Employment History

November 1999 – Present, WeFusion / Cross Media Marketing, Arlington VA
senior web interface designer

  • Designed, built and did the voiceover for corporate sites of WeFusion, Symposium and Cross Media Marketing
  • Created branding, printed material and web design
  • Key creative member of the WeFusion management team
  • Instrumental in developing a dynamic, user friendly GUI for our robust online application
  • Photographed and processed numerous subjects for use in ad campaigns
  • Created all company brochures, letterheads, many ads
  • Created and designed numerous banner ads
  • Created graphics and Powerpoints for sales presentations

May 1999 – November 1999, Advanced Technology Systems, McLean VA
web designer, graphic artist (officially Programmer Analyst I)

  • Work on-site at Housing and Urban Development in D.C. supporting an elite part of HUD called the Community Builders
  • Lead a team of three graphic artists who work to layout forms and manuals for the "Community Builders"
  • Create the monthly online newsletter for the "Community Builders" as well as various animations
  • Created many Cold Fusion applications including an online petition

Jun 1998 – May 1999
web designer, graphic artist, layout artist

  • Worked as a consultant for Terraspan, managing web design and site construction for linguistic translation 
  • Updated the look and speed of the Shenandoah.com to include a faster load for several aspects of the site.
  • Created many commercial websites and did graphics work for many area businesses including Greco Enterprises, Dwyier Associates, Adapt, Xtreme Auto and the PILOT Online
  • Worked as a consultant for National Cassette Services, doing layout for several album covers
  • Created a series of radio station "template" sites for Gameverse

1994 – 1998 Ral Partha Publishing Front Royal, VA 22630
game designer, layout artist, web designer, fiction writer

  • Designed most Partha publications as well as all advertisements in national periodicals
  • Supervised a team of sculptors, painters and digital artists and created the Battlestorm look in ads, books and catalogs.
  • Photographed and scanned hundreds of miniatures, as well as supervised the work of other photographers for the annual catalog.
  • Author of the Battlestorm™ game and the Fables Gamesystem™.
  • Wrote and created the fictional "back-story" which is the foundation of Ral Partha games.
  • As a net representative, fielded questions about Partha on the Battlestorm listserv and the miniatures newsgroups.
  • Organized the creation of the EYE OF THE STORM e-zine.
  • Created the Ral Games site. The Ral Games site is the support site for Battlestorm and Ral Partha Publishing.
  • Created the Battlestorm Basic site.
  • Created the War in North America site.
  • Represented the company at many gaming conventions and shows. Gaming conventions are held at cities and towns across America as a venue for hobbyists to meet each other and the game manufacturers.
  • As a team leader with Ral Partha established visions and shepherded them into reality by focusing and managing the efforts of many artists, sculptors, painters and other creative types.

 1986 – 1994 self-employed Front Royal, VA 22630
radio on-air personality, disc jockey and freelance writer

  • Worked for 8 years as a full-time nightclub disc jockey (Texas Spirit Saloon, Streamers, Backroom, and others)
  • From July 1995 to December 1996 worked middays. Co-hosted the "Coffee Break" from 9 to 10 am on WAPP.
  • Performed on-air interviews of local politicians, coaches and persons of interest
  • Proficient in audio production of music and commercials.
  • Wrote for national disc jockey publications, such as DJ Times, Mobile Beat, and Karaoke and DJ USA. Articles too numerous to mention—regularly contributed to "Taking Care of Business" a column that focused on the business aspects of the mobile and club DJ industry.
  • Published in many gaming magazines including Dragon, Polyhedron, White Wolf, Troll and Mars

1983 – 1985 U.S. Army
signal intelligence analyst/Russian linguist

  • Top Secret security clearance
  • Honorable Discharge

 

Will Nesbitt

6510 Cavalier Dr. 
Alexandria VA 22307

(571) 277 4537

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Employment Summary

web design

  • More than 7 years of web design experience
  • HTML coder

graphics

  • 9 years of hands-on graphic design experience
  • Proficient with all major graphics packages

communication skills

  • Department leader
  • Excellent written and oral communication (DJ and writer)

creativity

  • Published fiction writer
  • A well of creativity