Erik Tamplin :.	.:

		Skills Thirteen years of experience managing, planning, designing, and developing websites, CD-ROMs, Kiosks, and television media. Highly skilled at integrating media content for delivery over the Web, CD-ROM, DVD, and broadband mediums. Excellent team and client communication skills with a solid understanding of the entire project process, from conception to completion. Core development tools: Photoshop Fireworks Flash MX Director Homesite    After Effects DVD Studio Pro Compressor / A.pack Sound Edit / Sound Forge Office Scripting languages: Expert HTML DHTML Javascript    CSS Actionscript Lingo Ancillary development tools: Illustrator Lightwave 3d Cleaner    Avid Media Composer Final Cut Pro Debabelizer Proficient on both the Mac and Windows platforms. Education summer 1997 M.S., Interactive and New Communication Technologies Department of Communications Florida State University Tallahassee, FL spring 1996 B.S., Media Production (minor in Film Studies) Department of Communications Florida State University Tallahassee, FL spring 1993 Associate of Arts Northern Virginia Community College Fairfax, VA Work Samples (clicking the thumbnail image will open a new window with more specific details of my role on the project) Websites: coca-cola.com Build of coca-cola.com site launched 06.06.01 Ongoing maintenance of site. reuters.de Build of reuters.de. 3m.com Build of 3m.com - Unitek Dental. opdx.com Build of opdx.com. lightfair.com Build of lightfair.com. Ongoing maintenance of site. (2001, 2002, 2003) CD-ROM's: 'COX Interactive Media HR Orientation' - CD-ROM 'Enforcing Our Tobacco Law' - CD-ROM 'Effective Classroom Management' - CD-ROM 'Florida Forests Forever' - CD-ROM				Experience Independent Web / Media Consultant Muse Digital Media, Inc. (formerly erik tamplin digital media, inc.) July '96 - Present Produced hundreds of award-winning CD-ROM's and websites. Managed numerous teams of independent developers, designers, video and audio technicians, and copywriters. Services include Web Development, DVD and video production services, CD-ROM / Kiosk design and authoring, media consulting, 3D imaging and animation. Managed all administrative tasks including project budgeting, overhead, and outsourcing. Client Work: Florida Education Association Florida State University AMC Inc. (lightfair.com) em2 Design Edison International Homes & Land Publishing Ltd. Florida Cable and Telecommunication Association Hank Madison - Rock Band. Senior Media Production Manager Cingular Wireless Atlanta, GA Feb. '02 - Jan. '04 Managed and implemented the upgraded platform for all Business Sales content on the Cingular Intranet. Set internal best practice conventions and trained nation-wide content managers on the usage of the CMS. Primary intranet technical contact for the Proposal and Response Center. Worked with designers and content managers to provide timely, mission-critical internal resources for the field. Site Manager Agency.com Atlanta, GA Sept. '00 - Dec. '01 Managing Site Builder / Designer for an international interactive consultancy firm. Responsibilities include: Managing a staff of Site Builders, overseeing the production process from conception to completion, managing client expectations, researching and testing new technologies, and defining / developing new business opportunities. Client Work: Coca-Cola.com USBank.com Reuters.de 3M.com DirecTV.com GMAC OPDX.com Producer COX Interactive Media Atlanta, GA July '99 - Sept. '00 Produced the CIM HR Orientation CD-ROM that is currently utilized to educate all new hires of the benefits, practices, and goals of CIM. Coordinated and executed each aspect of the project - interface design, programming, video production, voice-over production, copywriting, launch, and post launch support. Designed and developed numerous ad banner campaigns and microsites. Spearheaded a richmedia research initiative to enhance banner ad click-throughs (audio banners, video banners, and voice-over enabled websites). Mentored junior staff by educating them in the areas of client interaction, production guidelines and techniques, and by teaching HTML / richmedia seminars. Client Work: Colgate Palmolive General Motors Rich's Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Lowes Senior Media Developer Florida Center for Interactive Media Tallahassee, FL '97-'98 Hired and managed a team of four production artists and programmers. Conceptualized and implemented guidelines for the production of interactive educational media. Specified all hardware and software for the creation of a turnkey interactive media studio. Assistant Avid Editor / Audio Engineer Deyo-Lanier Media, Inc. Tallahassee, FL '96-'97 Audio / Video digitization - Saucony's Running and Racing (ESPN). Traveled extensively as a location audio engineer. Studio / Location set design and lighting. Client Work: CBS Evening News ESPN College Gameday Inside Edition American Journal Comedy Central - The Daily Show Speedvision Graphic Artist Seminole Productions / Sunshine Network Tallahassee, FL '95-'96 Graphic design and layout for broadcast television. 3d modeling and animation for educational television and sports coverage. Awards Gold Addy Award - Florida Forests Forever CD-ROM - Tallahassee Advertising Federation Davis Productivity Award - Florida Forests Forever CD-ROM - State of Florida Taxwatch Davis Productivity Award - Enforcing Our Tobacco Law - State of Florida Taxwatch Misc. EM2Design.com - featured on Netdiver as an 'Outstanding Concept'. "Merely looking good is not sufficient: the site must also have a great concept, interface design and be interesting to navigate as well as great content and copy." Effective Classroom Management - CD-ROM- featured in Interactive Teacher magazine. (Volume 3, Number 4) The Diffusion of Innvovation: The Fortune 100 and the Internet A Fortune 100 Web Site Content Analysis Erik Tamplin, Jim Marchwick, and Cortney Wanca Florida State University Dept. of Communication Spring, 1997

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