Michael Walker Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Oh, Us

Hilliard, Ohio, United States

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Received multiple awards and accolades for wedding video production work becoming one of the most sought after videographers in the Columbus market.• Recognized by NFL Media for shirt designs. • Handle business paperwork for various government & tax agencies.• Maintain company financials using QuickBooks and work hand-in-hand with CPA to provide tax documentation.• Hiring of contract employees that have the necessary skills needed to complete various company projects and tasks.• Manage contract employees to ensure they are representing the company in a professional manner while capturing/creating the highest quality product for our clients.• Experience with videography/photography of sports, wedding, and corporate events.• An ability to identify the best angle for the shot and determine creative ways to bring the desired story to life. • Extensive knowledge of professional Audio and Video equipment. • Perform post-production and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.• Provided UX design research for multiple companies to help create new or newly designed websites that provided a great customer experience while helping to increase revenue for those companies.• Develop brand identity packages for companies in various industries.• Use social media to drive increased sales and brand awareness.• Create all in-house marketing and promotional materials.

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States

• Received recognition from Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) for excellence in the child care field.• Handled marketing for the childcare facility. Concentrating on growing market share by using organic marketing channels.• Designed all print and digital marketing materials.• Managed employees in their day-to-day tasks to ensure they provided quality care that created an environment that was conducive to learning. Also made sure employees stayed on schedule for all daily activities.• Provided disciplinary action to employees for tardiness or not following employee guidelines.• Handled business paperwork for various government agencies.• Maintained company financials using QuickBooks and worked hand-in-hand with CPA to provide tax documentation.• Managed family waitlist to ensure classrooms were filled to capacity and tracked transition of children into their age appropriate classrooms. Managing the waitlist was critical in determining proper employee coverage to ensure state ratios were maintained in each room. • Provided necessary maintenance and repairs of facility and equipment.• Provided additional coverage in any classroom due to employee absences or schedule time off.

Newark, Ohio

• Named one of Licking Memorial Health Systems’s MVPs (only 31 employees were awarded MVP out of 1600 employees.)• Responsible for videography and post-production for commercials and hospital related marketing.• Assist with marketing opportunities and strategies.• Designed newspaper & digital ads, banners, booklets, brochures, calendars, flyers, magazines, posters, and signage for the health systems.• Redesigned organization’s website providing UX research to inform decisions on creating wire frames to improve user’s experience and eliminate pain points.• Performed digital photography assignments (portraits, event photography, etc.)• Informed the community of hospital news and events by updating the electronic message board.• Helped conceive, design, and coordinate a variety of community events to promote the Hospital.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Provided UX design research and wire frames to redesign the company's website to fit within newly created brand.• Updated brand and applied brand to marketing materials.• Redesigned template layouts from various programs (Word, Publisher, etc.) to Adobe InDesign.• Designed company reports for the web and print. • Prepared designs to be taken directly to the printer.• Created PowerPoint templates for integration into company website.

Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area

• Projects and profile featured in the environmental graphics book Way of the Sign.• Work featured (Level Dining Lounge brand identity and signage) in issue of Sign and Digital Graphics.• Created all in-house promotional materials (presentations, warm fuzzies, business cards, letterheads, web materials, celebration materials, etc.)• Developed brand identities and logos for multiple companies.• Created environmental graphics to communicate a firm's unique culture and vision, in the form of branded messages. Dimensional wall graphics, mesh dividers, and various forms of interior signage are used to achieve the results.• Developed wayfinding systems to orient people to their destinations.• Knowledge of environmental graphics and printing materials. • Managed client and vendor relationships on all projects.• Updated all news and portfolio content on the company website.• Created marketing HTML emails to send out to current and potential clients.

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

• Designed layouts for various types of sign applications (billboards, road signs, channel letters, banners, etc.)• Developed brands and logos for multiple companies in a wide range of industries.• Basic engineering of foundations and structures for signs. • Basic knowledge of sign building materials. • Dealt with vendors and customers on various sign projects.• Set up file management system for old customer files.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Prepared designs for student organizations.• Created various types of print media (posters, brochures, and logos.)• Dealt directly with customers to ensure the best final concept is delivered. • Prepared design files to be taken to printer.