Jeffrey Alan Melton
P.O. Box 10231
Fort Wayne, IN 46851-0231
USA

More than 10 years professional experience, specializing in interaction design, visual and marketing communications and strategic web development

• Focus on bridging business strategy and design
• Unified print and internet marketing communications
• Creative art direction, contemporary graphic design and a clean production style
• Emphasis on website accessibility, credibility, desirability, findability and usability through current best practices and web standards

Areas of expertise:

Interaction design, information architecture and strategic website development; daily Windows and Mac OS X use of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), Macromedia Studio MX (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand), and QuarkXpress; dynamic database programming using LAMP (Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP); video editing and motion graphics; digital audio editing, synthesis and music production.

Professional Experience:

Marketing Specialist, Creative Services
Indiana Tech (Indiana Institute of Technology)
November, 2006–present
Member of University & College Designers Association

Owner
Melton Design
1994–present
Independent design and media arts

Senior Visual Designer, Web Development and Marketing Specialist
Emley Design Group
June, 2000–November 2006
Directed and designed original marketing communications for a wide variety of companies and organizations, including: identity materials and logos/logotypes, advertising campaigns, catalogs, newsletters, mailers, flyers, ad layouts, vector artwork, photo-illustrations, photo direction. Developed, designed and produced website strategy, scope, structure, graphics and navigation, including dynamic, database-driven applications.

Graphic Designer and Illustrator
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
November, 1999–June, 2000
Designed page layouts for news, editorial and features sections; produced original illustrations, maps and info-graphics for daily newspaper deadlines.

Senior Design and Print Specialist
Fort Wayne Newspapers, Advertising
1998–November, 1999
Designed full-color, spot-color and B&W commercial print pieces; pre-flighted projects for outside printing; Designed web Index Listings; Assisted with new product development; supervised & trained pre-press designers, provided hardware & software support for department; reviewed & recommended hardware and software needs & purchases; maintained ad storage archives.
Graphic Artist
March, 1995–1998
Designed original national, retail and classified ads under daily deadlines; prepared, camera-ready and electronic ad material.

Prior work history includes more than six years in retail and customer service

Education:

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Indiana University (IPFW)
1988–1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a double major in computer graphics/design and painting/mixed media

Continuing

2004–present

• Extensive reading and research in a variety of disciplines

2003

• HITS: Humans, Interaction, Technology, Strategy Conference Attendee, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology.
• Presenting Data and Information Course Attendee, by Edward Tufte.

2002

• About, With and For Conference Attendee, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Recent Community Involvement:

Design and Marketing Contributor
Young Leaders of Northeast Indiana (YLNI)
March 2005–March 2006

Volunteer
Northeast Indiana Public Radio (NIPR)
April 2004–April 2005

Member, Creative 100
Memphis Manifesto Summit
May 2003
Helped draft and sign the Memphis Manifesto, a declaration on the importance of creativity in our culture.

Volunteer
CreativeFortWayne.net
January 2003–November 2006
Website administration, design and content management

Personal Interests:

Media arts; classic film and vintage music; typography; travel; cooking; reading; thrifting; yoga.

References and Portfolio Available Upon Request