Freelance Interactive Web/Graphic Designer
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Webmaster/CEO at DailyWebGeek.com
- Freelance Web/Marketing at Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
- Webmaster/CEO at Jpopexpress.com
- Web/Graphic Designer at Self-Employed
- Freelance Web/marketing at Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
- Webmaster at WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT
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- Application Developer at Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
- Web Designer at alternative/green-energy company
- Web Designer at 10 til 2
- Market Research Associate at Capitol Research Services
- Web Designer at 10 til 2
- Market Research Associate at Capitol Research Services
- Webmaster at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Web Producer at Aquent Partners
- Web/Graphic Designer at Aquent Partners
- Web Designer/Producer at Aquent Partners
- Web Designer at Aquent Partners
- Tutor at Lansing Community College
- Internet Consultant at Michigan State University
- Education
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- Lansing Community College
- Michigan State University
- Michigan State University
- North Carolina State University
- 2003 Lansing Community College
- Michigan State University
- Michigan State University
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Kevin Pajak’s Summary
Freelance Interactive Web/Graphic Designer; social media/Wordpress guru; Webmaster/President of Jpopexpress.com.
Kevin Pajak’s Specialties:
Social media, interactive web development, WordPress, user interface, layout, music, arts & entertainment, Japanese entertainment and pop culture, international cultures and languages, education.
Kevin Pajak’s Experience
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Webmaster/CEO
DailyWebGeek.com
(Internet industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Web reference and virtual meeting place for next-generation Web publishers/bloggers, designers/developers, web job-seekers, and digital entrepreneurs.
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Freelance Web/Marketing
Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
(Internet industry)
December 2001 — Present (8 years )
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Webmaster/CEO
Jpopexpress.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 6 months)
Japanese entertainment portal site featuring shopping, news, and interactive Web community. Focuses on all aspects of Japanese pop-culture, including pop/rock music, animation, games, toys, movies, and more.
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Web/Graphic Designer
Self-Employed
(Internet industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
Freelance Web/graphic design assignments.
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Freelance Web/marketing
Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
(Internet industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
jpopexpress.com.
Japanese entertainment Web site featuring online shopping, news, interactive discussions, and links
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Webmaster
WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT
(Internet industry)
May 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)
Japanese entertainment portal site. Online shopping, entertainment news, and
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Application Developer
Kevin Pajak - Interactive Web Designer/Developer
(Internet industry)
May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)
Developed two interactive apps for use on Facebook: 1) "Send A Sweet Treat" (a gift-sending app that allows users to send a virtual "sweet treat" [cakes, cookies, ice cream, pies, fruit, etc] to their friends on Facebook), and 2) "Let's Ask 8-Ball (a frivolous app that allows Facebook users to ask a question and receive a randomly-generated answer from "the 8-ball"). Developed an interactive application to allow the user to see a feed display of up to 20 of the most recent tweets from multiple Twitter users of their choice, arranged into customized groupings ["Customized Tweet Feed Display"].
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Web Designer
alternative/green-energy company
(Internet industry)
May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)
Individual freelance client.
Designed & developed website makeover for -
Web Designer
10 til 2
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2008 — July 2009 (10 months)
Responsible for updating, maintaining, and expanding Web design and Web sites for variety of client companies (including large-scale Joomla-based CMS sites, creating & editing custom PHP forms, and providing fresh design perspective).
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Market Research Associate
Capitol Research Services
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2004 — July 2009 (5 years )
Conducted market research (telephone/field surveys) and recruited participants for clients' paid focus groups.
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Web Designer
10 til 2
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
October 2008 — March 2009 (6 months)
Responsible for updating, maintaining, and expanding Web design and Web sites for variety of client companies (including large-scale Joomla-based CMS sites, creating & editing custom PHP forms, and providing fresh design perspective).
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Market Research Associate
Capitol Research Services
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2005 — March 2009 (3 years 8 months)
Conducted market research (telephone/field surveys) and recruited participants for clients' paid focus groups.
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Webmaster
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Insurance industry)
November 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for maintaining, developing content, updating, and documenting all aspects of departmental intranet. Resolved technical problems. Created custom graphics and programming solutions as needed. Attended company-wide technical "User Group" meetings.
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Web Producer
Aquent Partners
(Internet industry)
November 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 2 months)
Optimized rug and wallpaper images of various sizes - National Blinds, Wallpaper &
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Web/Graphic Designer
Aquent Partners
(Internet industry)
July 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Performed Web design & production assignments utilizing industry-standard software and development techniques.
Key assignments as Aquent Web Partner included:
Webmaster, November 2000 - December 2001, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, National Accounts Marketing & Sales - Southfield, MI.
Responsible for maintaining, updating, and documenting all content of departmental intranet.
Web Producer, October 2000 - November 2000, National Blinds, Wallpaper & Rugs (a company owned by Home Depot) - Southfield, MI.
Cropped, resized, and optimized hundreds of images of various sizes and resolutions (thumbnails, portrait, and landscape views) for display on company's product pages using batch processing in Photoshop. Restored select images to original appearance (in terms of color, brightness, and detail). -
Web Designer/Producer
Aquent Partners
(Internet industry)
July 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 6 months)
Performed Web design & production assignments utilizing industry-standard software and development
techniques. -
Web Designer
Aquent Partners
(Internet industry)
July 2000 — August 2000 (2 months)
Selected and sponsored to participate in an intensive two week course for corporate Web site development. Learned in-depth HTML, PhotoShop, JavaScript, CGI scripting, DHTML, and CSS. Completed a Case Study site entitled "Aquent Excursions" for a fictitious retailer of outdoor products.
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Tutor
Lansing Community College
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
October 1999 — May 2000 (8 months)
Tutored computer courses (Microsoft Windows and Office operations, Web design, programming).
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Internet Consultant
Michigan State University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
July 1999 — August 1999 (2 months)
C.L.E.A.R. (Center for Language Education Research) at; Provided training to foreign language instructors on how to incorporate Internet
technologies in their classes by designing Web pages, activities, etc.
Kevin Pajak’s Education
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Lansing Community College
Computer coursework , Java, Visual Basic, Oracle database systems, Internet/Web design-related courses. , 1999 — 2003
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Michigan State University
Master of Arts , French Literature , 1997 — 1999
- Activities and Societies:
- Teaching Assistant / Instructor of introductory French courses: 1997-1998.
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Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts , French , 1994 — 1997
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North Carolina State University
Bachelor of Arts , Psychology , 1987 — 1991
Dean's List
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2003 Lansing Community College
Master of Arts , French
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Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts , French
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Michigan State University
Additional Information
Kevin Pajak’s Websites:
Kevin Pajak’s Interests:
Social media, interactive web site design, marketing, community building, Japanese entertainment, Asian @ European cultures.
Kevin Pajak’s Groups:
ELANCE.COM - Registered and certified freelance Web designer.
http://ekevindesign.elance.com/
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Freelance professionals
Kevin Pajak’s Honors:
JPOPEXPRESS.COM
Lead and manage team of 15 international staff members/contributing editors.
Maintained a steady sales growth rate of 50% for three consecutive quarters in 2007 for sales of products from principal shopping affiliate.
Succeeded in producing a traffic increase of ten times the level of unique monthly visitors from January to July 2005.
Obtained Alexa traffic ranking among top 180,000 sites among all sites on the Internet.
Achieved search results within top 10 on Google, Yahoo!, and MSN for crucial market-specific search strings (among several million page results).
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CAPITOL RESEARCH SERVICES:
Awarded cash bonus and promotion for "good attitude and reliability".
Led all employees in total number of telephone surveys completed and logged-on hours for client projects 2006, 2007, 2008, and Q1 2009 (surveys conducted for major insurance/financial companies, businesses).
Kevin Pajak’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
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