Jon Ewell

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About Jon Ewell

A strategic and creative marketing professional with over 20 years of experience working for ad and marketing agencies. A former editor and writer for several music magazines; a former editor and creative director for a community newspaper group (printing and distributing 24 neighborhood papers monthly). A highly experienced senior digital designer, web designer, illustrator and social media marketer working with Fortune 500 brands through agencies, web development and design using custom code (html, css, javascript, php,) and/or cms frameworks such as Bootstrap and Wordpress since 2004. SEO and SEM experience for 15 years with a strong understanding of national, worldwide, organic, and local SEO and how to tie it in with effective social media marketing campaigns. A former music director of a terrestrial radio station, a podcast producer and music production/audio engineering for 12 years. Leadership, mentoring and management of creatives. Budget management and fundraising experience, recently taking a science start-up from a seed round through series-B funding of over 20 million dollars in three years. Has managed hundreds of projects being involved from concept to design, through production and finishing. Possesses a high degree of technical knowledge and is able to troubleshoot just about any problem and resolve it quickly. Takes direction and criticism well and can lead any project. Is very comfortable with presentations and public speaking and has excellent sales abilities. Experienced working directly with CEOs, CMOs, other creative directors, small business owners, lawyers, vendors, account managers, production managers and busy professional musicians; can work effectively with anyone. Skills: Video production, video editing, motion design, animation, brand strategy, storytelling, copywriting, copy editing, marketing, creative writing, ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE, Premier, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Audition, Dreamweaver, XD, Character Animator, digital illustration, retouching, photo illustration, large-format, illustration, vector illustration, packaging, product photography, Spanish, Microsoft Office expertise in Outlook, Word, Teams, Powerpoint, Stream, One Drive and Excel. User Experience Design (UED), responsive web design, html, css, Wordpress, SEO and SEM, Branding & Identity, Marketing, Image Editing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Microsoft Word, HTML, digital marketing, marketing strategy, creative strategy, pre-visualization, concept art, audio production, 3d design, augmented reality/XR and Logic Pro.