Senior Web Designer at The Salvation Army
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
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- Senior Web Designer at The Salvation Army
- Past
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- COO & Creative Director at Buttonpresser
- Web Designer & Front End Developer at Mobil Travel Guide
- Design Integrator at Spout.com
- Project Lead at Interactive Productions
- Lead Layout Artist at TakeCharge Productions
- Internship at Hanon-McKendry Advertising
- Education
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- Plymouth State University
- Kendall College of Art & Design
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Pete Fecteau’s Summary
Graduated form Kendall College of Art & Design in May of 2007 with a BFA in Digital Media Design. Prior to graduating I took the lead layout and typography artist position at Take Charge Productions, a small magazine publisher. I also was elected Team Lead for the Interactive Production team at Kendall in which I did project management and design direction as well as client relations. In August of 2007 I was hired on at Spout.com, a social network with 200,000 plus members, as their Design Integrator and first in-house designer. I specialized in HTML emails and WordPress blog administration. I also did a bevy of other tasks involving heavy html and css. I also contributed to the marketing team and co-created a marketing campaign that let to the highest traffic in the sites history, I also led the blog to quadruple its traffic through SEO and social bookmarking methods.
Pete Fecteau’s Specialties:
HTML, CSS, ExactTarget (html email), Social Network Profile Design, RSS aggregation, Blog management. User Interface Design, Content management, Web Standardizing, Social Media Strategy, SEO, Marketing for Web.
Pete Fecteau’s Experience
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Senior Web Designer
The Salvation Army
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2009 — Present (5 months)
Working to recreate a brand identity for both print and online collateral. Developing an online strategy specifically around social media. Cutting costs, accelerating production times, managing web developers for in-depth online applications. Tapping into a new, younger audience for volunteering and donations. Making a difference for those in need.
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COO & Creative Director
Buttonpresser
(Internet industry)
December 2008 — July 2009 (8 months)
Working on a beta release of Sworray.com. Expanding into networking and cloud interactions. Buttonpresser is part social network, part web design/development firm and part venture development. We're four people strong and growing. Ask me about seed investment opportunities and our next big idea.
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Web Designer & Front End Developer
Mobil Travel Guide
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)
Completely redesigned over 300 XHTML pages. Designed and developed a multi-author blog. Created an "Online Branding Standards" manual. Outlined a social media strategy. Collaborated with Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, and Howstuffworks.com on various projects. Traversed an archaic content management system on a daily basis.
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Design Integrator
Spout.com
(Design industry)
July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Created HTML email, WordPress blog administration, supported the marketing, development, and publishing teams, created both internal and external ads for both web and print. Supplied 24 hour support for SpoutBlog.com, created a campaign that brought the highest traffic in Spout history, quadrupled the traffic at SpoutBlog with SEO and Social networking tactics.
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Project Lead
Interactive Productions
(Design industry)
January 2007 — May 2007 (5 months)
Created non-profit promotional materials that were taken from concept to completion. Led a team of twelve to produce an interactive DVD that required filming interviews, green screening, copy writing, 3D modeling and rendering, film editing, special effects, authoring, testing, and package design. We also produced signage and a variety of print materials for a children's camp. Helped teach peers, learned that I am an excellent leader.
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Lead Layout Artist
TakeCharge Productions
(Design industry)
January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)
Came on board to help fill in for an employee on maternity leave. collected copy and graphics for the production on magazines. Streamlined the process to allow faster turnaround and increased workload. Made frequent visits to printer for print checks, offered my unique point of view to a side of the industry that was foreign to me and did very well.
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Internship
Hanon-McKendry Advertising
(Design industry)
January 2005 — May 2005 (5 months)
Created a database of projects dating back to 1998. Worked with the head of IT on various projects both hardware and software. Filled in as head of IT for one week. Helped with advice on web and print projects. Hanon-McKendry at the time was West Michigan largest and most awarded firm.
Pete Fecteau’s Education
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Plymouth State University
BFA , Graphic Design , 2001 — 2003
PSU was a great introduction into higher education. I started as an Illustration major and added Graphic Design as a second major after the first year. I transfered to Kendall because the art program at PSU was fledgling and I wanted a more focused and challenging experience.
- Activities and Societies:
- Was an Residence Adviser (RA) for Grafton Hall. Was on the unofficial PSU Rock Climbing Team. Was a member of the Boxing Club as well.
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Kendall College of Art & Design
BFA , Digital Media; Illustration and Graphic Design
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I'm honored to be alive
