Matt Thomas Email & Phone Number

Shawnee, KS, US

Bishop Miege High School - Fairway, Kansas, United States

I'll be teaching writing, photography, and digital design, as well as advising the newspaper (the Miegian), yearbook (The Hart), online newpaper (BMpress.org), and the literary magazine (called Facets). #GoStagsGo!

Holy Trinity Catholic School - Lenexa, KS United States

I instruct and inspire elementary school students to become high-school/college/life-ready by teaching internet safety, digital citizenship, typing, coding, design, presentations, and Google Suite skills. I am also in charge of working with middle school students (grades 7-8) with special electives that include graphic design, photoshop, videography.

Working as a substitute teacher as I earn my teaching certification

Overland Park, KS

• Work alongside Agency teams to creatively identify solutions and ensure projects are completed according to scope, timeline, and budget
• Identify, source, and manage outside third-party support (traditional and digital)
• Guide and manage print production, including working with publications and other media to confirm production specifications
• Utilize production artist to version files
• Organize and manage internal and external fulfillment
• Ensure competitive bids are secured to satisfy both internal and client requirements

Kansas City, Missouri Area

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:As Creative and Communications Manager, I am in charge of all things print and digital that emerge from BranchPattern's marketing department, physical and strategic. In a tight-deadline, fire drill kind of world, I pride myself on keeping open lines of communication, a positive attitude and sense of humor. Especially when my main.

Overland Park, Kansas

ABOUT BRANCHPATTERN:At BranchPattern, people are at the core of everything we think, create and do. We are a building consultancy dedicated to creating better built environments through our many interwoven specialisms. Our beliefs are rooted in nature which has taught us that true sustainability sits at the intersection of human experience and.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Develop, create, and manage marketing and sales support materials. Design, develop and assemble RFP/RFQ submissions. Create custom sales documents including project overview books. Design environmental and large format.
• Maintain the company website, including project galleries and team profiles.
• Create and execute media and editorial calendar. Write and publish blog articles. Develop, write, design and deploy e-newsletter. Develop and launch social media strategy.
• Manage and direct all project and event photography. Function as in-house photographer. Negotiate photographer contracts. Plan, coordinate, and direct project photoshoots. Retouch photos as needed. Create and implement.
• Initiate and conduct brand audit and analysis. Recommendation for brand evolution underway.
• Manage, coordinate, and negotiate with vendors.

Kansas City Direct Marekting Association

• Maintain and update the KCDMA website
• Create pages for monthly lunch meetings and promote on the landing page and calendar
• Post jobs on the careers page
• Coordinate with VPs Branding/Promotion and Programming to handle copy and artwork from creative resources
• Post web banners on the landing page to visually introduce events (coordinate with designers to create banners)
• Create more detailed and informative pages for the Advancing Direct Symposium and AMBIT awards

Mission, KS

• Designer: Design and maintain comprehensive sales campaigns including annual catalogs, direct mail, and weekly marketing tactics, including web components, e-blasts and print ads. Incorporate client's feeback via web.
• Web Administrator: Maintain clients websites, social marketing, and deploy e-blasts.
• Variable Programmer: Utilize AutoPrice variable programming software to manage multiple data sets.
• Pre-Press File Prep: Organize files and assets to be sent to press. Proof press files.

• Designer: Produce high-quality designs, including, but not limited to direct mail, collateral, news letters, magazine layouts, advertisements, logos and presentations for the post-secondary education industry. Also.
• Strategist: Develop conceptual ideas and testing possibilities to help clients build an inquiry base. From implementation to mail drop, I collaborate with writers and client services, while incorporating best.
• Variable Programmer: Set up and organize files to reflect variable copy, art, logos, and live data in order to present semi-real time design for clients in the approval stage.
• Production Artist: Manage outside vendors, organize size, color, price negotiation, file prep/ pre-press, follow-up, press checks and delivery. Also manage post office matters, including ghost permits, business reply.
• Project Manager: Distribute workflow to team of designers; adhere to time line and deadline management in order to meet production requirements in a fast-paced, high-demand, deadline-driven environment; maintain.
• QR Code Expert: Resident guru for all things QR Code related.

I serve on the board of director of the KC Direct Marketing Association. I am in charge of updating the roster to reflect the organization's membership.I also volunteer on different committees:- Community Service- Fund raising: Golf Tournament

Transition To Teacher / Master'S Degree, Education

Bs In Journalism, Advertising/Strategic Communications

Activities and Societies: Co-founder of KU Art + Copy Club; University Daily Kansan