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I live in a Chicago bungalow with my wife, Martha Chiplis, and our two cats, Messrs. Tober Piet and Gaston Ruffalo Longchamps, in Berwyn, Illinois, just outside Chicago.
When not engaging in outdoor activities, photography, vegetarian cooking, brewing beer, or supporting the Chicago Fire and Red Stars, I work on election-related projects, and I also build, migrate, and optimize websites, recently, as a digital product consultant.
My career has been deeply rooted in independent media. I spent significant time at the Chicago Reader, ultimately as Director of Digital. My background also includes experience in community radio as a DJ, program host, sound engineer, and producer at WHPK and as a union board operator and announcer at WCEV, as well as running a record label that released material from Chicago bands on vinyl, CD, and for digital distribution.
My interest in elections and election operations recently led me to train election judges and polling place technicians for the 2024 Illinois presidential primary, and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue this work ahead of the general election. I am also actively involved with the Berwyn Tree Canopy Initiative, advocating for more trees and better care of our urban forest, and managing the group's Facebook presence.
I am currently seeking a full-time position and am open especially to digital product director and manager jobs as well as other opportunities in web development, marketing, analytics, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, or email newsletters. If you have any leads or advice, I would be glad to hear from you. Feel free to contact me!
See my LinkedIn profile and résumé (PDF).
My Muckrack Portfolio may also be of interest. (Though I am not making any concerted effort to respond to pitches, it is possible a pitch could trigger a blog post.)