mail: ctoke@colintoke.com
Phone: 216-236-3539
1585 Marlowe Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107
Seeking a challenging and rewarding position in a company that will utilize my education, training and experience, as well as provide opportunities for career advancement. I have over 13 years experience working in the online news and information field. I posses solid communication and interpersonal skills. I am assertive and dependable with excellent time management and organizational skills. I am a management leader and team player with strong creative and analytical abilities.
June 2009 – Present
Community Content Manager
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Development and implementation of public and civic outreach programs.
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Integration and publishing of third party and user provided content.
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Management of key content and affiliate partnerships.
September 2005 – Present
Associate Managing Editor
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Joint management of 5 member editorial staff
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Overseeing assignments for freelance community photographers and stringers.
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Content display decisions for homepage, top level sections, and other site pages.
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Project management for new top tier sections, CMS, and feature additions to site.
July 2000 – Present
Technical Manager
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Installation & upkeep of staff workstations, company equipment & network architecture.
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Research, development, and implementation of all streaming technologies used.
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Development, implementation of content templates, graphics, code, & content guidelines.
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Responsible for local compliance with corporate standards for web development and equipment standards.
Other Previous Experience
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Senior programmer, Junior designer, Senior content coder.
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Network architecture designer, Lead researcher of Internet technologies.
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Manager of 6 member technical and design staff.
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2011: Hyper-local initiative cleveland.com: Development & launch of 16 in-depth community sections. Coordination of civic & resident content contributions. Management of key content outreach programs.
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2010: LeBron & The Decision: Coordination of live local reaction to LeBron James’ ESPN special, including implementation of a live web stream from Lakewood Ohio’s Winking Lizard resulting in over 70,000 views in a 7 hour period.
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2009 & 1997: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies : Live coverage of Cleveland hosted ceremonies. Coordination of live editorial reporting, live event streaming and multimedia coverage.
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2005: Hurricane Katrina: Remote support provided to Nola.com. Updates for Editorial, multimedia and pubic submitted content maintained 24/7 for a 2 week period while staff resources and site offices were reacquired.
Skills
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Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Ubutu, Unix, Linux
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Programs: Office, iWork, iLife, Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut, VideoPier, MPEG Stream Clip, VidBlaster, Homesite, Coda, FTP, and more.
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Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, JavaScript, ASP.
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Streaming Technologies: Quicktime, Windows Media, Flash.
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Other: Search Engine & Social Media Optimization, Advance understanding of best web practices and standards, Knowledge of live audio & video recording, engineering, streaming and post production.
Professional References
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Eliza Wing, President & CCO, Sideways LLC, eliza@sideways.com
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Loren Chylla, Vice President, Media Services, Adcom Comm., lchylla@adcom1.com
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Marcus Brown, Director of IT, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, mbrown@rockhall.org
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Lauren Hansgen, Exec. Dir., Cleveland Artists FDN., LaurenHansgen@clevelandartists.org
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Baldwin Wallace College, B.A., Liberal Arts, Art History, 1996.
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Husband & Father to a lovely wife of 5 years, 3 year old son and 1 year old daughter.
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Freelance web programmer, designer, and creative solutions consultant.
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Professional artist, Gallery owner-operator, Curator, and Art collector.
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Avid cyclist, Import car enthusiast, and Home do-it-yourself-er.
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Technology trends follower, Comic book collector, Audiophile.
