Josh Cunningham

Current

Technical Wizardry at Social Media Today, LLC
Web Designer & Strategist at JoshCanHelp.com

Past

Marketing and Web Consultant at Education Systems
Front-End Design and Development at SmakNews
Compound Management at Kelly Services for Johnson & Johnson Pharma

Curriculum Designer at Cingular/AT&T
Field Trainer at Cingular/AT&T
Customer Service at Cingular/AT&T

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Education

San Diego State University-California State University
Bellevue Community College

Recommended

10 people have recommended Josh

Connections

106 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Josh Cunningham’s Summary

Josh Can Help was born from a random and exciting idea to help someone I know build a website to promote his business. I had not completed one whole page before I realized that this was something I really enjoyed and wanted to continue doing. As an excuse to build another site, I promptly started on my own homepage. The domain name, joshcanhelp.com, popped into my head one day and I grabbed it before thinking twice. Good thing it turned out to be a good one.

Everything I make is to the best of my ability using the most modern techniques I’m aware of. I’m very pragmatic in both design and development which makes for compliant, accessible sites and emails that load quickly and work across many browsers. I stay current on search engine optimization, front-end coding techniques, and social technology to create sites that will last.

Despite the somewhat egocentric name, Josh Can Help is just a way to say that I have a hand in everything that is produced. I find it comforting to work with a company where I know who is accountable and can speak to them directly. Most of the time, I’m the strategist, designer, and builder. But if I’m not, I’m still the guy to call.

I enjoy every piece of the web strategy puzzle but I’m not the best person for every job. As such, I’m always looking for new people to work with and learn from. I work with very talented graphic designers, print designers, hardcore developers, writers, editors, and marketing strategists and love to give them work.

If you’re a company looking for someone to handle a piece of your puzzle, I’m always on the hunt for great teams to join for a project. If you’re a freelance designer, web programmer, or online marketing guru that wants to join my referral network (sounds important huh? It means you’re in my Google contacts), shoot me a line and tell me what you’re great at and what you like to do.

Josh Cunningham’s Specialties:

- Web design with Adobe products and web development with (X)HTML/CSS and PHP, especailly on the Wordpress platform. I'm a big fan of simple, pleasing aesthetics, optimized findability for search engines, and maximum usability.
- The Whats, Whys, and Hows of social media and social networking. The sites that make communication efficient and fun are not just a dumping ground for marketing materials. Let me show you how to present yourself on the web.
> Internet marketing and email campaigns.

Josh Cunningham’s Experience

Technical Wizardry

Social Media Today, LLC

(Internet industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

I work with Social Media Today as a contractor doing web strategy, analytics, and interaction design.

I handle front-end design including sidebar widgets, banner ads, and event logos. I monitor analytics and work with SEO for socialmediatoday.com and its 8 sister sites. I also work directly with users and bloggers to determine RSS feed, on-site post, and security issues. We're always looking for ways to increase traffic, improve user interaction, and develop great content.
Web Designer & Strategist

JoshCanHelp.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

Josh Can Help is, at its core, one person with a strong desire to help people understand the web and what it can do for them, regardless of their goal. I design, build, and maintain websites for a broad range of clients and write about what I learn in the process. I also like to collaborate with like-minded people to see what’s possible and learn even more about this amazing industry.

Technology I work with: XHTML, CSS, Wordpress themes, PHP (basic), Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Analytics, OpenX, Smarty templates, DNN themes, Pligg platform

Techniques I use: Analytics implementation and monitoring, website and Wordpress performance optimization, search engine optimization, basic A/B testing, code validation

Current employment: Contracted part-time with time available for freelancing

Interested in: Wordpress projects, team collaborations, PHP/MySQL experts for referrals and mentoring, copywriters for referrals
Marketing and Web Consultant

Education Systems

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

September 2007 — July 2009 (1 year 11 months)

Web and email design and development, technical writing, content creation, SEO strategy and implementation.
Front-End Design and Development

SmakNews

(Internet industry)

January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

Designed and developed the front-end interface for this social media site geared towards young women. Worked with a Smarty template platform to turn Photoshop designs into HTML/CSS. Also helped with promotion and community interaction.
Compound Management

Kelly Services for Johnson & Johnson Pharma

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JNJ; Renewables & Environment industry)

September 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Receive, label and deliver all incoming reagents for the chemistry department. Maintain the integrity of a 20,000 chemical inventory spread throughout the La Jolla site. Receive and properly segregate (based on reactivity) reagents returned by chemists.
Curriculum Designer

Cingular/AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

July 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 1 month)

Constructed curriculum documents for use during training sessions with new and tenured employees. Led conference-call training sessions with field trainers and managers to deploy learning progams. Edited screenshots and formatted large documents to assure appropriate focus, impact and effectivity.
Field Trainer

Cingular/AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

July 2002 — June 2004 (2 years )

Responsible for classroom classroom training of employees ranging in length from a few hours to 7 weeks. Worked with curriculum designers to customize existing training for business-specific agents. Created exercises, learning aids and visuals to augment existing paper and on-line training. Assisted in massive call-center roll-out in Victoria, Canada.
Customer Service

Cingular/AT&T

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)

July 1999 — June 2002 (3 years )

Handled incoming calls and emails from telecom managers, internal and external. Assisted in roll-out of a new call center in Oklahoma City, OK. Managed return and exchange process during this period.

Josh Cunningham’s Education

San Diego State University-California State University

BS , Chemistry , 2006 — 2008

Dean's List Spring 2007
Edgar E. & Catherine L. Hardy Scholarship
Wilmia Tyler Trott Memorial Scholarship
Amylin Sciences Scholarship

Activities and Societies:

Undergraduate research concerning hydrogen storage in micro-porous metals
Bellevue Community College

AS , Chemistry , 2001 — 2005

Additional Information

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Josh Cunningham’s Interests:

Web design, green technology, typography, research opportunities in alternative fuel, transportation future, content creation, mass transit, hydrogen storage, book publishing, Photoshop/Illustrator, PHP programming, web strategy