Joel M. Shaw Email & Phone Number

Cape Coral, Florida, Us

Provide innovative web and graphic design, digital marketing management and web hosting solutions to a diverse group of clients throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Select client list:- Litera Microsystems (Chicago, IL)- Our.Love (Potomac, MD)- Coalition on Adult Basic Education - COABE (Bradenton, FL)- Onondaga Physical Therapy (Syracuse, N.Y.)- NISOVA Builders (Cape Coral, FL)- Gabbie's Cider (Gabriola Island, B.C. Canada)- Virginia Association for Adult and Continuing Education (Virginia Beach, VA)- Christopher Community Inc. (Syracuse, N.Y.)- Stanley Steemer (Syracuse, N.Y., Scranton, PA, Myrtle Beach, S.C.)- Nottingham Studios (Chicago, IL)Highlights: As a primarily part-time initiative, I started a small freelance operation that began with one client and over the years grew into dozens of clients all over the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Much of my success is due to low overhead costs which enables me to provide my services at a much lower rate than an in-house designer, while still delivering the same high quality of work that my clients demand.

New Hartford, Ny, Us

Syracuse, Ny, Us

Worked in the Office of Communications and Marketing.• Conceptualized and design print materials for various programs and departments within the college• Consulted on digital marketing campaigns for College enrollment efforts• Designed, develop and managed specialized website projects• Maintained the athletics website and social media channels.

Syracuse, Ny, Us

• Designed, developed and maintain edr’s branding and graphic identity.• Provided graphic support & interactive web development to a variety of wind energy, landscape architecture, urban planning and green infrastructure projects.• Maintained, strategized and promoted edr’s web and social media presence.Highlights: Through my contribution at edr, we were been able to differentiate ourselves from competing environmental engineering firms by adding a robust graphic and interactive web design component to our disciplines. As a result, we were able to develop a new source of revenue for the firm and also received preferential treatment on a number of new bids. This includes winning a bid on the firm’s first ever heritage area management plan project located in Niagara Falls, New York. A large portion of the project included interactive website development, social media outreach and custom graphics that otherwise would have not been attainable if were not for the web services that we offered.

• Taught English, Social Studies & Graphic Arts to middle school & high school students grades 6-11.• Prepared lesson plans and developed curriculums for all courses taught.• Volunteered in community workshops to teach English in underprivileged neighborhoods in Cartagena.• Provided private English lessons to adult professionals.

Syracuse, Ny, Us

• Designed, planned and developed strategic online advertising programs.• Planned interactive projects (goals, schedule and scope), oversaw development and implementation.• Managed workflow and professional development for a team of junior graphic designers.Highlights: While creative producer at syracuse.com, I worked closely with a high profile automobile client on developing custom “rollover” interactive web advertisements. The results of these ads not only provided unprecedented interaction for the users but also yielded valuable data and statistics as well as hundreds of new business leads to the client. Additionally, I oversaw, developed and implemented an in-house work flow process and ticketing system that was eventually deployed in other affiliate sites across the company.

Columbus, Ga, Us

• Designed & created credit cards, card carriers, card inserts and other related items for a variety of companies.• Managed card materials inventory and print production.• Maintained and developed the TSYS Prepaid website.

Albany, Ny, Us

• Responsible for maintenance and daily updating of content, graphics and photographs for three high traffic websites.• Created promotional materials for political and state programs.• Photographed events & provided staff support at public functions.• Assisted in press relations including writing press releases and media advisories. • Aided campaigning & fundraising activities.• Chaperoned the "Civil Rights Connection", a program that brought area high school students to the deep south to learn first hand about the civil rights movement.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Liberal Studies

Master'S Degree, Spanish

Español Y Diseño Gráfico, Foreign Study Program

Multimedia Studies, Foreign Study Program