Rory Barton Dot Com, Resume, Updated Occasionally

Profile

Digital Asset Manager and Multimedia Professional with solid experience working with major brands and motivated interest in propelling business in the brewing industry.

Creative and progressive thinker who can connect digital content to all aspects of the business, driving growth, and engaging target markets.

Proven ability steering teams across the life cycle of a varied digital portfolio, including final assets, libraries of components, and asset retention timelines.

Experience with digital management, metadata practices, file formatting, and data migration. Collaborative work ethic.

Highlights

ACCOUNT COORDINATOR

Condon Randis Inc., Chicago, IL 05/2017-Present

Recruited to drive strategic initiatives and the management and governance of digital multimedia assets for Fortune 500 companies such as Constellation Brands service of 1,000s of nationwide majorretail locations.
Oversee digital asset management and coordinate transition of post-production assets to archive. Champion in-house digital catalog of time-bound and legally sensitive product assets and conduct lifecycle maintenance activities.
Key partner for Constellation Brands, managing varying projects close to $1 million annually such as primary and secondary packaging development from conception to completion. Translate client vision into actionable concepts and foster trusted relations between client and digital design team.
Champion seamless project flows from design to production across artist, vendor, and distribution teams and navigate obstacles to ensure deliverables across quality, timelines, and budget.
Propel efficiency, effectiveness, and evolution of digital asset capabilities by staying current on emerging trends.
Manage external agencies, coordinate asset development, ensuring that outcomes communicate client messaging.

WEB SPECIALIST

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 02/2008-03/2016

Propelled enhancement initiatives across website, online content, and internal communications that drove client engagement.
Collaborated on $100M + financial systems conversion. Led user communications on project status, managing expectations and rollout calendar. Acknowledged for exceptional effort and awarded Project Team Excellence Award.
Piloted transition and cataloging of extensive training documentation to HTML library. Led proper tagging and asset categorization and employed branding elements that facilitated ease of ownership and issue resolution.
Partnered on user-experience testing and facilitated systematic troubleshooting, which ensured seamless rollout.
Conceived, developed, and executed IT communications strategy for urgent messaging, newsletter, and project status in collaboration with IT Communications Director, Communications Specialist, and technical teams.
Contributed to the integration of mobile timekeeping and workflow application to 300+ associates-evaluated needs of individual departments and customized applications to expedite adoption and minimize work interruptions.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Aver Ingenuity, Bozeman, MT 01/2006-01/2008

Partnered on, formulated, and led the execution and completion of projects such as managing workflow for editing, DVD authoring, and export. Co-wrote and produced original mixed-media entertainment for US Senator's major fundraiser.

History

Bachelor's of Art in English Literature, Montana State University Bozeman

Performer, Producer Equinox Comedy Deathmatch, Short form improv

Writer, Performer, Associate Producer The Pizza Show, weekly cable and web sketch comedy series

Puppet Craft, Summer Camp Instructor, Equinox Theatre, Bozeman, MT

Long Form Improv and Writing, Improv Olympic Training Center, Chicago, IL

Web Specialist, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Web Development Courses, Ascend Training, Chicago, IL

American Homebrewers Association

Improv Conservatory, Voice Over for Improvisers, Second City Training Center, Chicago, IL

Cicerone Certified Beer Server

Rory Barton