Beckie O'Connor

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Timeline
About me
Executive Creative Director // Customer Experience Director // Mentor // Entrepreneur
Education
- MOGO Seminars
  2008 - 2008
  Dreamweaver and CSS Workshop
  One-Day Web Publishing WorkshopWorkshop Description: From design and prototyping to development and testing, I received a fast-paced understanding of how to implement CSS into HTML. Learned how functional and flexible CSS is, as well as new features in Dreamweaver and how integrated Adobe programs have become.
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2011 - 2011
  Continued Study Program Web Design 2
  5 week Continuing Education CourseClass description: Students in this course further investigate building web sites using advanced HTML, CSS, CSS3, HTML5 coding in Dreamweaver. Learn blog design, how to implement a web gallery and create animations in flash to add into a web site. Recommended prerequisite: Web 1 or equivalent experience.
- St. Norbert College
  2001 - 2005
  Bachelor's Fine Art with emphasis in Graphic Design
- Moraine Valley Community College
  2006 - 2006
  Workforce Development Program Web Design
  6 Week Online Workforce Development ProgramCourse Description: Introduced to Dreamweaver MX 2004. Mastered the foundations of writing HTML code and the basics of creating a document by learning how to insert, arrange, format, and edit text, images, hyperlinks, tables, and other page elements using Dreamweaver. Also gained an understanding of principles of good page layout design. Also learned how to properly modify and maintain a website after it launches using FTP applications.
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2012 - 2012
  Continued Study Program, Web Design: Advanced HTML and CSS
  This course focuses on a single large-scale web project created by the instructor over the course of 10 weeks. Through this exercise, students learn how to adapt skills they have learned to real life web projects. Class lectures and demonstrations introduce students to HTML 5 and CSS3, which students are encouraged to incorporate into their projects. Peer feedback through critiques and discussions are central to this hybrid studio/lecture course.
Experience
- St. Norbert College
  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005
  Graphic Design Intern
- Lanyap Inc.
  Dec 2005 - Sept 2006
  Graphic Designer
- Townsend Agency
  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007
  Art Director
- Aspen Marketing Services
  Sept 2006 - Feb 2011
  Art Director
- UMarketing
  Feb 2011 - Feb 2013
  Senior Art Director
  Worked in various print and digital mediums to create impactful campaigns and marketing programs for our clients such as Allstate, Discover card, Fifth Third Bank, First National Bank of Omaha, PayPal, and many others.
- Havas Worldwide
  Feb 2013 - Apr 2016
  - Associate Creative Director
    Sept 2014 - Apr 2016
  - Senior Art Director
    Feb 2013 - Sept 2014
- Banging Gavel Brews
  Feb 2014 - now
  Creative Marketing Director
  Banging Gavel Brews creates micro-brewed craft beer and serves up memorable experiences to those who share in their passion for high quality, great tasting beer.
- Convier Collective
  May 2016 - now
  Today the consumer holds the keys to a brand's identity rather than the brand itself, my role is to ensure that our clients and their audiences have a cohesive and positive experience in everything they encounter from the brands we work with as well as from Convier itself. I am the lead for anything related to marketing technology, from user experience, social media, digital marketing, and any future innovations that come our way to enhance our creative product. By leveraging the data we have access to, I guarantee that we will create personal, relevant and engaging customer experiences from all the channels we play a part in for our client partners.conviercollective.com Show less
  - Partner & Director of Customer Experience
    Mar 2018 - now
  - Partner & Digital Creative Director
    May 2016 - Mar 2018
- FuelPOP Marketing
  Mar 2018 - Jun 2021
  Executive Creative Director
  FuelPOP is re-imagining marketing. We integrate the latest data-driven, hyper-personalized ad tech platforms with sound strategy and creative execution to super charge sales for clients of all shapes and sizes. I have the privilege of working alongside some of the industry's most innovative thinkers as we help companies accelerate to high performance.www.fuelpopmarketing.com
- MindTheBlockchain
  Jun 2019 - now
  Lead & Executive Creative Director
  MIND THE BLOCKCHAIN recognizes the need to start learning how blockchain will impact our careers in across all industries. It is an inclusive community of diverse individuals who want to be leaders in their organizations or launch entrepreneurial efforts using blockchain. Together, we will learn and lead the creation of new economic value. Join us at monthly forums where we focus and explore a single industry vertical—all use cases & learnings we share are intended to be applicable across industries. Explore the opportunities with us. Show less
- Specialty Print Communications (SPC)
  Jun 2021 - now
  Executive Creative Director
  // SPCFuel // Injecting strategic and relevant extensions into direct response marketing campaigns with the latest technology. Giving clients modern, streamlined, harder working and impactful ... crazy cool ... creative.
Licenses & Certifications
- Web Design Certificate - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  Jan 2012
Volunteer Experience
- Co Director, Event Planning, Mentor, Design Lead, Speaker
  Issued by SheSays | Chicago Chapter on Jun 2013
  Associated with Beckie O'Connor