Derek Walker is a digital media specialist with over 16 years of experience in design, video production, and digital content creation. He currently works as a video production specialist for the City of Everett, where he shoots and edits promotional videos. He also owns his own digital media design business, where he provides services such as website design, branding, and social media content creation for small businesses. Walker has a Master's degree in Digital Media and backgrounds in graphic design, public relations, and the ski industry.

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DEREK WALKER (425)
243-­‐7825
DIGITAL MEDIA SPECIALIST derek@derekjwalker.com
http://www.derekjwalker.com
Summary Highly creative digital media design professional with over 16 years experience
creating and producing marketing materials for print and the web. Skilled producer
and manager of all types of digital content with strong communication, leadership
and technical skills. Additional experience in brand management and multimedia
story telling through video production and distribution. Excellent written and
verbal communicator with public relations experience including writing press
releases and media list creation and maintenance.
Experience
City of Everett – Video Production Specialist 08/01/2011
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♦ Shoot, edit and distribute promotional videos for various attractions Present
and activities in the Everett area for The Everett Channel.
♦ Assist in producing in-house studio programs and remote location
recording of special events.
Derek J. Walker Digital Media Design - Digital Media Specialist 2003 - Present
♦ Develop and maintain brand identities for small businesses.
♦ Design websites, blogs, e-blasts, brochures, newsletters, business cards,
etc. for start-ups and small businesses.
♦ Edit, organize and manage content for websites, brochures, and
newsletters.
♦ Design and distribute electronic newsletters and brochures through
established email databases.
♦ Content creation for websites, blogs, social media networks and video.
Accenture Learning Center - Media Analyst 2006 - 2009
♦ Contracted to design and produce web graphics and Flash animations
for distribution in training websites for companies such as Avaya,
PE&G, Washington Mutual, and others.
♦ Collaborated with Instructional Design leads to analyze media needs on
a per project basis.
♦ Maintained brand integrity and consistency by researching and
complying with established guidelines and standards for each respective
client.
Coldwell Banker Commercial - Graphic Designer / Web Designer / Marketing 1998 - 2002
♦ Managed the design, production and distribution of all marketing
materials for over 30 brokers.
♦ Developed, designed and maintained company web site.
♦ Coordinated with outside vendors to secure ad placement and print
production for all marketing materials.
♦ Gathered, organized and packaged materials for corporate
presentations.
♦ Collected materials and prepared digital presentations for weekly
company status and sales meetings.

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Experience
Stock Imagery - Graphic Designer 1994 – 1997
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♦ Created all in house graphics including advertisements, promotional
pieces, direct mail pieces, and newsletters.
♦ Wrote copy for direct mail pieces, newsletters, and advertisements.
♦ Assisted in production of 300+ page catalog distributed internationally.
♦ Digitized photographic library containing over 100,000 images.
Cataloged images and established descriptive key words for searchable
database.
Education University of Washington 2010 - 2012
Master of Communication in Digital Media
University of Colorado
Bachelor of Arts, Communication
Graduate Certificate in Public Relations
Art Institute of Colorado
Associate of Applied Sciences, Interactive Media Design
Educational Real World Clients
Experience ♦ Developed digital communications strategy for BirdNote, a nonprofit
organization that produces a daily public radio segment.
♦ Produced, edited and presented a multimedia video highlighting key
aspects of the above communications strategy for BirdNote.
♦ Filmed, produced and edited a web video for Pacific Science Center, a
nonprofit organization.
♦ Developed a marketing, branding and digital communication plan for
Deaconess Children’s Services, a nonprofit organization for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Armada Medical Marketing - Public Relations Internship
♦ Wrote press releases, business briefs and content for newsletters.
♦ Developed media lists and assisted in media relations.
♦ Monitored and recorded media hits.
Skills ♦ Adobe Photoshop ♦ Acrobat ♦ Wordpress
♦ Illustrator ♦ Premiere Pro ♦ HTML
♦ InDesign ♦ Microsoft Word ♦ CSS
♦ Flash ♦ PowerPoint ♦ Action Script
♦ Dreamweaver ♦ Excel ♦ Quark XPress
Interests
Skiing, golf, fly fishing, camping, hiking, mountain biking, sailing and the great
outdoors. Worked in the ski industry as a ski patroller, ski instructor and ski
technician. Competed in extreme ski competitions while living in the Roaring
Fork Valley near Aspen, Colorado.