Over 16 years of experience in creative and interactive development across a wide range of capacities including: Branding, multi-page/publication design, Internet development and interactivity, direct marketed multimedia, production and broadcast coordination/scheduling. Skilled in bridging the link between the Marketing and IT Departments to streamline media execution.

• Possesses keen grasp of technology and new media as it relates to design and demographic targeting.
• Seasoned manager of creative/technology teams and works well under tight deadlines.
• Additional strengths are the branding and collateral direction in the following areas: direct mail design, corporate identity and collateral materials, demographic-based publication design.
• Richards most recent interest includes combining web-based applications with publication customers to provide specific consumer demographic targeting and increase ROI.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Software – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Image Ready, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, GoLive, Flash, QuarkXPress, Director MX, Final Cut Pro, Cleaner, DVD Studio Pro, Contribute, Freehand, Acrobat, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Corel Draw, Arcview, Arc/Info GIS, AutoCad, MicroStation, Digital Photography
• Working Knowledge Web Technologies – CSS, XHTML, Inline HTML, CMS (Joomla, WordPress, Drupal), LAMP,  Dedicated Servers, Cpanel, Plesk, DNS, Email setup, Streaming Video, PHP, MySQL, Perl

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Analytics and SEO Tracking tools
• On-Page SEO & Copywriting
• Keyword Targets & Research
• Sitemaps – XML & HTML
• Social Media Development
• Brand Strategy
• Graphic Design
• Web Design
• CMS Development (Joomla, WordPress)
• Online Shopping Cart Strategies (Magento, Volusion)
• Video Social Applications
• Daily Project Management
• Asset Management
• Online (central) Project Tasks System