Experience

Wealth Strategies

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Marketing & Systems

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  6455 S Yosemite St. Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States Business Development, Brand Champion, and Cat Herder. Driven to help people uncover the importance of having financial security for the people they care most about. Wealth Strategies is an agency of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY.



Studio Grynn

• United States
• Photography

• Priniciple

  • Jan 2001 - Present

  Littleton, Colorado Carefully tailored to enhance the quality of life for the entrepreneur our approach begins by un-earthing the authenticity of the brand and targeting it's matching audience. Through the discovery of an organic/holistic match between client and company, the ensuing business is conducted at higher levels of ease and grace. The natural fit feels seamless to the consumer and the organization. The goal is higher profits with less effort and reductions in stress leading to personal satisfaction and a… Show more Carefully tailored to enhance the quality of life for the entrepreneur our approach begins by un-earthing the authenticity of the brand and targeting it's matching audience. Through the discovery of an organic/holistic match between client and company, the ensuing business is conducted at higher levels of ease and grace. The natural fit feels seamless to the consumer and the organization. The goal is higher profits with less effort and reductions in stress leading to personal satisfaction and a sense of peace. When a better match exists between the business and it's clientele, satisfaction and brand advocacy is simpler to achieve. The completed consultation process includes: - Discovering the organization from an organic/mindset perspective. - Client persona discovery - Process development - Brand adjustment or redevelopment - Staff training for adoption Other services include: - Design and execution of marketing strategies for online and print. - Website consultation with a focus on increased lead generation and conversion rates. - Brand development and consultation. - Facilitation of internal brand-implementation. - Photography of products, personnel and facilities. - Videography for social media campaigns and training. - Social media strategies, content creation and curation, staff training. - Constant Contact Solutions Provider.

• Fine Art Photographer

  • 1981 - Present

  • Fine Art Photographer. • Color management consulting and file sweetening (optimization for print) for other professionals My archival prints are available on Giclee and LightJet latent-image photographic print. Online gallery at: http://grynn.com



Reed Art & Imaging

• United States
• Fine Art
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Marketing Specialist

  • Jan 1995 - Mar 2020

  • Lead Social Media Strategist • Designed and maintain five forward-facing websites • Sole SEO Maintaining SEO to critical search terms to Google page one rankings with most SERPs in top 3. Current organic rankings have estimated PPC value in excess of $30,000 per month • Lead In-house Photographer, Cinematographer, Post-production Specialist, Director, • Graphic Designer. • Lead Blog author • Lead Copywriter.

• Business Development and Systems Technology

  • Jan 1995 - Mar 2020

  8000 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood, CO 80214 34+ Years as Key Employee Marketing: •Implementation of Client Experience/Relationship process and monitoring. •Brand Oversight and Champion •Brand exposure analysis •Creation of Editorial Calendars •Established and oversee social marketing program. •Train social media and sales teams on content, analytics and engagement. •Content creation for websites, social media, blogging and other forms of electronic outreach. •SEO/SMO Lead •Graphic Design Lead •Lead… Show more 34+ Years as Key Employee Marketing: •Implementation of Client Experience/Relationship process and monitoring. •Brand Oversight and Champion •Brand exposure analysis •Creation of Editorial Calendars •Established and oversee social marketing program. •Train social media and sales teams on content, analytics and engagement. •Content creation for websites, social media, blogging and other forms of electronic outreach. •SEO/SMO Lead •Graphic Design Lead •Lead Webmaster / UX design •Lead Product Photographer/Videographer. •Created and maintain weekly Team Leadership masterminds. Information Systems Maintenance •Maintain hybrid network •Desktop, network, server support •Built and maintained new and legacy workstations •Perform as senior consultant to clients and staff with systems related issues •Train staff in use of new and existing software and hardware •Repeatedly sought out to provide essential technical evaluation and recommendations related to major purchasing of ADP systems •Create, optimize and implement ICC compliant work flows ▪Monitor and Maintain Email Deliverability, DMARC/DKIM Creative •Decades of experience with all things Adobe Creative Suite •Graphic Design for print and electronic media •Photographer / Videographer •Copywriter Cat Herding: •Problem Solving and Analysis ▪Process Development and Integraion ▪Authoring of Policies and Procedures. •Enneagram Type 5, with leanings towards 4 •Manager of teams in Photography, Image Scanning, and Graphic Design Departments

• E-Commerce Manager and Senior Image Manipulation Professional

  • Jun 1985 - Mar 2020

  Photoshop professional since the early 1990's. Cut my teeth on the proprietary Superset retouching system when Photoshop was still version 1. Qualified scanner operator, color management supervisor and systems administration and support. Experienced with Joomla CMS, ZenCart, VirtueMart. Some experience with PHP and JavaScript. I am functional with MySQL, Efficient with Linux, Mac OS, Windows. Extensive experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkExpress, The GIMP, Apache. I am a… Show more Photoshop professional since the early 1990's. Cut my teeth on the proprietary Superset retouching system when Photoshop was still version 1. Qualified scanner operator, color management supervisor and systems administration and support. Experienced with Joomla CMS, ZenCart, VirtueMart. Some experience with PHP and JavaScript. I am functional with MySQL, Efficient with Linux, Mac OS, Windows. Extensive experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkExpress, The GIMP, Apache. I am a proponent of Open Source Software where practical and am currently integrating OSS into as many channels as is practical for our organization. My SEO skills have elevated our primary website to first page - first fold rankings on Google and MSN/Bing. Most in the top two to three.

• Digital Artist

  • 1985 - 2009

  Graphic design and pre-flight, retouch and image manipulation for fortune 500 type companies, User Interface Design

• Film Processing Manager

  • Jan 1985 - Jan 1995

  Guided and conducted daily operations of high volume film processing department Established quality control guidelines that led Kodak to adopt RPI as first Qlab in region Conducted new-hire interviews and employee terminations