Michael Richardson

4400 Ashburner St, Philadelphia, PA 19136 • 267-808-2748 • michael@cubeofb.org


WORK EXPERIENCE

IT/Brand Director | City Year Greater Philadelphia | 2008-Present

  • Responsibilities:
    • Manage design and production of print and electronic materials for all major events including interactive kiosks, digital signs and decorations, banners, booklets, invitations, postcards, etc
    • Develop and utilize custom budget management process to provide spending oversight
    • Participate in event planning and execution
    • Manage transition of all network resources to new SharePoint portals
  • Achievements:
    • Launched company’s first e-journal, a web based electronic journal for fund-raising events with automated disc, kiosk, and print version creation
    • Launched company’s first national blog
    • Launched a web based recruitment/admissions scheduling system
    • Launched a web based ECM to connect staff, board members, and volunteers

Operations and Brand Manager | City Year Greater Philadelphia | 2007-2008

  • Provided graphics design services to all departments
  • Launched a web based events management system to meet specific company needs
  • Created comprehensive document and presentation template library
  • Created trainings on effective presentations, graphic design, branding, web development, and office technology
  • Created lightweight C# desktop applications to support fund-raising, evaluation, and admissions/recruitment

Headquarters and IT Manager / Operations Manager | City Year Greater Philadelphia | 2005-2007

  • Managed all office IT systems
  • Launched new City Year Greater Philadelphia website
  • Launched database driven accounts payable tracking system
  • Built and deployed an internal fulfillment system to track 2000 to 3000 branded items

Headquarters Manager | City Year Greater Philadelphia | 2004-2005

  • Developed basic office technology trainings
  • Managed accounts payable
  • Managed office, including look & feel, supplies, computers, printers, company vehicle, and phone system

Work Study Student | Dept of Culture and Communications, Drexel University | 2001-2003

  • Managed department website
  • Trained faculty and staff on new technology

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Corps Member | City Year Greater Philadelphia | 2003-2004

  • Served as a full time tutor and mentor at inner city schools around Philadelphia
  • Designed basic fund-raising and recruitment materials

EDUCATION

Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | 1999-2003

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude
  • Bachelor of Science in Psychology

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Adobe Creative Suite InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator 8 years
Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Access, VBA 10 years
SWiSH Max Flash development tool 6 years
Web Development OOP PHP, MySQL, Apache – XHTML, CSS, JS, jQuery, HTA 6 years
C# XNA & Desktop Development 4 years