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We are a new wife and husband partnership specializing in the creation, design and production of professional media support services. Our work is informed by our own lived experience of severe mental illness and recovery. Our professional backgrounds include filmmaking, web development, interactive media design, book and periodical writing and editing, nationally-certified peer support, crisis intervention counseling and targeted life event marketing. Our college educational backgrounds include creative writing, film and broadcast media production, book and magazine publishing, interactive multimedia and web design and content development. Our degrees, continuing education credits, volunteer positions and certifications include biological psychology, child development, neuroscience, community mental health services, crisis counseling and theater arts.

• Helped create the new position of Peer Support Specialist for the State of Illinois, Department of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Mental Health, as part of the Illinois Evidence-Based Supported Employment Program (Individual Placement and Support).• Participated in the development and initial roll-out of the Peer Support Specialist component designed for implementation at Medicaid-reimbursed Community Mental Health Agencies throughout Illinois.

• Created specifications for a multiple phase business automation system upgrade for a Fortune 1000 enterprise client in Business-to-Consumer retail phone, mail order, and direct Internet marketing.• Scope included technical integration of CSR inbound telemarketing and customer service calls, print catalog and Web order processing, product packaging, scheduling, fulfillment, and shipping.

• Developed software content, network architecture and workflow methods for a dot-com start-up during the launch of a Business-To-Consumer Customer Relationship Management application.• Wrote several key components of the editorial taxonomy and end-user interactive content.• Designed and built a working bench-model prototype for a new consumer marketing product.• Wrote patent application claims, features and flowcharts for the firm’s core product technology.

• Managed a team of engineers, technical writers and Web application developers in creating anew enterprise-level Content Management application for commercial packaged retail distribution.• Developed a new product business plan and wrote and designed the end-user software manual.• Wrote requirement and functional specifications for a customContent Management application.

• Ran a professional publishing outsource service for book and magazine publishers that provided turnkey editorial, design, production and manufacturing services. Specialized in art and textbooks.• Wrote and published five professional books on business marketing and sales training topics.• Served as a marketing communications producer specializing in writing, editing, design and productionof print, video, direct-mail, catalog, educational multimedia, and Web-based applications.• Wrote and produced a variety of film and video programs including short-form documentaries, corporate video presentations, TV commercials, NGO fund-raising films and Video News Releases.

Certified Peer Support Specialist, Mental Health Recovery & Reemployment

Communications, Radio Tv Broadcasting, Creative Writing, Filmmaking

Anti-Diploma, Missionary Technology