Matt Fisher

Current

• One-man Show, Packager, Writer/Editor, Web Developer/Integrator at Matt Fisher Studio

Past

• Assoc. Marketing Manager, YA & School Books at Oxford University Press
• Teacher at St Thomas Choir School
• Instructor at Chaffey College

• Preparator at Orange County Museum of Art

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Education

• Claremont Graduate University
• Eckerd College

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Industry

Publishing

Websites

• Studio URL

Matt Fisher’s Summary

Matt Fisher’s Specialties:

Plone/Zope web development and integration; editing and writing; desktopping, illustration and packaging; CRM admin, specialty: salesforce.com

Matt Fisher’s Experience

• One-man Show, Packager, Writer/Editor, Web Developer/Integrator

  Matt Fisher Studio

  (Design industry)

  August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

  My business has two parts:
  
  One part involves web development and design
  
  -Some recent projects:
  --PloneCMS integration and development: CreakyJoints.org
  --Custom project management/intranet software development and PloneCMS website integration: designlabnyc.com
  --Custom web-application for image storage and tagging and PloneCMS integration: shakeproductionsinc.com
  
  The other is writing, editing and book packaging.
  
  --Penguin Books, The 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of The New York Times Almanac; Executive Editor
  --St. Martin's Press. Smarter by Sunday, and The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, 2nd ed.; Executive Editor
  --Hearst Books, Practical Boat Handling; Technical Illustrator
  --Oxford University Press, School Social Studies ancillary program; Project Editor

• Assoc. Marketing Manager, YA & School Books

  Oxford University Press

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2004 — July 2008 (3 years 11 months)

  I was the marketing manager for OUP-USA's K12 line of books, which includes some famous US History books (A History of US, anyone?), some excellent, nontraditional textbooks, and some reference books for K12 schools and homeschools.
  Another hat was salesforce.com admin for a couple groups at OUP.

• Teacher

  St Thomas Choir School

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

• Instructor

  Chaffey College

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• Preparator

  Orange County Museum of Art

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

  Worked on a team of preps to handle, install and crate works of art in the museum. Notably, got to shovel 26 tons of sand and rocks to create enormous Chris Burden installation. More fun than it sounds.

Matt Fisher’s Education

• Claremont Graduate University

  MFA , Painting , 1999 — 2001

• Eckerd College

  BA , Art , 1995 — 1998

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Matt Fisher’s Websites:

• Studio URL

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