Adam Jay Hutton

2710 South Veitch Street • Apartment 202 • Arlington, VA 22206

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

Technology

Platforms

Macintosh, Windows, and Linux

Applications

Adobe Creative Suite products, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office products

Programming

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, PHP, XML/XSLT, and AppleScript

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)