DIGITAL TEAM LEADERChad Carstensen is the Digital Team Leader, as well as lead Front-end Web Designer and lead Email Marketer, at Senior Market Sales, Inc. (SMS), an Independent Marketing Organization specializing in the Senior Insurance and Financial Planning Industries.After earning a degree in Visual Communications and Design (University of Nebraska Kearney), Chad took a design position at SMS and was responsible for developing direct-response mail and e-mail advertisements. Since then, he has become an expert in front-end web design, including both static HTML and Content Management System (CMS) driven sites. These sites include both Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) models.Currently, Chad is expanding his web and graphic design expertise to include several industry best-practices, including Responsive Web Design (from scratch and with tool kits, ie. Bootstrap), Accessibility (Section 508 compliance) and Javascript (jQuery and Angular.js). He is currently working to advance SMS marketing success through implementation of Social Media, Web Video and Content Marketing Strategy.As a side project (starting in 2010) Chad is working with Milton Kleinberg (CEO of Senior Market Sales) to help promote Milton's book, "Bread or Death." Chad produces web content to support awareness and drive book sales.SKILLS INCLUDE:• HTML 4 and 5• CSS (including CSS3 and Progressive Enhancement/Graceful Degradation)• MURA CMS• Wordpress• Javascript, jQuery and Angular.js• Twitter Bootstrap• Google Analytics & Google Webmaster Tools• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Edge, Premier)• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)• Camtasia• Vimeo and Vzaar• SilverPop Engage and Transact
Listed skills include Graphic Design, Html, Social Media Marketing, Social Media, and 41 others.
