Professional Skills
I've been doing website management and e-commerce websites as well as design and implementation for over 12 years. I have a strong knowledge of html and design elements. I am also skilled in navigation design and website promotion. I enjoy a challenge and am willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done on a daily basis.
Leadership
I do content and ecommerce, that's what i love to do. I enjoy making users immerse themselves into whatever website that i'm working for. I want them to need to come back to see the coolest and latest stuff. I work well with groups of people to get their goals accomplished, i can take charge and voice my ideas easily.
I was Editor in Chief of MySkateLife.com action sports website. Content included 50+ articles, trick tips and videos. MySkateLife had an online store that I managed and did fulfillment for. I Negotiated contracts for online advertising on skateservice.com and coordinated numerous short videos for websites, vendors and individuals. I also published the Tripod Chronicles DVD with clips being later aired on Fuel TV.
Technical
7+ years of video editing with various programs including Sony Vegas Video, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Video Toaster 2, Adobe Photoshop
6+ years using Macromedia software suite including Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Video for Flash.
Cascading Style Sheets
Search Engine Optimization
PHP programming
E107 Content management system
Web Standards/Browsers
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Adobe Encore DVD
Adobe PDF
Windows media encoder
Quicktime
Cute FTP
WS FTP
Sorenson Squeeze for video compression
On location lighting
On location boom mic sound implementation
Sony DVCam
Canon GL2 video camera
Canon XL1 video camera
Able to Import video using firewire
Internet Explorer
Firefox Browser
Wordpress - blog software
PHPIzabi - community software
PHP COW content management system
Cube Cart
Miva Merchant
Professional Experience
July 2007- Feb 11th 2008
Asylumboardshop.com, Ecommerce Webmaster/ Web manager
My duties include website design, updating team pages, adding news, adding new products, images, writing website copy, prioratize shipping and managing the entire E Commerce website along with managing 1 employee. I am also in charge of developing online media strategies for advertising and marketing. On top of that I am responsible for all vendor communications.
July 2006- July 2007Sponsorhouse.com Oceanside, CA Position: Web Content Manager/ Marketing
My duties included gathering content from our users and outside sources in the action sports and motocross industry. This included editing video, taking pictures, communication with sponsors and athletes and publishing it all in a timely manor. I was also in charge of MySpace promotion and I was the manager of our online promotional street team. I promoted the brand to skateboarders and other action sports athletes. I've successfully gained around 5000 friends on myspace targeted in all action sports.
2005-2006 My Blank Life Network-4 websites Wellsville, NY Position: Owner/Webmaster My duties include maintaining and gathering content for 4 different portals/communities which include skateboarding, snowboarding, gaming and dating.
The Snowboard site and Gamers sites are still in the BETA phase.
MySkateLife had to be taken out of commission because it was a conflict of interest with my new job at SponsorHouse.com . Before it was out of commission it had 5000 + skateboarders signed up for the site.
http://www.myskatelife.com - taken down
http://www.mysnowboardlife.com - in development
http://www.mygamerlife.com - in development
Samples are available upon request.
5/2002 - 2005 SkateService.com Alfred, NY Position: Owner My own magazine site about my favorite past-time. Layout, structure, marketing, images, flash, multimedia enhancements, Video editing, Flash video, adding rider profiles. Skateservice.com has been abandoned and I re-focused my priorities to the MyBlankLife Network of sites.
1/2002 - 6/2006 Peish Video Productions Hornell, NY Industry: Publishing/Broadcasting/Media Position: Post production/ Station manager I utilize Avid, Video Toaster 2 and Adobe Photoshop to edit commercials and loops for UPN23 television station. I have also worked on various websites through the company, examples available upon request.
9/1999 - 2004 Jester.com West Palm Beach Florida Position: Sports Content Editor/web designer My work load consisted of image, content and video creation. I also designed and laid out 3 "core" sports sites for jester.com, each with its own personalities and feel. These sports included Skateboarding, Surfing and Snowboarding. I was in charge of handling tactical management of numerous contributors and finalizing html. More info: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39785,00.html
3/1998 - 8/2000 Smirkmagazine.com Wellsville, NY Position: Owner/CEO i owned this site during the web boom. It was a skateboarding magazine that i solely brought this site to the masses. By the time i sold it, it was averaging about 4500-6000 unique users per day. I took care of all flash,html, and image deployment on the site as well as working with numerous others as contributors.
1995-1998 Swain Ski and snowboard Resort Swain, NY Position: Snowboard Instructor
I have been instructing on and off at Swain every winter for the last 6 or 7 years. I enjoy working with people and helping them overcome obstacles.
Community Involvement 2000- Present
Every summer I hold a festival in Hornell, NY (my hometown park) for the local Skateboarders. I throw a contest for the skateboarders to compete in, prize drawings, raffles, music, food and drinks. I coordinate music, marketing, web presence and teams. I do all of this in my spare time and think it’s my way of giving back to the community that has supported me for so many years
2006/NY I donated time at my local skatepark every Sunday to help kids grow a love for skateboarding. I teach them tricks, tips and proper usage of pads and the park. I oversee 5-15 beginners.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Wil Waldon