Nick Tann | Creative Strategist

Presentation editor – Chicago, IL, The Chicago Tribune, July ’13 to the present

Blue Sky Innovation
Create the visual identity and maintain brand cohesion for a new business publication aimed at news,
analysis and events surrounding innovation and entrepreneurship in Chicago (blueskyinnovation.com)
Design, build and maintain Blue Sky’s latest innovation resource, The Vault (blueskyvault.com)
Design a custom-built website in conjunction with the Tribune News Apps team for publishing editorial content while allowing for maximum advertising impressions with unique brand publishing opportunities
Gather assets from reporters, photographers and editors for a consistent online-first publication schedule while monitoring daily metrics to maximize reader engagement
Coordinate the transition from the now legacy site into a new section within chicagotribune.com using Tribune Publishing’s new digital platform formatted for multiple devices

Design and technology tanager – Baltimore, MD, The Baltimore Sun, January ’12 to July ’13

The Baltimore Sun newsroom
Co-managed the creation of print, interactive and database-driven infographics, maps and blogs with the director of interactive design (baltimoresun.com)

The Darkroom
Design, develop and maintain The Sun’s photojournalism blog featuring photos, videos and other multimedia content in a device agnostic framework (darkroom.baltimoresun.com)
Contribute stories, interviews and wire photo essays to help exceed lofty pageview goals ( 28 million from March – December of 2012 )
(Superstorm Sandy, Felix Baumgartner, John Milleker Jr.)

Freelance Graphic Designer, September ’02 to Present

La Belle Vie – Baltimore, MD and Atlanta, GA, May ’12 to Present
Website for a multi-line women’s wholesale apparel sales agency (lbvshowroom.com)

West End Architectural Salvage – Des Moines, IA, May ’11 to Present
Website, photography and social network marketing for the antique, reclaimed material and custom furniture store (westendsalvage.com)

Lakeshore Athletic Clubs – Chicago, IL, September ’02 to January ’05
Designer of quarterly print newsletter: Shorelines
Designer and photographer of quarterly print program guide: Lincoln Park: At a Glance

Senior Web Designer – Des Moines, IA, Right Stuf, Inc., January ’05 to July ’11

RightStuf.com
Led web design department for Japanese animation (“anime”) producer and retailer (rightstuf.com)
Supervised design process in conjunction with online store and content management software development
Completed website redesign for 20th Anniversary in August ’07 along with new corporate identity

Anime Today
Produced, cohosted, edited and designed the first commercially marketed podcast dedicated to anime, manga (comics), and Japanese culture (animetoday.com)

Nozomi Entertainment
Provided website design and direction for Right Stuf’s production division (nozomient.com)
Coordinated with Right Stuf’s marketing and production departments to develop and execute licensing announcements, retail sales and social media sites

Chicago Tribune Media Group
2013 Publisher’s Team Award as part of the Portfolio Expansion Team with Blue Sky

2013 MDDC Press Awards
General Website Excellence: 1st Baltimore Sun Staff, “The Darkroom” (Best in Show)
Online Commentary or Blog: 1st Baltimore Sun Staff, “The Darkroom” – See above link and contributions
Business Reporting: 1st Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun, “A year after closing of mill, lives still unsettled” (Best in Show) – Designed and produced online presentation (baltimoresun.com/sparrowspoint)

Knowledgeable in both PC and Mac environments.

Adobe CC: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, Acrobat
Notable languages and formats: HTML/CSS, Javascript, Google Fusion Tables, .php, .xml, .jsp, .swf, .flv
Amazon EC2
WordPress Publishing Platform
Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

B.F.A. in Graphic Design – Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

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