Doug Elwell - Resume

DOUG ELWELL, INC. (11/2000-Present) Lombard, IL
President. Founded Doug Elwell, Inc., (http://www.dougelwell.com) a client-focused communications consulting firm. We provide consulting services in the areas of web design, print design, applications development and hosting, and a variety of other communications consulting needs. Please check our our extensive client list at http://www.dougelwell.com/Community/

DIVINE INTERVENTURES (11/1999-11/2000) Lisle, IL
Creative Director. Founded the Creative Dept. for Web Divine (Xqsite), the web development division of divine, I shared responsibilities of hiring and training personnel, purchasing equipment, and setting up rules and standards for how the Creative Dept. would fit in to the overall web development methodology. Seeing the need for "speed to market" sites, I helped develop a "Jumpstart" program, where we could develop small, web-presence sites for clients who wanted to get on the web fast. I also directed the interface design of several HTML and ASP-based B2B websites, a Flash site, and a major e-commerce SAP-based web accounting application, and architected the Enterprise Information Portal used by Xqsite to handle all aspects of its internal and external communications.

Directed the interface design of several small HTML- and Flash-based sites, including:
- Business Logic: http://www.businesslogic.com - Upgraded existing site
- FiNetrics:
- Flash Site: FiNetrics.swf
- HTML site: http://www.finetrics.com
- LightsEdge: http://www.lightsedge.com,
- SaleSpring: http://www.salespring.com,
- mindwrap: http://www.mindwrap.com
- SHo Research: http://www.sho-research.com
- Xqsite: Flash Presentation (Prototype)

Directed the interface design of two ASP-based online applications, including:
- The Xqsite Enterprise Information Portal (XEIP)
- FiNetrics:
- FiNetrics Application home page screen shot
- Application home page screen shot w/pulldown menu

WALLACE COMPUTER SERVICES (7/1999-10/1999) Lisle, IL
Corporate Webmaster. As Corporate Webmaster for Wallace, an Information Week 500 company, I led a small team to redesign and reorganize their corporate Intranet, working closely with representatives from all parts of the company.

Design and production of Wallace's corporate intranet site - sample copy of home page and a sample drill down page (Corporate).

TALCOTT COMMUNICATIONS (9/1995-7/1999) Chicago, IL
Media Director. As Media Director for Talcott Communications, a small magazine and web-publishing company, I fulfilled the roles of Production Manager, Webmaster, and IT Director into one single position, where I was the overall director of both magazine production, website design, production and sales, and computer/server installation, maintenance, and training. I first started at Talcott as a freelance graphic designer in 1994, was brought on as a full-time graphic designer in 1995, added web design to my list of responsibilities in early 1997, and took over the production department as Media Director in late 1998. Skills retained from this position include:

Design, production and management of all Talcott websites. Samples of sites can be made available on request. Current versions of the sites are different than the ones I built. Sites included:
- Talcott.com (http://www.talcott.com)
- Giftware News Online (http://www.giftwarenews.net)
- Giftware News U.K. Online (http://www.giftwarenews-uk.com)
- Collectible News (http://www.collectiblenews.com)
- Fancy Food Magazine Online (http://www.fancyfoodmagazine.com)
- Chef Magazine Online (http://www.chefmagazine.com)
- Equipment Solutions Online (http://www.equipsolu.com)
- FENI Online (http://www.feni.org)
- Lake Geneva Guide (http://www.lakegenevaguide.com)

Production management and design of all Talcott print trade magazines, including:
- Giftware News U.K. - in charge of design and production of this A4-sized giftware trade publication focused on the British giftware market.
       - Opening layout for Pewter giftware feature article
       - Opening layout for Williams-Sonoma feature article
       - Opening layout for plush gifts feature article
       - Layout for Italian giftware article

- Giftware News - In charge of design and production on this industry-leading giftware trade publication.
       - Ad/Editorial Section for the L.A. Mart
       - Layout for Campbell's Licensed Merchandise
       - Decorative Accessories photo page

- Fancy Food
       - Opening layout for organic coffee feature article

- Chef Magazine (Production Management only)
- Equipment Solutions (Production Management only)

This is only a representative sample of my extensive print portfolio, which also includes numerous ads, catalog work, identity and print collateral. Please email me or call 630-665-1595 to learn more.

VICTOR BOOKS (6/1990-9/1995) Wheaton, IL
Proofreading Department Manager (1994-1995) Proofreading manuscripts at every stage, and coordinating with editors and freelance proofreaders on all Victor releases, from children's to academic books. Also laid out books using PageMaker 5.0, and consulted with editorial and production departments on conversion to Quark Publishing System (QPS) for both the editorial and production departments in order to facilitate workflow and to eliminate cross-platform conversion problems.
Bookstore Receiving Clerk (1990-1993) Processing and pricing incoming product, checking invoices, making returns, customer service, sales, and sales support in the Victor Books company bookstore. (Note: Victor Books has since been acquired by David C. Cook Publishing.)

Management | Web | Print | IT

Management

Producing and directing nearly 30 different websites, including HTML, ASP and Flash sites, a portal, two web-based applications, and two corporate intranets;

Managing six trade magazines and 8 websites concurrently;

Hiring, supervising and training teams of graphic and web designers;

Developing efficient workflow procedures for all stages of prepress and web production;

Negotiating lower rates and better service with major printing companies including R.R. Donnelly, Quebecor Printing, and Publisher's Press;

Estimating price quotes for all levels of press production, from film output to distribution;

Supervising, hiring, and training new Ad Traffic and Production support staff;

Complete IT Support for a small business;

Coordinating Accounting, Ad Traffic, Sales and Production Departments;

Corporate and interpersonal communications experience;

Web Design/Production

HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, and ASP coding

Expert in graphics development

Excellent Flash animation skills

Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Interdev and FrontPage for developing sites

Management of domain name registration/updates

Creation and maintenance of Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com bookstores on
selected sites

Used cross-platform (PC/Mac) web production, to ensure cross-platform compatibility

Programming knowledge includes the following:
- HTML
- XHTML
- JavaScript
- Some DHTML
- Some ASP, ASP.NET up to 2.0

Experience with the following web/content development applications:
- Visual Studio
- Visual InterDev
- Visual SourceSafe
- StarTeam
- FrontPage
- Photoshop 7.0
- Flash 8.0
- Premiere
- CuteFTP

Print Production
At Talcott I acquired extensive experience in all aspects of print production, including typesetting, scanning/color correction, page layout and design, ad design, illustration, and workflow management, including:

Direct control or general oversight of design and production of six trade magazines

Mastery of the following prepress software:
- QuarkXPress 6.5
- Photoshop 7
- Illustrator 10

Experience with the following software:
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
- Windows NT
- Mac OS X
- Word 2007
- Access 2007
- Outlook 2007
- Excel 2007
- Acrobat 8.0
- Project 2000
- Evolve
- FileMaker Pro
- Act!

IT Management:

Conception and architecture of an Enterprise Information Portal, which included Intranet, project management, and personnel management modules

Working with hosting service to set up PCs and Macs on Windows 2000 and Exchange servers

Recommending, purchasing, and implementing software and hardware for all departments

Server installation/maintenance (Compaq servers running Netware and ArcServe)

PC and Mac hardware/software purchasing, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting

Cross-platform hardware/software integration, database development, Internet access and e-mail installation and training (PC/Mac)

WHEATON COLLEGE GRADUATE SCHOOL (1993) Wheaton, IL
Master of Arts in Communications. Theory and practice of mass-media communications. Theory including advertising, persuasion, marketing, and the role of the media in society. Practice including graphic design, printing and publishing, management, ethics in management situations, and study of national and international media systems.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (1990) Carbondale, IL
Bachelor of Arts in Cinema & Photography. Film theory and production methods. Production including film cinematography using Arriflex 16mm cameras, film editing, sound recording and mixing, lighting, conventional animation techniques, and 3D theory and practice. This degree program also includes basic and advanced concepts of photography, including the use of lenses, lighting, filters, and specialized film stocks.

Upon request.