EDITORIAL DIRECTOR APPLICATION
RICHARD BURTON - COVER LETTER My name is Richard Burton I posses technical expertise, creative abilities, and experience managing both writers and projects, I have also wrote for magazines and blogs alike, implementing style and quality to convey the proper visual ton for readers and viewers. In addition, I have worked closely with several writing platforms and graphic design software. As a freelance designer and a professional IT Technician I have dealt with various clients from a range of cultures and demographics. Experience has taught me how to build strong relationships with people and provide quality work in a timely fashion. I have the ability to work within a team as well as cross-teams. I am a currently a Freelance Graphic design and web designer, I have a passion for art, typography and design on a whole. Music is one of the things I cannot live without and I follow several genres closely. Electronic and Dubstep are at the forefront then Hip hop and R&B are secondary. I am also a prominent behind the scenes figure in the ever expanding battle rap community. Furthermore, I am interested in Film, motion graphics and gaming. I believe everything is art and I love to learn about new lifestyle cultures in my spare time. I would like to say I am eccentric and analytical and I would like an opportunity to change the world on any level.
REQUIREMENT – A candidate with an understanding of the competitive landscape and a keen sense of what breaks through these markets in order to boost visibility
I provide 4 years of digital music and entertainment experience, which includes: Digital Magazine Development, Online music promotion, Web radio casting, Hip hop event streaming, Artist Booking and management, Event planning, brand development. Blogging, and Digital Advertizing References https://www.facebook.com/Mechstudios https://www.facebook.com/battlerapdigital http://issuu.com/supermodelinc http://issuu.com/viimagazine
Worked for http://urltv.tv/ http://grindtimenow.net/ http://www.acrossthefader.net/ http://www.concretekreative.com/
REQUIREMENT – A Candidate capable of producing non-video editorial content types – both original and aggregated – on the website,
I Provide experience writing for blogs and magazines such as: Rhymes & Dimes Magazine and The Ultimate Rap league; also the now nonexistent Hiopconnection.com and Overflowradio.tv, Each of which cover a genres that falls directly into the lifestyle demographic of the Electus / WatchLOUD media arm.
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR APPLICATION
REQUIREMENT – A candidate capable of managing a freelance editorial content team and dissect lifestyle personalities to appropriate site areas. I provide the experience of launching the first Battle Rap radio streaming website, which utilized visual and editorial coverage, employing the assistance of 3 freelance writers. Listed below Donna Broadway, Jessica Bennett Denecca Love
REQUIREMENT – A candidate familiar with the online hip hop space that can identify relevant trending topics and talent. I Possess In-depth Knowledge of several lifestyle demographics Including but not limited to • Urban Art/ Art Culture • Battle Rap/ Street culture • Hip Hop, Electronic, Caribbean / music industry • Fashion Design and Modeling / fashion industry • Anime, video games, cartoons / Motion Graphics
REQUIREMENT – A candidate who can efficiently telecommunicate with Electus West coast office on video production to amplify critically acclaimed video via non-video editorial content on WatchLOUD.com I Provide 7 + years of certified IT experience, using remote systems to coherently convey information via telephone and over the web. I am well versed in Gotomeeting sessions, conference call systems, Skype meetings, including group chat and Watsapp platforms.
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR APPLICATION
REQUIREMENT – A candidate that is proficient in social media marketing, primarily Facebook and Twitter,
I Possess extensive knowledge of web SEO and social media platforms such as: Pinterest , Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Example website break down WATCH LOUD runs a beautiful magazine style site. Currently Running on the Wordpress platform with an SEO plug-in, Utilizing the Hickory theme and moderated by Majid Tejan-Jalloh
Issues The Hickory theme that can be purchased by any competitor at themeforest.com may not provide an unique of an experience for the users coming to the WatchLOUD site, which in turn raises the bounce rate of the website, (currently rated at approximate 70%). This is something an SEO plug-in may not be able to rectify. I can guarantee that the changes I suggest for the WatchLOUD site will without a doubt boost the user experience and unequivocally lower the bounce rate of the site on a whole. These changes will drive up visibility and ultimately revenue.
REQUIREMENT – A candidate that can create custom branded editorial concepts and franchises that support advertising sales
As an artist I provide a creative mind and a robust idea pool. With my knowledge of designing website layouts I will no doubt provide unique editorial concepts that will be visually appealing, causing users to click watch loud content consistently. Branding concepts I have employed https://www.facebook.com/battlerapdigital Visual Post Consistency https://www.facebook.com/BLAWWHQ Community Based Post with photo tagging
https://www.facebook.com/Mechstudios Hashtag Branding #Artissick and #Artistic
RICHARD P BURTON GRAPHIC DESIGNER
DESIGN RESUME
ABOUT Richard Burton has been designing since the age of 16, working on various mediums including freehand design, digital design and web design. He is always striving to take his skills to a new level and provide quality designs for his clients . What can he provide for you today?. Conceptual | Creative | Idea driven | Versatile | knowledgeable | Quick learner Technical | Detail oriented | Analytical | 0pen minded| Down to earth | Eccentric CONTACT INFO | DESIGN@MECHSTUDIOS.COM | 347-400-8606
Photoshop
Has working Knowledge of the following design Concepts
In Design
Web Design, Print Design, Clothing Design, Package Design, | Magazine Layouts, Web site layouts, Business card Layouts, | Embroidery, Screen Printing, Heat transfer, digital printing, | Animation, Video Editing, Photography, lighting configurations, | Image retouching, typography, User interface concepts, SEO, branding
Illustrator After Effects Premiere Adobe Acrobat Dreamweaver Microsoft Word PowerPoint Moviemaker
All application Knowledge may not be listed TECH SUPPORT
CONTRACT WORK
FREELANCE WORK
US. Senate
Akoo
Ultimate Rap League
Department of health
Bloomingdales
Grind Time Now
Library of Congress
Super Model Inc
Hiphopconnection.com
Providence Hospital
Concrete Kreative
Shot 97
Supreme Systems
Funkadelic Studios
Queen of the ring
Best Buy
Arizzma Entertainment
Rhymes and Dimes Magazine
RICHARD P BURTON GRAPHIC DESIGNER
RECENT WORK
COMPANY | SUPREME SYSTEMS | WWW.SUPREMESYSTEMS.COM Main Duties • To Design marketing material for distribution to prospective client, such as flyers and brochures • Also lead the development of PowerPoint presentations for employee training and business meetings • To Design and replicate logos for employee apparel and accessories • Assisted in SEO and marketing project consultation Main Accomplishments • Rebranded Store front by designing awning and logos for window splash • Illustrated screen print and embroidery logos for employee uniform branding purposes • Branded Android UI with company logo with high visibility for direct client use
COMPANY | SUPER MODEL INC | WWW.SUPERMODELINC.COM Main Duties • Working with the CEO to design Ads for clients and brands to be featured in the magazine • To Edit media kit elements and alter the typography on select documents • Updating and editing website layouts and social media banners • To design and present high resolution print ready media to print company for finalization Main Accomplishments • Design development of original business plan PowerPoint for company launch • Designed individual custom business cards for the entire staff • Created a mock Magazine template for company proposal
FREELANCE | MECH MULTIMEDIA| WWW.MECHSTUDIOS.COM Main Duties • Logo design and company branding for small to mid-range businesses under contract • Flyer and Print media designing for various business entities on a project by project basis • Website design, layout and development under contract in conjunction with freelance partners • Apparel Design and clothing brand development, urban and high fashion Main Accomplishments • Developing Branding from million dollar companies • Marketing and branding musicians and artist worldwide through social media and SEO • Designing apparel worn by entertainment industry personalities locally and overseas
References Darrell Toney. 646.402.5442 Manager/ Concrete Kreative
Kevin Bennett. 212.268.6132 COO/ Supreme systems
Dawn Orlando 212.696.2513 CEO Funkadelic Studios
Ronald Bleier 212.595.9679 Web design client
LOGO + BRANDING
DESIGN
WEBSITE + SOCIALMEDIA
DESIGN
I L L U S T R A T E D
DESIGN
INFO SHEET GUEST LIST
PUBLISHED
ROZ THE POET RICHARD BURTON NUNU NELLZ SHANELL HUNTLEY COMPTON JESSICA BENNETT IKE MATHIEU
VLAD TV SHOT 97 HIPHOPDX FREEONSMASH BATTLEFIX HIPHOPGLADIATORS RAPMUSIC RAPGRID PHILLY COAILITION BATTLERAPARENA 100BARSMAGAZINE OVERFLOWRADIO STRAIGHT STUNT’N RHYMES N DIMES MAG
EVENTS COVERED MADE IN AMERICA ROCK THE BELLS SUMMER MADNESS AES SEMEINAR SOLE SURVIVOR SNEAKER CON COMICON NOT ALL EVENTS LISTED
COVERAGE REACH OVER 2,000,000 FANS DEMOGRAPHIC MALES + FEMALES 19 – 30 WORLDWIDE HIGHEST TRAFFIC VIA MOBILE DEVICES
AFFILIATES 15 MINUTES OF FAME RHYMES AND DIMES FUNKADELIC STUDIOS ULTIMATE RAP LEAGUE 100 BARS MAGAZINE QUEEN OF THE RING BLUUDYNUCKLES MECH STUDIOS ARIZZMA
EQUIPMENT SOFT BOX PHOTO LIGHTING KIT 6 XLR MICROPHONES HD-PVR FOR STREAMING CANNON 5D & 7D YAMAHA 10 CHANNEL AUDIO MIXER NETBOOK LAPTOP TABLET STEP AND REPEAT BACKDROP
NOT ALL EQUIPMENT LISTED
OPTIONS
CONTACT INFO BASIC EVENT COVERAGE.
BACKSTAGE COVERAGE.
The ability to access the venue with a video camera and a microphone is required. Including press passes and Designated area to conduct interviews/ access to all artist
Backstage access to artist lounge with a couch and/or table where we can interview artist before and after their performance. Including press passes and refreshments
BATTLERAPDIGITAL PROVIDES VARIOUS EVENT COVERAGE OPTIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT US VIA EMAIL BATTLERAPDIGITAL@GMAIL.COM OR 917 727-3070 WE CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON FACEBOOK TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING US TO COVER YOUR EVENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROMOTING YOUR BRAND TO OUR GREATEST CAPACITY WHICH IS GLOBALLY
RED CARPET COVERAGE.
PAY PER VIEW COVERAGE
Event access with lighting and tripods to create a 10.ft x 15.ft interview area in VIP where artist and crew members can conduct full interviews live on Ustream. requires internet access and VIP passes
Ability to capture the event live play by play and stream content directly to the web. This includes pay per view setup and multiple camera setup locations thought-out venue. some fees may apply.
OTHER CONTACT INFO ROZ@URLTV.TV DESIGN@MECHSTUDIOS.COM INFO@OVERFLOWRADIO.TV
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
Objective To obtain a position in the IT field in which I may utilize my skills in a technical environment with opportunity to grow and obtain knowledge to progress in my career Capabilities and knowledge
Hands on experience on the following systems: IBM, Dell, Compaq Hewlett Packard, and Gateway. MAC desktops and laptops Lexmark and Hewlett Packard Extensive knowledge in installing, configuring and administering Windows 9x, 2000 Professional XP Vista business and 2000Server. Windows 7, WAMP server ect Experienced hands on and knowledge on Track-it, Remedy, Peregrine , USD, Blackberry manager, Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, FrontPage, excel, PowerPoint), GroupWise, lotus, Outlook, Entourage, Adobe Image ready, In design, Photoshop, LANDesk-, Active directory, Exchange server user manager, Symantec ghost, Symantec backup exec recovery console Symantec and Partition magic. OSX Leopard McAfee Antivirus, Norton Antivirus, (Printer’s) Replaced NIC cards RAM installed fuser kits Cleaner kits transfer roller and replaced toner also configured network ports host names and network capabilities via jet direct web access such as network scanning and faxing (Server) Hardware replacement of Flip up monitors batteries PDU power supplies NIC cards SCSI cards and RAID(ed) hard drives also installation of updates drivers and routine backup checks and restorations web AD certificate renewals Batch edits ect (Blackberry) Work with Blackberry desktop manager and BES server to create accounts on a Windows server network. Backed and repaired internal phone software synchronized with exchange servers and changed detail Blackberry settings
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
Job experience June 2010 – Present Concrete Kreative Darrell Toney (646 402 5442) $12.00 – 14.00 hr IT tech / Graphic Designer I supported multiple users at different onsite and offsite locations, utilizing remote software such as VMware Gotomypc and Remote desktop to resolve issues Installed database applications and monitored SQLserver processes, also performed server maintenance remotely over windows network Imaged windows clients and set up VPN connections including offsite Verizon DSL connections for EConnect clients Provided desk side support for uses on local network including task such as creating user accounts in active directory configuring outlook accounts for Rackspace users, also restoring files over local network using NAS unit Symantec backup Exec
Dec 2009 – May 2010 Marketing entertainment and creativity in harmony Freelance Graphic Design Created logo designs for Pierre LeRoc Clothing, STAMP DVD, watermelon pink clothing, Zero Gravity promotions and various recording artist Developed animations and banners for clothing websites such as raptees.com and animated intros for adult websites Provided professional retouching services for models and photographers and cropped artist pictures for fliers and albums such as found on Grindtimenow.com Designed magazine layouts and covers for magazines such as twelve10 magazine and designed full websites for recording studios and other established companies including www.viimag.com
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
March 2008 – Sep2009 The American Pharmacist Association $22.00 – 24.00 hr IT specialist/Network Administrator I managed a network with approximately 100 on-site users and 20 offsite users on a windows Vista network with 32bit XP machines and MAC osx10. I also provided desk side support, and configured user software and accounts via remote desktop connection. Created network accounts via active directory, delegated printer queues ports and drivers on win 2000 file/print server, and re-imaged desktops and laptops. Configured and assembled logon scripts to map network drives, and distributed installation packages over the network, managed user rights to network shares and restored files on shares via Symantec backup exec. Replaced laptop parts such as screens keyboards hard drives memory, shipped computer equipment to offsite users and created instructional manuals for clients. Installed and edited hosts files for VPN Access and updated domainserver certificates
Sep 2007 - Dec 2007 Exceed Corp, Department of labor, DC $19.00 – 20.00 301-731-3790 (Leonard Newman) Imaged NCS desktops and laptops with ghost software Installed necessary user programs and proprietary agency applications Added network and local printers HP Xerox cannon and brother Via net ports and ran group policy update command for remote updates to antivirus and user profile. Copied user data from desktop to laptop over the network and joined computers to the domain. Updated tickets with user location and information and packaged laptops for delivery to remote locations via UPS
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
Apr 2007-Aug 2007 Network & Company,CSC, Information Systems Providence hospital DC 202-269-7557 (Steven Welch) $21.00 – 22.25 hr Supported users on a Novell network with Novell applications such as GroupWise Worked with AS400 command line where i varied on work stations and printers released print jobs and scheduled daily task Imaged workstations using ghost 8.0 and backed up user information and software Used troubleshooting skills to repair HP and Lexmark printers and Minolta copiers and called out service tech when replacement parts were needed Documented tickets USD and contacted users to troubleshoot issues remotely (Eg: Internet proxy configuration password lockout ect)
Oct 2006-Jan 2007 Peoplecom, Library of Congress ITS, DC 202-707-2972 (Michael Stannard)
$18.00 – 20.00 hr
Assisted In the Deployment of Dell Workstations to library of congress users configured and joined to the network Repaired Hp printers with minor jamming problems printing errors and Replaced parts such s memory, fusers, IO boards ect Imaged Dell computers using ghost software and also install OS remotely Using On Demand network installation software for remote installs Replaced power Supplies Hard drives and RAM in Dell GX systems including video card ,floppy and zip drives Documented tickets via Remedy system and contacted users to troubleshoot And repair issues remotely utilizing remote desktop or landesk Traced cables with the cable team cat 5 cat 6 and fiber cables. Also assembled monuments for Ethernet and LSDN office connections
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
Aug 2006- Oct 2006 TAC worldwide, DC senate 202-228-0816 (Herman Williams)
$19.00 – 21.00 hr
Provided hardware maintenance for Senator offices laptops desktops Cloned and imaged drives using Ghost and recovered data using ERD winternals and check disk Replaced mother boards power supplies and memory in laptos And desktops also installed windows Updates and joined PC's to senate domain Repaired server issues such as switches backlights on Proliant servers and swapped raid 5 drives And replaced server batteries and power supplies also ordered parts documented ticket information using Perwguine ticketing application
Oct 2004- Feb 2006 DBTS, DC Office of the chief technology officer (Dominic Taylor) 202-393-3287 Help desk technician
$16.00 – 17.25 hr
Provided Technical PC support for DC government agencies Answered Problematic calls through Automated Call Distribution unit and recorded client's problems via the remedy system Imaged removed and installed computers on users desk Changed and degaussed hard drives Installed and replace memory, Motherboards and power supplies Installed printers and created backups of users profiles for new computers replaced mice and keyboards and minor issues also Including (paper jam’s, floppy repair and drive installs Joined users to domains administered password resets via active directory assigned user rights for software installation, add and removed hardware, instructed client's in the use of windows OS (XP 2000 pro, NT 4.0, 98) and also with third party software
Richard Burton A+/MCP certified hardware technician (347) 400-8606 Richard_p_b@Hotmail.com
Internships
Education
Mar 2004- Sep 2004 Best Buy, MD 301 464 3080 Computer sales Associate · Provided customers with technical knowledge of pc's and pc accessories · Gave technical support by phone and in person for computer related problems · check systems for system functionality, copy and backup of software · installed and removed programs to troubleshoot both laptops and desktops Displayed knowledge of hardware software and OS architecture Aug 2003- Feb 2004 AT&T, NJ (MITG) 888 465 6455 (Contractor/intern) Helpdesk Associate · Assisted employees with technical support installations upgrades and troubleshooting · Re-imaged laptops formatted hard drives examined and Repaired network situations · Removed hardware devices replaced peripherals Installed antivirus software plus patches Dec 2002- Jan 2003 HFJCC Harpers Ferry, WV 304 728 5708 (Mr. McKinney) Work Based learning · Solved and analyzed hardware OS and connection problems. · Troubleshot software and hardware problems. · Solved and analyzed computer related issues. · Troubleshot and solved connection problems remotely and locally. · Installed and configured devices. Internal and peripheral
2002-2002 HFJCC - Harpers Ferry, WV High School Equivalency Certificate. Computer Service Field Tech. 2002-2003 Edison Advanced Academy Edison, New Jersey CompTIA A+ Certified Microsoft Certified Professional Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Certified Professional Windows 2000 Server Personal hobbies include Drawing, clothing design, Graphic design, Web design, Music production, and Video Editing · Currently studying and obtaining hands on experience for. MCSE
References Darrell Toney. 646.402.5442 IT manager/ Supreme Systems Kevin Bennett. 212.268.6132 COO Supreme systems Dawn Orlando 212.696.2513 CEO Funkadelic Studios Ronald Bleier 212.595.9679 Web design client/IT support