Steve Parker

About Steve Parker

I have enjoyed a wide range of experience based on my marketing, visual communications, and leadership abilities. Having worked in a variety of industries, I am now matching available job opportunities with open positions in firms nation-wide. I am also using my background with own firm, SEPia Creative performing freelance graphic work. Previously, that experience has been as Visual Communications Director for a leading construction consulting firm and Lead Designer for a Big Four professional services firm. I have also held positions as a legal assistant, marketing manager, administrative analyst, and college admissions counselor. I specialize in analyzing complex information and determining the most effective way to present that information to a wide range of audiences. Peer groups, employers, and the Texas State Legislature have recognized and awarded my abilities. My skill set also includes brand management, interactive strategy, and visual communications. I have worked in the global energy and utilities, engineering and construction, financial services, health care, education, marketing, technology, software development, higher education, and legal fields. Specialties: Marketing, Graphic Design, SEO/SEM, Social Media, Interactive Strategy, Demonstrative Evidence, Litigation Graphic Support. Through progressive positions in civic involvement, I currently serve as the president of the Greater Eastwood, Lawndale & Wayside Super Neighborhood Co-councils representing about residents in Houston’s historic East End. I have served or am serving on city-wide committees focusing on development, redevelopment and flooding; street construction, maintenance, and drainage; neighborhood preservation, developing the city plan; expanding and refining the bike network; developing a strategic vision for the East End; and on beautification, litter reduction, and recycling education. I have also moderated large group meetings and been involved in community development.

Experience

1. Cistern Attendant

   Buffalo Bayou Partnership

   Jan 2025 — Present

   The Buffalo Bayou Partnership is the non-profit organization that is revitalizing and transforming Buffalo Bayou, Houston\'s most significant natural resource. The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern is a historic decommissioned underground water reservoir open to the public for tours along it\'s quarter-mile pathway to view the amazing reflection of the 221 columns on the water. I provide tours of the facility as well as providing other visitor services the park.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Architecture

  1978 — 1979

• University of Houston

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

  1979 — 1987

• University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

  BBA

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• Social Networking
• Blogging
• Graphic Design
• Brochures
• Graphics
• Page Layout
• Marketing Communications
• Training
• Online Marketing
• Brand Management
• Branding & Identity
• Marketing
• Email Marketing
• Brand Development
• Art Direction
• Trade Shows
• Social Media
• Interactive Marketing
• Management
• Creative Direction
• Customer Service
• Newsletters
• Corporate Branding
• Public Speaking
• Photography
• Advertising
• Leadership
• Event Planning
• Social Media Marketing
• Visual Communication
• Public Relations