J E F F R E Y R I C K E R

Experience

Designed each issue of the Vital VOICE, a biweekly alternative newspaper covering St. Louis and Southern Illinois. Also designed the St. Louis Community Pride Pages, an annual business directory, and oversaw printing of each publication.
Provided design services to clients needing display ads created for the Vital VOICE and Pride Pages.
Updated the newspaper's Web site with new content from each issue.

Accomplishments

Redesigned the Web site for the Pride Pages making it possible for users to browse businesses by category and search by name.

Edited and proofread publications for the Marketing Department aimed at current and prospective students, including course catalogs, brochures and schedules.
Designed and typeset documents and prepared electronic files for output.
Designed pages and created content for the university's Web site and provided guidance and coordination to the Associate Vice President of Marketing in implementation of the university's new online admission portal and application (admissions.webster.edu/admissions/graduate/).

Accomplishments:

With assistance from the university's computer User Services department, I created a program to train the admissions staff in the use of the new online admission portal and application. This included developing a PowerPoint presentation and printed manual. I presented the training program to staff at the main campus and traveled to satellite campuses nationwide to familiarize users with the features of the new system.
Created new designs for trade show displays used by campus admissions staff to attract prospective students at local and regional education fairs.
Designed and helped implement online versions of graduate and undergraduate course catalogs, helping reduce the expense of mailing these documents to prospective students, particularly in international locations.

Edited stories, wrote headlines and photo captions, and performed page layout.
Maintained Macintosh network, including user access, file maintenance and new user training.
Recommended purchase of computer hardware and software.
Installed hardware and software, performed maintenance and troubleshooting.
Scanned and corrected black and white photos.

Accomplishments:

Oversaw the installation of a new Macintosh computer network for the editorial department.
Selected and recommended a new computer system for bringing color scanning capabilities in-house at a projected cost savings of approximately $20,000 annually.

Journals of North County, February 1992-September 1994.

Freelance editor/writer/page designer for the St. Louis Business Journal
Redesigned the Web site for Hydeware, a St. Louis theater company (www.hydeware.com)
Electronic illustrator for Graphic World, a textbook publishing services firm, 1994-1997
Freelance writer published at www.playbackstl.com

Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
June 1998-May 2001
Bachelor of Science in computer science

University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
September 1988- December 1991
Bachelor of Journalism, magazine editing and design

Available on request