Louie Alma Resume, 2015Q2

LOUIE ALMA Digital and Print Media Professional

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LOUIE ALMA

Louie has more than 17 years of experience in different phases of digital media production and management, including graphic design, web development and interactive media development. He possesses a wide range of skills and unique ability to achieve consistent successes in performing individual contributor, management and leadership roles. Stepping up to the plate, taking initiatives and finding ways in improving workflow, productivity and efficiency to help his team and the organization is a second nature to him. He never cease to learn, and always keen for new experiences.

CAREER OBJECTIVE A position that will require major responsibilities which will effectively utilize my experience, creativity, leadership, management and technical skills.

SKILLS SUMMARY Soft Skills: Highly Organized, Resourceful, Creative, Self Motivated, Team Player, Fast Learner, Self-driven and results oriented person.

An individual who continuously challenge himself for improvement. A person with clear focus on high quality and business profit.

Hard Skills: Web Designing/Developing, Graphic Designing, Photography, Art Direction, 3D Modeling/Animation/Interactive, Motion Graphics,Video Editing | Operations and Production Management, Project Management,Transition/NCI Management Print and Digital Media Applications: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, QuarkXpress, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Freehand, Premiere, After Effects, Flash, 3D Studio Max, Lumion, Several AutoDesk Applications, 3D Game Engines, InDesign, Acrobat Applications, Markzware FlightChecker, Ad and Pagination Software and more.

Knowledgeable in CMS, SEO, Email Marketing, Social Media Management, PPC, Double Click for Publishers, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google AdWords and Display Ads, Facebook Campaign Management, Search Engine Submission, Google Webmaster Tools, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and more.

Proficient in both Mac OS and Windows.

Office Applications: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Access, FileMaker Pro, and other Microsoft applications.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2003

02

BOMA ONE PACIFIC CORP Production Manager

First business trip in the U.S. to perform transition management. Grew Philippine production team.

Successfully built and grew a team of full production and support, which later on has been instrumental in acquiring key clients, including the complete turn-key migration in 2005 of a U.S. publishing based in El Segundo California, where the transition management was personally performed on-site and off-site.

06

AFFINITY EXPRESS, INC. Operations Manager

More business trips to the United States to perform transition management. Led different offshore teams to successful ramp-up and continuous improvement of performance In 2007, a prestigious company in the Philippines (the oldest and largest conglomerate) offered a position of Operations Manager. Started the company with around 30 employees, which quickly jumped to more than 200 employees in a span of two years.

First transition management with Affinity Express has been accomplished with flying colors for Florida Times Union, a Morris Communication Newspaper group based in Florida. Personally led and started the Manila team with 17 FTEs which was eventually reduced to 10 FTEs for the same output and quality. The said offshore team has been considered the most experienced and productive team in the company since then, promoting several members as Team Leaders eventually.

2005

2006

2007

2008

01

BOMA ONE PACIFIC CORP Sr. Graphic Designer

2009

From 2-months contractual employee, to Art Director/Production Manager Impressed the GM and MD during the supposed 2-months employment, who were two veteran Silicon Valley marketers, then a start-up international creative agency.

Appointed to take over the the management of the production team before the end of the 2-months contract, replacing the Art Director/Production Manager then.

01

AFFINITY EXPRESS, INC. Operations Manager

Successfully overcame the challenge of significantly reducing the number of team members while cotinuously meeting the SLA Has been instrumental in converting the Sun Times News Group account to one of the most profitable group despite having the lowest transaction price among other properties by applying the same strategy made for Florida Times Union team – trimming down the 30 FTEs to 14 FTEs after a year, while continuously meeting the SLA on quality and delivery performance.

BOMA ONE PACIFIC CORP Production Manager

Requested to move (and take over the management) from Publishing to Marketing Valet division Following the previous successes in managing various publishing accounts, a relatively new department then that caters to hi-tech companies like Adobe, Google, Nokia, Verizon Wireless and the like was handed over to manage in late 2005 until 2006.

03

01

AFFINITY EXPRESS, INC. Operations Manager

Transition management continued in Illinois and Indiana for Sun Times News Group Conducted two triumphant transition managements in 2008 for a Chicago-based newspaper company, i.e.

Midwest Suburban Publishing and Post Tribune of Sun Times Newspaper Group, before working as a full-time Operations Manager to focus and continue managing the growing group of Team Leaders, Senior and Junior Graphic Designers, Quality Assurance Team, including the Digital Team.

2010

02

AFFINITY EXPRESS, INC. Operations Manager

Assigned once again to handle the most delicate account back then, where series of business transition were dependent on the ramp-up outcome Able to maintain the good record and impression started by the NCI team with Ottawa Citizen (a Canwest Newspaper group based in Canada) when the account was turned over to operations under my supervision. The success resulted to more new businesses for the company from other six Canwest properties.

WORK EXPERIENCE SR. WEB DEVELOPER CPI Media Group Company Industry: Publishing Job Role:Technology/IT Location:Tecom - Internet City, Dubai UAE

2011 Apr - present

SR. GRAPHIC DESIGNER 2010 Aug - 2011 Apr Sky High Advertising Company Industry: Creative Agency Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location:Tecom - Health Care City, Dubai UAE OPERATIONS MANAGER 2007 Jun - 2010 Jul Affinity Express, Inc. Outsourced Graphics Services Company Industry: Business Support/Creative Job Role: Management Location: UP Technohub, Quezon City, Philippines

PRODUCTION MANAGER Atlantic Communications Group Company Industry: Publishing Job Role: Management Location: Ortigas, Philippines

2006 Jun - 2007 June

PRODUCTION MANAGER 2003 Jan - 2006 Jun Boma Corporation Company Industry: Creative Agency Job Role (20 Jan 2003): Contractual Graphic Designer Job Role (20 Mar 2003): Sr. Graphic Designer / Art Director Job Role (30 Sep 2004): Production Manager Location: Pasong Tamo, Makati City, Philippines SR. ARTIST AND WEB MASTER F&L Asia Company Industry: Public Relations Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location: Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines

2002 Mar - 2002 Dec

WORK EXPERIENCE SR. GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNER Arabian Business Company Company Industry: Creative Agency Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location: Doha, Qatar SR. GRAPHIC ARTIST Island Graphics – Tahanan Pacific Inc. Company Industry: Graphic Design/Publishing Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location: San Antonio Vill, Makati, Philippines

1999 Dec - 2001 Dec

1998 Jun - 1999 Jun

FREELANCE MULTIMEDIA ARTIST Studio Zoo, Inc 1997 Dec - 1998 Jun Company Industry: Creative Agency Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location: Bicutan, Paranaque, Philippines

GRAPHIC AND LAYOUT ARTIST Scanwell Graphics Corp.

Company Industry: Graphic Design/Printing Job Role: Art/Design/Creative Location: Paranaque, Philippines

1996 Jul - 1998 May

EDUCATION/TRAINING 3D INTERACTIVE AND BASIC GAME DEVELOPMENT CAD Pinoy, Learners Point Dubai UAE 2014 Oct - 2015 Jan

3D STUDIO MAX MODELING AND RENDERING PinoyCAD, Emirates Institute 2014 Jan - 2014 Mar Location: Dubai, UAE

3D BASIC ANIMATION CAD Pinoy, Learners Point Dubai UAE

HARVARD BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Harvard Business – BPAP 2009 Jun - 2009 Sep Location: De La Salle, RCBC Plaza Makati Philippines

2014 Jul - 2014 Oct

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TRAINING MISP Training and Consultancy 2014 Jan - 2014 Mar Location: Dubai, UAE

3D ADVANCE LIGHTING AND RENDERING CAD Pinoy, Learners Point Dubai UAE 2014 Apr - 2014 Jun

MANAGERS’ COURSE University of The Philippines, ISSI Location: Quezon City, Philippines

2008 Jan - 2008 Jun

General Management, Marketing, Financial, Operations, and Human Resources Management

EDUCATION/TRAINING INTERNET AND SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING Family Computer Center 2001 Feb - 2001 Jul Location: Doha, Qatar HTML & DHTML, Java Programming, Java Script and VB Script

ASSOCIATE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE Perpetual Help College Of Laguna Location: Binan, Laguna, Philippines

1996 Jun

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING Metro Data Computer School Location: Laguna, Philippines

1990 Jun