Aillen Taylor

1993-1995 Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Arts Dover, NJ Certificates of completion
1990-1992 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC

Professional and creative, with an eye for detail and a flair for clean, minimalist design.
Broad knowledge of print and electronic media production and techniques.
Collaborative team player who thrives in fast-paced environment.

Created dozens of websites for small, medium and large businesses.
Consulted for non-profit organizations regarding their web presence and how to further their impact on their community.
Engineered many successful campaigns that brought the company high placement in the major search engines such as Google and Yahoo.
Worked in teams and as a solo programmer.

Achieved and maintained a position in the top five listings on Google, Yahoo, and MSN search engines
for searches of all major product lines and store category.
Performed weekly content updates to highlight new products and scheduled in-store events.
Generated HTML email blasts showcasing new products, events and pre-release reviews of new items.
Conducted successful Google Ad campaigns, measured by a marked increases in web hits and store traffic.
Resolve technical issues related to all hardware and software components
Perform pro-active/routine maintenance on PC hardware and peripherals
Design, implement, and support of network infrastructure
Research and resolve technical issues between POS and local/remote servers
Manage remote web servers for data storage and backups

Responsible for website creation and maintenance from concept through execution.
Performed updates and expansions to site and database as inventory grew from 1200 to 5000 titles.
Designed all advertising material for print media.
Managed remote servers for data storage and backups.
Configured remote Windows server settings and administered email accounts.
Research and implement software packages that increase user productivity
Specialize in O/S and data recovery

Updated 5,000 web pages for submission to the department's national database as part of a major ColdFusion database redesign.
Affixed CSS coding to the website and prepared the site for XML coding.
Edited, resized, and reformatted 10,000 photographs.

Deploy 1000 Toshiba laptops for the Cisco Systems RTP Campus.
Replace motherboards in Toshiba and Dell laptops.
Remedy connectivity issues with network printers and copiers.
Provide phone/email support for Cisco internal customers on a enterprise level.
Configure user access for three different networks: Windows 2000, Nortel and NT.
Assist with the wiring of the network infrastructure for Cisco RTP campus.
Introduce new server hardware and disk arrays at the local campus.

Layout artist for Car Trader Magazine in New Jersey.
Freelance storyboard artist for various advertising companies.
Freelance Graphic Artist for Coupon Heaven.
Freelance illustrator for Wizards of The Coast, West End Games, Pinnacle Entertainment, Hog’s Head
Publishing, Dragon Magazine, Inquest Magazine, Wizards Magazine, FASA, Dining Room Games, Mongoose Publishing, Hero Games and TSR.