Christopher

Last updated August 23rd 2011
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Christopher James Pendergraft
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 United States
cjpendergraft.emurse.com
(919) 830-2863

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OBJECTIVE

Experienced new media specialist with extensive web design, graphic design, e-commerce and internet marketing experience seeking position within a progressive, growth oriented company.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Internet Marketing Manager

August 2009 - Present
Durham, NC

Manage the day-to-day operations of the internet marketing team at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. Create and spearhead new internet-based marketing initiatives to further increase the productivity and efficiency of the firm's internet-based marketing channels.

Design, maintain and monitor the official corporate websites. Develop various strategies to increase productivity of the website including but not limited to search engine optimization and pay-per-click strategy.

Develop and maintain internal intranet and wiki applications via adaptation of open source and proprietary internet software.

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The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
Internet Infrastructure Manager

July 2007 - Present
Durham, NC

Design, maintain and monitor the official corporate websites. Develop various strategies to increase productivity of the websites including but not limited to site design, search engine optimization and pay-per-click strategy.

Develop and maintain internal intranet and wiki applications via adaptation of open source and proprietary internet software.

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Carolina Computer Group
Interactive Marketing Specialist

July 2003 - July 2007
Smithfield, NC

Create, designed and maintain web sites to client specifications. Monitor the in-house web hosting servers to ensure their proper operation. Create many different types of websites such as basic HTML "billboard" site for companies, corporate blogs, and large full featured e-commerce websites.

Design various marketing materials including but not limited to business cards, brochures, newsletters, targeted e-mails, websites and blogs.


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EDUCATION

Southern New Hampshire University
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and English

January 2011 - Current

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Academy of Art University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Motion Pictures and Television w/ Concentration on Screenwriting

January 2009 - August 2010
San Francisco, California

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East Carolina University
Bachelor of Arts in Business & Finance

August 2007 - August 2008
Greenville, North Carolina

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Johnston Community College
Associate of Arts in Business Administration

August 2005 - May 2007
Smithfield, North Carolina

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SKILLS

Extensive experience with numerous industry standard software suites including but not limited to: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office Suite (Publisher, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point).

Extensive experience with Apple Final Cut Studio.

Web Design (HTML, PHP, Javascript, MySQL Databases), E-Commerce (osCommerce, Magento e-commerce suite), PC and Server diagnosis and repair.

Extensive experience with open source content management software such as Wordpress, Moveable Type, Drupal, etc.

Extensive experience with "wiki" software solutions.

Experience with various internet-based pay-per-click advertising programs such as Google Adsense, Microsoft's AdCenter.

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PORTFOLIO

http://www.farrin.com
Official website of the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin.

http://www.nc-workers-comp.com
Official website for the workers' compensation department at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin

http://www.protectinginjuredworkers.com

http://www.ip-contingency-lawyer.com
Official website for the Intellectual Property department at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin.

http://www.nbfarally.com
Official press and information website for the National Black Farmers' Association's rally for funding in the Black Farmers' discrimination case against the United States Department of Agriculture.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6dXR2hKDk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmgBVwj5bI8

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INTERESTS

Martial arts, writing, film and music.

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