Karen S. Kilroy
273 Vaughn Trail
Akron, OH 44319
[Send email to request phone number] 45-1255
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February, 2008 - present - Web Strategist/Videographer - Nader for President
2008
Web Designer / Producer / Online Promotions / Online fundraiser / Mass Online
Communications / Videographer / Video Editor for Ralph Nader's 2008 Presidential
Campaign.
Sites: http://www.votenader.org and http://www.youtube.com/votenader08
I am a member of a small web team on the national campaign staff and have
performed a wide variety of functions during my time with the campaign. In the
early days of the campaign, I was primarily responsible for maintaining pages on
the web site, posting blogs, and sending out mass html email communications to a
list of over 50,000 people. I also establilshed and designed the campaign's
presence on social networks, including MySpace, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
As the campaign moved forward, priority status was given to YouTube. I was then
moved to full-time video responsbilities, which include managing the YouTube
site, creating original works from archived material, creating original music
videos for the campaign, creating original videos of the candidate from material
that I shot using professional-quality video equipment, and creating an original
interactive YouTube video scripted jointly with Ralph Nader. During my time
creating videos for the campaign, I have created approximately original 65 videos
and will continue to create new videos from now until the November 4 election.
Also of note, our YouTube channel views started at zero in February, and now top
one million.
The web team that I am a member of has raised approximately $3 million online
for Ralph Nader since he announced his candidacy in February, 2008.
On the campaign I use the Adobe suite of products, including Dreamweaver, Flash,
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. Our
web site is done in the CMS Bricolage.
2002 - February, 2008 - Independent web consultant
As of December, 2007 - Webmaster/ Designer / Producer / Online Promotions /
Videographer for a variety of websites, including:
DemocracyRising.US - http://democracyrising.us (news/community)
Voices and Choices - http://www.voicechoices.org (news/community
Campaign for a New Ohio - http://campaignohio.org (news/community)
Span Ohio - http://spanohio.org (news/community)
Kent May 4 Center - http://may4.org (news/blog/historical archive)
Alan Canfora - http://alancanfora.com (news/blog/historical archive)
Kevin Zeese - http://kevinzeese.com (political candidate)
Justice Strategies http://justicestrategies.org (prison system
watchdog)
- Cleveland International Records - http://clevelandintl.com (e-commerce)
- One American Against Sony Music - http://oneamericanagainstsonymusic.com
(blog)
I oversee many aspects of the content and technical infrastructure of my
customers sites, including selection of e-commerce tools, branding, site look
and feel, artwork, photography, creative writing, encoding and service of audio
and video clips, actual coding of the site, selection of complimentary tools,
site promotion using opt-in lists and mass e-mailings, and assistance with
setting up and supporting email accounts. I have worked with lists as large as
80,000 opted-in recipients.
To accomplish this, I have performed web development using the Macromedia suite
of products, including website maintenance using Macromedia Dreamweaver, web
graphic editing (including animation) using Macromedia Fireworks; production of
Shockwave files using Macromedia Flash; Digital photography; video production
tools such as Final Cut, iMovie and Adobe Premiere; conversion of various audio
sources to digital formats; setup and maintenance of web server, familiarity with
domain registration and transfer issues, general troubleshooting. I regularly
develop web forms and databases using php and MySQL. I am proficient in html and
can code by hand if needed. I am also proficient in Photoshop.
Using Open Source/Free Software consisting of php modules and MySQL databases, I
have set up custom electronic online communities including chat servers and
discussion databases, blogs, content management systems, classified ads, photo
galleries, e-cards, incoming and outgoing RSS feeds, and more.
I am presently focusing on Drupal and Mambo CMS implementations and converting
existing websites into Drupal or Mambo CMS, and enhancing Drupal and Mambo with
community tools.
2004 - February, 2008 - Videographer / Video editor
I have conceptualized, written, produced and directed various music videos. Most
recently I produced and directed a mini-documentary on the Dragon Dream Team, a
breast cancer survivor dragon boat crew. I am near completion on editing a
full-length feature movie for another director.
I have a video studio in-house and regularly make videos using Final Cut on the
Mac. The videos I made have been watched hundreds of thousands of times online
and have been shown on national television. My work has been accepted into the
Cleveland International Film Festival as well as many other festivals.
I am also proficient in creating DVDs.
June 1, 2003 - May 31, 2004 - Webmaster/National Technology Coordinator,
Kucinich for President campaign
As Webmaster for a "grass roots" national presidential campaign, I was exposed
to a very wide variety of duties. We were operating a full scale national
presidential campaign on a very low budget, which requires being highly creative
in the use of our limited resources. The position required extensive hours, some
hours were worked in the Cleveland headquarters; most hours were worked from my
home office in Akron, Ohio.
My duties included:
Production direction of various campaign videos. Occasionally traveled with
candidate as staff videographer.
Bottom line accountability for the appearance and content of the website,
kucinich.us
Coordination of the web team which includes web developers, virtual outreach
personnel, multimedia experts, and graphic artists, both employees and
volunteers.
Managed and was responsible for 80,000+ person email list, and routinely wrote
correspondence to this list
Hands on graphic design of many website elements - supervision of the overall
look and feel of the site.
Photo retouching of photos to be used by the media and to be viewed by the
general public & digital photography of the candidate.
Interfacing directly with the campaign manager, the candidate, and the finance
director to plan and execute online fundraising efforts. We raised more than $3
million in online contributions, most in contributions of $100 or less. My
"Adopt-An-Intern" idea alone paid for a steady supply of campaign interns which
were a large part of our workforce.
Interfacing directly on a continual basis with campaign media experts such as
former MSNBC correspondent Jeff Cohen and activist David Swanson to make sure
their communications were expeditiously distributed online by publishing them on
the web and by working with them to create and send mass emails.
Creation of a campaign store and marketing of campaign items in the store.
Light php, heavy html using Dreamweaver
Manage/troubleshoot Blackberry units
See the addendum to this resume for more details specific to my presidential
campaign experience.
1991 - 2002 - President / Lotus Notes Administrator, Data Now Corporation
As a Lotus Premium Business Partner, Data Now provided Lotus Notes/Domino
application development, administrative support, and technical training to its
customers. While at Data Now, my responsibilities included:
Management and support of a high-level Lotus Notes technical team. This team,
mostly comprised of Certified Lotus Professionals, provided administration,
development, support services to Data Now's customers.
Management and support of administrative and sales team that provided internal
support to Data Now.
Primary Data Now Lotus Notes Administrator and Webmaster, supporting remote
workers using a variety of connection / replication methods
Support of variety of Lotus Notes / Domino server versions (3.x to 5.x) on a
variety of platforms including Linux, OS/2, and Windows NT.
Support of e-mail environment for Data Now, including troubleshooting of mail
flow and SMTP problems
Support of a variety of handheld devices (Palm and Windows CE) for Data Now's
employees and customers, including the use of Easy Sync
Support of Lotus Notes / Domino remote servers
led Data Now's internal upgrades from one version of Lotus Domino to the next,
including R 4.5X to R 5.X
Conducted formal training for several thousand people who use Lotus Notes /
Domino in their daily jobs (various Data Now customers over the years)
Provided technical services to Data Now customers, including troubleshooting
of Lotus Notes / Domino servers, specializing in troubleshooting "hard-to-handle"
Lotus Notes / Domino problems
Gave many presentations, both private and public, on Lotus Notes / Domino and
how to use it to enhance workflow
Among Data Now's customers were Bayer Corporation, Bridgestone / Firestone,
FedEx, Credit General Financial Corporation, Hitchcock Fleming and Associates
advertising, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, and more.
1984-1991 - CIGNA Corporation - Office Manager / Administrative and Technical
Services
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Certifications: OS/2 Certified Engineer / Instructor, Certified Lotus Notes
Administrator, R4, Private Pilot Single Engine/Land, U.S. Rowing Level I
Certified Coach
Other Recognition - Data Now Corporation was frequently recognized for both its
technology innovations and its work-at-home virtual office strategy. Data Now was
a two-time Lotus Beacon Award finalist in 1998 and 1999; Crain's Cleveland
Business, Technology Leader, 1999 - Working Woman Magazine, Business Woman of the
Year, 1999 (regional "innovation" winner, 1st runner-up nationally overall);
Winner 1999 Anthem / Blue Cross NE Ohio Innovator's Award, featured in Ladies
Home Journal in 1999 as a business innovator for implementation of a company-wide
virtual office. Coach/Steersperson for the Dragon Dream Team, Ohio's first Breast
Cancer Survivor dragon boat crew. (A 10-minute video that I made about the team
is available at http://www.dragondreamteam.org).
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