Resume - househeaddesign

MIKE SCHULER
2599 Oak Drive
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651.795.8653
mike_schuler@hotmail.com
www.househeaddesign.com
My passion and career is built around my love of art and how to use it in digital and visual communication.
Work Experience
Graphic Designer & Web Developer
Active Sports Inc., St. Paul
June 2007 - Present
• Design and pagination of 6 catalogs per year with international distribution of 800,000 copies.
• Created half page, full page and two page spread advertisements for a varity of magazines like Alliance
Wakeboarding, Wakeboard Mag, Transworld Snowboarding, Snowboard Mag, Snowboarder, Skiing Mag and
Powder.
• Produced custom cut vinyl for team riders and select customers. Also produced retail signage, (ex. store
hours and product signage).
• Product design for The House Boardshop and affiliated brands. Products include Snowboards, Skis, Skateboard, Bikes, T-Shirts and Hoodies.
• eCommerce web store layout design and coding for Djs Boardshop on eBay and Amazon, with 50,000+
prodcts and an annual sale of over $10 million. Also produced layout design and coding for djsboardshop.com.
• Lead designer and web programmer of framedbikes.com using a bare bones WordPress interface with PHP
templates.
• Project site management on eCommerce web stores, djsboardshop.com and framedbikes.com.
• Collaborated with management to ensure that company needs were reflected in marketing materials.
Pre-Press Editor
Vomela Specialty Company, St. Paul
September 2001 - June 2007
• Project lead for large scale graphic installation for Time Square Toys”R”Us store. Created solution for graphic
print production and installation.
• Reproduced customer art as vector artwork for large scale print, (ex. store signage, car wraps, windows).
• Pre-press file preparation for cut vinyl, digital and screen print.
• Image restoration and color correction to customer supplied artwork.
Production Artist & eCommerce Product Producer
iPrint Inc., Stillwater
September 2000 - August 2001
• Created product stationary templates for web. As one of iPrints main customers, the Detroit Lions were able
to order custom business cards, letterheads and other stationary.
• Prepared customer-created files for print by means of print requirements like bleed, color correction and
proper layouts.
• Reproduced vector artwork from low resolution files for print.
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MIKE SCHULER
2599 Oak Drive
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651.795.8653
mike_schuler@hotmail.com
www.househeaddesign.com
My passion and career is built around my love of art and how to use it in digital and visual communication.
Computer Skills
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• Wordpress Administration
• Wordpress Plugin Modification
• Wordpress Template Design & Management
• Liquid Language by Shopify
• Channel Advisor
• Aspdotnet Storefront
• VE LXi Master Plus 8.0v3 (Vinyl Express)
• Serendipity
• Esko Backstage
• Mac & PC Formats
• Microsoft VSS
• Proprietary Product & Web Development Tools
Education
St. Paul College
St. Paul, MN
Diploma in Graphic Design
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MIKE SCHULER
2599 Oak Drive
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651.795.8653
mike_schuler@hotmail.com
www.househeaddesign.com
My passion and career is built around my love of art and how to use it in digital and visual communication.
References
Davin Johnson, Online Marketplaces
Manager
Active Sports Inc.
651.491.7491
Mr. Johnson manages Active Sports eBay and eCommerce
stores. He can talk about how I’m able pick up new skills
quickly. I created multiple websites for Mr. Johnson.
John Vilsack, Chief Technology Officer
GWC Life, LLC
612.999.4085
Mr Vilsack can explain my ability as a Web Developer to
pick up and learn new programming languages quickly.
Jon Cernohous, VP of Operations
Active Sports Inc.
651.491.7491
As the main product purchaser for the company, Mr. Cernohous provides direction for all advertisements and delegates other key projects for the company.
Kristeen Jacks, Production Manager
Vomela Specialty Company
651.228.2711
Ms. Jacks can provide a collaborative view of my computer
skills, my attention to detail and my ability to provide print
friendly files for production.
Cheryl Frenette, Regional Sales
Manager
Vomela Specialty Company
651.998.1117
As the sales manager for the Toys“R”Us project, Cheryl
Frenette can explain my ability to handle large projects and
meet clients expectations.
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