Joseph Caesar Email & Phone Number

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

My role functions as the lead visual designer on materials developed and distributed through the Training and Staff Development department of OESC. Roughly 70% of this role involves the creation of online and print based materials, video, e-learning, and instructor lead courses. My involvement begins from the initial planning and research phase through material creation, review, and implementation stages. These materials are developed for a variety of audiences including agency staff, state citizens, state administrative and legislative bodies. The other 30% is divided into a combination of peer review of materials by other department staff, research and development for commission wide training initiatives, research of new policy and law related to agency goals, testing and feedback on Commission technology modernization projects. Some highlight of major assignments completed in this position include: * Designing contemporary new visual style guide and asset library for use in materials developed by the Training and Staff Development department. * Contribute redesign and content revisions to procedure and systems manuals used by agency staff.* Develop trainings lessons, reference material and Co-develop state guidance procedures on federally mandated ES/Non-ES complaint systems procedures. * Design E-learning course library. Co-development of standards operating procedures for development of e-learning used by training.* Serve as lead visual designer and Co-developer of content for OESC quarterly manager conferences. * Develop and maintain sections of the OESC's internal SharePoint platform in relation to training and staff development. * Co-produce new agency onboarding package for all new hires. * Serve as team lead on hybrid training of agency new hire staff. This included overseeing production of training materials, conducting multi hour live training classes, review existing curriculum and develop new curriculum on procedures and recent law changes.

I founded Downfall Arts as an independent art label for all matters relating to my professional art practice. This included the operation of a print publication focused on the creation of letterpress and offset printed artist books, comics, and zines. Through the management of the print and publication arm of Downfall Arts we were heavily involved in all areas of production, from managing timelines of projects, overseeing budgets, and directing actual print production on a majority of jobs. Our work has appeared on an extensive list of publications including The Journal of Artists’ Books (JAB), Lumpen Magazine, and Desert Island Comics publication Smoke Signal. We provide graphic design and art production services for clients from a wide range of private and nonprofit sectors. These projects and services have included logistics consulting for the initial idea phase, content creation during the design phase, and project management during production phase. These projects have taken many forms such as album covers, beer coasters, T-shirt designs, collectible toy minifigures, multiscale posters, animated info videos, illustrated and photographed for web content, and book and document design. Some of these clients have included The Jack Terricloth Foundation, OK DSA, and Polymyth Productions. Another pillar of our work under Downfall Arts includes educational instruction in the arts. We have developed and taught both independently and collaboratively, several multiweek courses, short form classes, and speaking engagement on such topics as visual storytelling, print production, and art and designs relation to mathematic. These classes have been in collaboration with such institutions and organizations as Columbia College in Chicago, Odyssey Leadership Academy, and Artspace Untitled in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States

My primary functions in this position where assist employers with questions regarding filing UI Tax, the EZ Tax Express pay portal, and new hire filings. Other roles include entering new hire reports, troubleshooting, and evaluating all technical support issues received by the department from both employers and agency staff in relation to EZ Tax Express and other internal systems such as Glink. Lately I reviewed incoming job postings for legitimacy that were received on the state’s job site OK Job Match.

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States

My first role at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission was focused on working multiple pandemic unemployment assistances related projects, Reviewing them for compliance with Department of Labor (DOL) guidelines. Specifically, some of these tasks included the following on thousands of claims in an accurate and timely manner. • The issuing of supplemental payments to claimants that qualified for benefit increases. • Stopping, investigating, and adjudicating claims that we’re not in compliance with unemployment law. • Issuing overpayment to claimants found to have received benefits in error.