Rick Dickinson
1 4th Avenue Longmont, CO 80501	303.774.0527 rick@R-n-R.org
high-tech work experience | environmental work experience | publications | skills & proficiencies | education
h i g h – t e c h   w o r k   e x p e r i e n c e
DIGITAL & PRINT MARKETING MANAGER QuickPen International, Englewood, CO, September 1999 - Present QuickPen develops software solutions for the construction industry. Developed new marketing direction and messaging. Proposed and implemented logo redesign. Developed Web strategy including site structure, message, and interactivity, and managed redesign of corporate website. Conducted successful search engine optimization campaign. Write and update all website content. Write and manage production of marketing materials including brochures, direct mail, newsletters, blast faxes, e-mail, and trade magazine ads. Write articles for trade magazines. Script, direct, narrate and produce multimedia video presentations. www.QuickPen.com
WEB CONTENT EDITOR Contract Assignment Microsoft, Inc., Redmond, WA, October 1998 - August 1999 Windows Media Technologies is Microsoft's streaming and digital media solution. Developed information design for three Windows Media Technologies Web sites and managed initial redesign process. Wrote and edited copy for the sites and managed all editorial and content issues surrounding re-launch of two Web sites. Performed all production work for day-to-day maintenance and updates of sites. Windows Media Technologies
PROJECT MANAGER Bluewave Limited, London, UK, December 1997 - September 1998 Bluewave, the largest independent Web design agency in the UK, was also recognized as one of the best. Project managed the development of corporate websites from start to launch. Developed Web strategies including site structure, message, and interactivity. Wrote site copy for clients including Reebok Europe and Research International. Companies for which I developed Web presences include: Energis Willis Fairview New Homes
PRODUCER Contract Assignment Microsoft, Inc., Redmond, WA, January 1997 - June 1997 NetShow (now Windows Media Technologies) is Microsoft's streaming multimedia creation and delivery software package. Produced multimedia presentations to highlight the capabilities of NetShow technology. Wrote documentation detailing NetShow audio production methods. Compiled and edited an extensive glossary of NetShow and Internet multimedia terms. Performed extensive audio codec tests with NetShow. Performed voice-over duties for NetShow tutorials and other multimedia presentations.
HTML BUILDER, CGI PROGRAMMER Free Range Media, Seattle, WA, January 1996 - December 1996 Free Range Media was an early leader in Web site design. Designed and created World Wide Web sites for Fortune 1000 companies. Worked with graphic artists to achieve complex page design requirements. Used Perl to write CGI scripts. Created and edited graphic files.
WRITER, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Free Range Media, Seattle, WA, June 1995 - January 1996 Researched topics and wrote articles for book to be published online and in print. Edited other writers, overseeing content revision. Sought out previously published material, contacted agents and authors, and brokered contracts for reprinting. Cleared legality and copyright issues.
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VOLUNTEER MARKETING CONSULTANT/WRITER Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project, Boulder, CO, May - July 2003 SREP is a conservation biology non-profit working to protect and restore large, contiguous habitat networks in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion. Developed top-level marketing messaging. Concepted, wrote and managed creation of brochure. Helped plan and promote fund-raising event. Consulted on website architecture and design.
ROADLESS AREA SURVEYOR Colorado Environmental Coalition, Denver, CO, September/October 2000, September/October 1999 Performed detailed boundary surveys of proposed Colorado wilderness areas, documenting all man-made routes and improvements with photos and notes.
VOLUNTEER WRITER Colorado Environmental Coalition/Colorado Mountain Club, Denver, CO, February 2000 CEC is spearheading the effort to map, document, and protect proposed wilderness areas in Colorado. Developed marketing direction and wrote copy for CEC Mapping Project brochure intended to recruit volunteers to conduct Wilderness Characteristics Surveys.
p u b l i c a t i o n s
SNIPS MAGAZINE July 2005: "Taking the Plunge," article on Klebs, Alaskan construction company.
HOOKED ON THE OUTDOORS MAGAZINE April 2003: "Outback: Wyoming," article on Wyoming's Red Desert. September 2002: "Hike the Niagara," article on Ontario province's Bruce Trail. July 2002: "For the Birds," article on Arizona's Mt. Wrightson Wilderness Area; "Southwest Summer Camps for Grownups," short article. May 2002: "Running the Canadian Shield," article on canoeing northern Saskatchewan.
PLUMBING & MECHANICAL MAGAZINE January 2003: "How to Choose and Implement Cost-Estimating Technology," ghostwritten article. September 2002: "Turn Estimating Software into a Project Management Tool," ghostwritten article.
s k i l l s   &   p r o f i c i e n c i e s
WRITING, EDITING Web and print marketing content, magazine articles, press releases, and multimedia scripts. Experience editing online, book, and newspaper content. Microsoft Word.
WEB DEVELOPMENT Complex web site and web page design using HTML, ASP, and Javascript. Macromedia HomeSite.
GRAPHICS Creation and manipulation of graphic files for Web use, including GIF87, GIF89a and JPEG. Adobe Photoshop.
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION Recording, capturing, editing and compression of audio and video. Creation and synchronization of graphics, video and audio. Voice-over work. Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Macromedia Flash, Sorenson Squeeze.
e d u c a t i o n
BACHELOR OF ARTS, ENGLISH, GENERAL HONORS PROGRAM Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, 1992
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