Webmaster - Native Learning Center, Housing Department at Seminole Tribe of Florida
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
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- Webmaster - Native Learning Center, Housing Department at Seminole Tribe of Florida
- President & Owner at Louis Porter Jr. Design
- Past
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- Freelance New Media / Graphic Design Specialist at Aquent
- Webmaster, Special Projects - Advertising at Federated Department Stores: Macy's Florida
- Webmaster at Xicat Interactive
- Technical Designer, Web Based Products at Convergent Networks
- Page Layout Technician at Macmillan Publishing
- Project Coordinator at Ethan Allen International
- Assistant Director of Security at Danbury Hilton and Towers
- Director of Public Relations and Publications at Green Chimneys Children's Services
- Assistant Editor, Comics Values Monthly at Attic Books
- Education
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- Morgan State University
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Louis Porter Jr.’s Summary
Energetic, results oriented self-starter who can add value immediately to any company or enterprise.
Louis Porter Jr.’s Specialties:
As a graphic and web designer, I am skilled in a number of software applications for both the PC and Macintosh. My computer program knowledge consists of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Quark Xpress.
Louis Porter Jr.’s Experience
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Webmaster - Native Learning Center, Housing Department
Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Government Agency; Gambling & Casinos industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
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President & Owner
Louis Porter Jr. Design
(Entertainment industry)
January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)
Louis Porter, Jr. Design, Inc. is a dedicated game publishing company specializing in the development of high-energy action adventure game settings. LPJ Design, Inc. most successful ventures have been Haven: City of Violence, NeoExodus: A House Divided and Obsidian Twilight. The work has consisted of pre-press, pre-concept through full development of projects consisting of traditional board and card games, video games magazines and various other materials. Since it creation, Louis Porter, Jr. Design has been Lead Game Designer on over 400 table top gaming projects. Many of these materials have been sold at major book and game seller markets and retailers including Books-a-Million, Borders, Barnes & Nobles, Wal-Mart and various others.
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Freelance New Media / Graphic Design Specialist
Aquent
(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
July 2006 — March 2009 (2 years 9 months)
Working as a freelance graphic design specialist in the field of web and traditional print marketing and advertising. I have worked for such companies as Costa Cruises, Jarden Consumer Products, Innovation Ads and Tuscany Eyewear.
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Webmaster, Special Projects - Advertising
Federated Department Stores: Macy's Florida
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Retail industry)
April 2002 — June 2006 (4 years 3 months)
Initially was hired as a Coordinator for creation and development of all special projects materials and collateral for the Macy's Florida Department Stores. After a few months in addition to my normal responsibilities, I took over complete responsibility for all manufacturing and development of all Internet based materials and collateral for the Macy's Florida Department Stores division. Additionally, I was the lead developer and graphic designer on the national Macys.com Young Miss and Juniors department website campaign, ThisIt.com. Furthermore, I created and implemented several computer teaching programs to help enhance the skill level of the other Macy’s-Florida art directors and employees.
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Webmaster
Xicat Interactive
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
January 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 4 months)
Initially hired with the responsibly for the creation, development and maintaining of the Xicat Interactive Internet website web site. In addition to my regular duties as webmaster, I worked as Graphic Designer and Quality Assurance on several mainstream video games projects including Cultures, Hot Wired and Takeda.
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Technical Designer, Web Based Products
Convergent Networks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2000 — October 2000 (10 months)
I was responsible for creation and maintaining for the Technology Control Services Internet and Intranet web sites in addition of our customer-developed web sites.
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Page Layout Technician
Macmillan Publishing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
April 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 10 months)
Was hired with the responsibly for page layout for the world’s largest computer publishing company. These books included the imprint lines of Adobe Press, Alpha Books, Hayden Books, New Rider’s and QUE; these book imprint lines are considered to be some of the top computer booksellers in the world. In addition to my layout technician duties, I worked as a technical editor on several Internet and Web Site projects for Macmillan Online Services.
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Project Coordinator
Ethan Allen International
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Furniture industry)
August 1996 — June 1997 (11 months)
Hired as a project coordinator and responsible for creating, printing, and distributing the company's price book and sales and marketing manuals to company sales operations throughout United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa. These were critical for the sales operations as they assisted in increasing revenue and profit generation. Produced marketing books for new product introductions as well as other collateral materials that presented Ethan Allen new product lines to retailers. Timely completion of these materials was critical as they were essential for the company's annual sales conference. Developed a proposal to update the computer software and hardware for my department. Met with department members to determine computer needs, researched the type of equipment that best met the stated needs, and did a cost-benefits analysis to justify the investment. Though all of my recommendations were implemented, the effort resulted in equipment upgrades and software enhancements.
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Assistant Director of Security
Danbury Hilton and Towers
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry)
February 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 7 months)
Along with the Director of Security was responsible for the safety of guests at this at 300 plus room facility. Security was a high priority as many of our guests were high-level executives with some of America's leading companies. Worked with the local police to investigate disturbances or undesirable behavior that occurred on company property. In addition, while employed by Hilton Towers, pursued additional computer and graphics training at the local university.
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Director of Public Relations and Publications
Green Chimneys Children's Services
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
August 1994 — February 1995 (7 months)
Responsibility was the creation and placement of advertisement for this high profile, non-profit agency. Produced a quarterly newsletter and a bi-monthly calendar. Additionally, worked closely with the leadership of the agency is designing effective fund raising events. Some of the events I worked were the Big Apple Circus Fund Raiser and the Harvest Festival Fund Raiser. Monies raised at these events made up 35% of the agency's annual operating budget. Publicized the visits of several "stars" including Paul Newman and Vanessa Williams, who were significant donors, to the agency.
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Assistant Editor, Comics Values Monthly
Attic Books
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
February 1992 — August 1994 (2 years 7 months)
During my tenure, I performed several job assignments for this publisher of information for comic book collectors. Initially hired as a Freelance Writer while attending college. After graduating joined the company as a Researcher and as a Dealer Liaison. Wrote a monthly feature regarding regional informational reports for national and international retailers. Created a professional writer's form to discuss comic book writing called "Writer's Block" and coordinated the graphic layout of articles for the company's leading publication - Comic Values Monthly. Wrote the lead article for the 1993 Mallory's Baseball Card Collectibles Annual.
Louis Porter Jr.’s Education
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Morgan State University
BA , Political Science , 1988 — 1993
Additional Information
Louis Porter Jr.’s Websites:
Louis Porter Jr.’s Interests:
New technologies, entertainment, video games, comic books, role-playing games
Louis Porter Jr.’s Groups:
Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA)
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GAMA - the Game Manufacturers Association
Louis Porter Jr.’s Honors:
Macy's Florida 2004 Operating Impact Award - THISIT.com Team
Macy's Florida 2004 Impact Award Marketing - THISIT.com Team
Macy's Florida 2005 Operating Team of the Year Nominee
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