Adam Jay Hutton
2710 South Veitch Street . Apartment 202 . Arlington, VA 22206


Objectives
Technology proficient Graphic Designer with strong professional and technical writing skills seeking to leverage creative energy, aesthetic sensibility, and technical skills in a hands-on graphic design position.

To design; to create content and employ rhetoric synergistically to improve communication; to improve an audience's comprehension; to instruct and teach by visual means.


Experience
Front-End Architect
  U.S. News & World Report, Washington, DC (March 2009-Present)
    Improved and documented Web Developer procedures and processes
    Added new features to custom content management system and improved user productivity
    Implemented redesigns for flagship website (usnews.com), including Money, Health, and Education channels
    Developed custom solutions for managing online media

Designer and Web Manager
  National Crime Prevention Council, Arlington, VA (January 2007-February 2009)
    Redesigned and reorganized websites to improve usability
    Developed online games for children's website (McGruff.org)
    Designed custom content management system for flagship website (NCPC.org)
    Developed new web services, including newsletters and user-generated content program
    Created site strategies for web properties, developed project schedule, and managed web team in execution of strategies on schedule
    Designed publications for print and online distribution

Graphic Designer/Production Artist
  American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC (May 2005-December 2006)
    Created artwork for test questions
    Designed templates and implemented layouts for test form consistency
    Documented procedures and trained other employees in departmental processes
    Performed quality control on variable print runs
    Automated procedures to improve efficiency

Graphic Designer/Marketing Coordinator/Web Developer
  Plum Grove Printers, Hoffman Estates, IL (February 2003-March 2005)
    Designed corporate sell sheets and brochures which promoted sales
    Created signage and displays for exhibit booths and seminars
    Designed and managed ePlum (monthly electronic newsletter) from first issue
    Wrote press releases, advertorials, and website content which portrayed knowledge and experience
    Designed client postcards, business cards, and brochures
    Printed client pieces on digital presses
    Implemented variable data printing workflow and produced personalized mailers

Designer/Information Services Specialist
  Carnegie Mellon University Business Services, Pittsburgh, PA (June 2001-January 2003)
    Created signs and advertisements for use in retail stores
    Designed water bottle label for Entropy, the campus convenience store
    Redesigned websites for Retail Services, Dining Services, and Parking Services


Computing
Platforms: PC, Macintosh, and Linux
Applications: QuarkXPress, Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel, and Access
Programming: [X]HTML, Javascript, Applescript, CSS and CSS2, XML and XSLT, PHP, and Python


Education
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2001
  Communication Design, Minor in English
  Concentration in Professional & Technical Writing
  University Honors (3.63 GPA)