Ed Blinn

About Ed Blinn

CORE SKILLS • Video Production & Post-Production • Scriptwriting, Storyboarding & …

Experience

1. Director of Communications & Marketing

   Fort Worth Apartment Association

   Oct 2007 — Present · Hurst, TX, US

   SUMMARYA seasoned communications and marketing professional with experience in corporate, non-profit, and educational businesses; and a graphic designer by trade with experience in photography, writing, editing, publishing, event audio/visual setup, and video editing; also, extensive retail/restaurant management experience.SOFTWARE SKILLSExtensive experience in the following software applications: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, CSS, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Moderate experience with After Effects, MyPHP, JavaScript, Apache Server, and MySQL site integration.Apartment Association of Tarrant County, 10/2007 to presentDirector of Communications & Marketing• Staff liaison for all media inquiries coming into the association.• First First-level IT support for our organization and responsible for overseeing our outsourced IT professionals to ensure all systems are continually operational.• Top-level database manager for our in-house content management system with experience using MyPHP, MS-SQL, Atlas, Weblink, and Novi Systems platforms.• Editor-in-chief of all written content produced within my department, including our online magazine. • Top-level decision-maker for all marketing and communication decisions within the association.• Develop annual marketing and communication plans in collaboration with all departments.• Oversee the creation and production of all photography and video efforts produced within the organization. Architect and designer of a maintenance competition scoring system adopted nationwide and used by all apartment associations across the country. • Architect and designer of a sponsorship auction platform that has ultimately increased our annual sponsor revenue over 300% since its inception.

Education

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  Bachelor of Fine Art, Visual Communications

  1996 — 2000

• Savannah College of Art and Design

  Master of Arts - MA

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Creative Writing
• Art
• Photoshop
• Video Post-Production
• Video Production
• Event Planning
• Email Marketing
• Corporate Identity
• Photography
• Brand Development
• Graphics
• Online Marketing
• Indesign
• Social Media
• Writing
• Marketing Communications
• Editing
• Creative Direction
• Copywriting
• Web Design
• Marketing
• Logo Design
• Videography
• Digital Photography
• Art Direction
• Newsletters
• Video Editing
• College Teaching
• Image Manipulation
• Advertising
• Retouching
• Graphic Design