective

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Assist in conceptualizing, distilling, and specifying software ideas. Create product concepts and ideas for streamlining development and product synergies. Develop marketing collateral and investment presentation materials. Create development plans and timelines. Create 2-D and 3-D static and motion graphic wireframe mockups. Write documentation and programming specifications.

• Independent Contractor

  CustomDigitalAudio.com

  (Internet industry)

  July 1999 — Present (10 years 5 months)

  Work for various clients as an independent contractor. Create software demos, motion graphics, and interactive web page elements. Conceive and design user interfaces. Work directly with graphic artists and back end programmers, overseeing the creation of seamless online experiences. Edit and process audio and video and prepare for online presentation. Write and edit marketing copy for web pages and outgoing email campaigns.

• Flash Developer/Programmer, New Media Producer

  Creative Search Media

  (Partnership; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  October 2008 — March 2009 (6 months)

  Conceived, designed, and developed Flash, video, and other new media. Assisted with design concepts. Hand-coded web sites, and implemented animation/interactivity. Wrote/edited marketing copy for web pages and informative text for online applications. Created animated, narrated demos and tutorials, start-to-finish: planning, writing, animating, narrating, and implementation. Conceived and created touch screen applications. Wrote, directed, recorded sound for, narrated, and edited short online videos.

• Flash Developer/Programmer

  BoldFocus, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 1999 — August 2008 (9 years 8 months)

  Maintained and developed a Flash-based, database-driven web site, working with back-end programmers. Optimized bandwidth of, and added interactivity to, Flash elements. Reviewed design concepts and made suggestions regarding implementation and usability. Edited, performed, and recorded narration and music for online multimedia.

• New Media Producer

  Lyris, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  Wrote, produced, and narrated tutorials and sales demos, and participated in the planning and implementation of numerous online marketing campaigns and web site sections and elements. Was responsible for a monthly email list with over 40,000 members, and subsequently trained the person who took over the monthly mailings. Worked with and learned from online marketing expert Michael Stebbins, now CEO and Founder of Market Motive.
  
  Created online videos: shot, recorded location audio, processed and edited, and created relevant animations. Created interactive Flash elements with back-end integration.

• Web/Flash Developer

  ClickTracks Analytics

  (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

  May 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 11 months)

  Helped transform this groundbreaking web analytics software company ('ClickTracks') from a few people in a basement to a multi-million dollar acquisition (Lyris, Inc.). Wearing many hats, doing what needed to be done at each phase of growth: handled technical support briefly, then trained the first full-time tech support representative. Participated in sales calls as a sales engineer. Built and maintained the company web site, and wrote and edited much of the marketing copy.
  
  Developed, wrote, narrated, and animated Flash demos and tutorials that demonstrate and/or explain features of the ClickTracks
  application. Participated in implementing and analyzing online marketing campaigns.

• Flash Developer/Programmer

  Tatu Digital Media

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  May 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 6 months)

  Implemented the Flash front-end for an XML-based online e-learning solution, working directly with the back-end programmer and graphic designer. Wrote, implemented, and narrated online Flash tutorials. Performed other ActionScript and PHP programming as necessary.

Jon Lukas’s Education

• Humboldt State University

  B.A. , Music , 1988 — 1992

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