Online portfolio at www.bryankwilliams.com
Bryan Williams
860.965.2796
bcwilliams.info@gmail.com
EDUCATION Dec 2007
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS
Brigham Young University - Idaho; Rexburg Idaho
- Emphasis in advertising and public relations with a minor in Psychology
- 3.78 Cumulative GPA, Full-Tuition Academic Scholarship
- Three years of intercollegiate speech and debate
- Member of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
EXPERIENCE
FRONT-END WEB DEVELOPERJun 2008 - Present
Sports Technologies; Collinsville, Connecticut
- Front-end web development for high traffic community sites such as fannation.com, teamusa.org, and nfl.com/fantasy/games
- Highly proficient in HTML & CSS as well as HAML & SASS. Moderately proficiency with Ruby on Rails
- Worked with version tracking systems like SVN and GIT
WEB CONTENT SPECIALIST Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
Idaho National Laboratories; Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Assisted in the transfer of web content on www.inl.gov
- Assisted in the transition from a static site to a content management system (CMS)
- Saved the organization thousands of dollars by functioning as an IT/Communications liaison
- Worked in a government agency environment, with a high focus on security, protocol, and professionalism.
Dec 2007 - Jun 2008
Yellowstone Hotel Systems; Rexburg, Idaho
- Designed and developed new websites for over a dozen popular resorts and hotels
- Tweaked existing resort and hotel websites in order to make them more productive, aesthetically pleasing, and marketable.
- Used HTML, CSS, Javascript, and Flash coding extensively to create and update websites
- Learned and used principles of search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) to create marketable and productive websites.
Nov 2007 - Present
FREELANCE WEB DESIGNER AND PODCASTER
Free Adobe Flash Tutorials; iTunes
- Founded, designed, and published Free Adobe Flash Tutorials podcast, a weekly how-to software video podcast.
- Nearly 2,000 subscribers world-wide, with over 20,000 downloads
- The podcast was featured on iTunes ‘new and notable’ tabs, and was frequently in the daily top-25 technology podcasts.
- Designed, developed and published www.freeadobeflashtutorials.com
- Used SEO principles, youTube, Google Analytics, and Adsense to market, analyze, and monetize the website
Sep 2007 - Oct 2007
Rixida (Multimedia sub-organization of Brigham Young University-Idaho), Rexburg, Idaho
- Trained new students in elements of Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver, as well as general principles of web-multimedia
- Managed and planned RIXIDA web-multimedia content
- Utilized the following programs to create multimedia content: - Adobe Creative Suite 3: Design Premium - iLife Suite - Digital still and video cameras - Windows and Macintosh operating systems - Microsoft Office products - Pinnacle video editing
Jan 2002 - Sep 2007
MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST AND GENERAL LABORER
Classic Catering; Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Choreographed wedding reception music, slide shows, and dances
- Designed and created www.idahoclassiccatering.com as well as series of print media for the company
- Catered, served, and decorated wedding receptions as well as professional business events
- Worked as a part of a team in high stress work environments
Feb 2007 - Sep 2007
CLASSROOM ASSISTANT AND VOLUNTEER
Kennedy Elementary School After-school Program; Rexburg, Idaho
- Assisted in skill-based-class-exercises with elementary school aged students
- Led classes in computers, sports, and a variety of other activities
- Mentored troubled children through listening and suggesting activities to promote healthy development
Sep 2003 - Oct 2005
FULL-TIME VOLUNTEER REPRESENTATIVE/ MISSIONARY
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Hamburg, Germany
- Taught hundreds of people individually principles of life improvement
- Managed productivity and training of two 12 person representative teams
- Trained other representatives on better communication, work ethics, goal motivation, and teaching skills
- Learned to speak, read, and write fluent German
