UPDATE: My short ethnography "Movie Class" will be screening at the 11th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference February 28.

MARK NEIGH is an Account Manager

WITH EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL BRANDING, PROJECT & ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT, DASHBOARD DESIGN AND
USABILITY & USER EXPERIENCE TESTING at INTERACTIVE AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING ORGANIZATIONS.

Accustomed to delivering small and large–scale projects on time and within estimated
budget—with proven ability to identify, analyze & solve problems to client satisfaction.

MY EDUCATION’s IN COMMUNICATIONS, emphasizing NEW MEDIA application and video production

I completed my MA in NEW MEDIA STUDIES
from DEPAUL UNIVERSITY in June 2009

* RELEVANT GRADUATE COURSEWORK *

Rhetoric of Design • Text & Image • Usability Engineering • Principles of Graphic Design

Received my Bachelor’s in COMMUNICATIONS with an emphasis in Video Production from M.B.I. — August, 2003

Account Manager at IP PIXEL

DIGITAL Creative & ADVERTISING UNIT of Starcom MediaVest Group — FEBRUARY, 2007 TO PRESENT

Some things I do include brainstorming strategic & innovative solutions, leveraging old
& new media to fulfill project goals. Administer project scope, budgets, timelines, assets
and deliverables. Manage the production of digital initiatives including large—scale site
development, social and emerging media campaigns, promotional microsites, rich–media
advertising, viral branding & mobile marketing. Foster vendor, client and media partner
relationships. Generate & assess analytics developing insights in order to optimize client
advertising & marketing initiatives. And just generally Bring Really Big Ideas to Life.

* CLIENT PORTFOLIO INCLUDES *

Tres Generaciones • ESPN • ESPNU • LEGO • Hanes • PetSmart • Allstate • Mattel

* SKILLS and SOFTWARE *

ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT: Microsoft — Word • Excel • PowerPoint;
Client Relationship Management; Content Management Systems; Basecamp.

WEB DEVELOPMENT: CSS; XHTML; HTML; Dreamweaver.

PRINT & GRAPHIC DESIGN: Adobe — Photoshop • Illustrator • InDesign.

CULINARY: Pot roast nachos.

* CONNECTING and LIFESTREAMING *

Feel free to E–MAIL me using this form but I'll likely get back faster if you reply to @MarkN via TWITTER.com/MarkN.
I blog my thoughts on advertising, new media & c. at vastandgrand.com, where you can join the web wide conversation
using DISQUS. You can see if we're already connected somehow at LINKEDIN.com/in/mneigh. If you live in the Chicago
area you should join me at the CHICAGO NEW MEDIA SUMMIT. We can become "friends" over at FACEBOOK/mneigh.