My work experience...
Website designer and photographer
www.timodavis.com
- Consultant researching effects and mitigation of effects of concrete batch plants as well as designing and building websites for various companies.
- Designed, coded and created photography for Alachua Health Services – www.alachuahealthservices.org.
- Currently in final stages of Federal Accountants and Tax Consultants website redesign, www.timodavis.com/dev/fatc
- Maintain weekly news updates for the High Springs Herald news website.
- Completed first level Adobe authorized training for Dreamweaver and Flash.
- Currently serving as the Kanapaha Spring Garden Festival publicity chairman.
New Media Manager
The Gainesville Sun
- Responsible for strategic and tactical planning for newspaper websites.
- Managed a staff of 10 consisting of producers, web designers and interns.
- Member of the evaluation team that selected a group-wide web publishing solution for the New York Times Regional Newspaper chain.
- Managed budgets for development, staffing and web-hosting.
- Primary contact for third party vendors.
- Demonstrated growth in page views moving from 5-6 million page views/month to more than 12-15 million page views/month from 2001 to 2006 for all sites.
- Managed and produced more than 15 complete site redesigns and spin-off site builds.
Editor and Project Manager
100 Years of Gator Football
The Gainesville Sun
Responsible for guiding process of production, editing, marketing, distribution and sales of 100 Years of Gator Football book, a joint project between the University of Florida Athletic Association and the Gainesville Sun.
- Negotiated contracts with printers.
- Negotiated contracts with book distributors.
- Organized workflow and managed production of book.
- Researched and produced historic photographs and artifacts for book.
- Wrote and edited copy as needed.
- Designed and implemented an online distribution and order fulfillment system with third party vendor.
- Coordinated marketing efforts using radio, print, TV and direct mail.
Web Designer and Producer
The Gainesville Sun
Shifted from Photo Department to New Media Department to help revamp and upgrade newspaper websites.
- Learned HTML on the job and coded stories within first week of new position.
- Added a Sports section, message boards, events calendar and movie listings which grew traffic nearly 30% in one year.
- Completely re-coded websites for speed and to facilitate new features.
- Led a team that redesigned GainesvilleSun.com, which resulted in an award for Best Newspaper Website in Florida for newspapers under 100,000 circulation.
- Designed, coded and implemented a redesign for GatorSports.com that resulted in 25% growth in page views.
Photo Editor
The Gainesville Sun
Managed a staff of 9 photojournalists and photojournalism interns and was responsible for all photographs in all sections of the newspaper.
- Established use of digital photography for Sun Photo department.
- Planned daily photo coverage as part of the news department management team.
- Managed a $100,000 budget for equipment and supplies.
- Designed processes for distribution and handling of digital photographs for photographers, page designers, editors and image color correctors.
- Team leader for coverage of national news and sporting events for the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group.
- Created a recruiting program that resulted in internships for more than 100 University of Florida photojournalism students.
Staff Photographer
The Gainesville Sun
Responsible for a full range of photographic assignments including studio, breaking news and major college sports.
- Initiated process of scanning negatives, the first use of computers at The Gainesville Sun photo department.
- Trained staff in use of new equipment and developed processes for handling images.
- Regularly assumed responsibilities of Photo Editor while a junior member of photo department.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Journalism
Specializing in Photojournalism with a minor in English
The University of Florida - 1990
Other training, education and experience:
- Process Mapping training
- Staff photographer for Fleet Street Publishing
- Photo Editor of the Independent Florida Alligator
- Photojournalism internship at The Gainesville Sun
- Photojournalism internship at Patuxent Publishing
- Staff photographer at the Independent Florida Alligator
- Owned a wedding photography business
Awards and Honors:
- 2006 Digital Edge Winner - Best Classified Innovation - Gainesvillelist.com
- 2006 Digital Edge Finalist - Best Design and Site Architecture - GatorSports.com
- 2005 Digital Edge Finalist - Best Design and Site Architecture - Gainesville.com
- 2005 Poynter Institute - Leadership for Online Editors
- 2001 Florida Society of Newspapers Editors - Best Newspaper Website
- 1993 to 2000 managed multiple state and national NPPA photojournalism contest winners
Summary of Qualifications:
- Photography and photo editing
- Personnel management
- Digital assets management
- Project Management
- Book and special section production
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Graphics production
- Print advertising production