33 Shore Drive SW
Edwardsville, IL 62025
PHONE (618) 659-0553
E-MAIL aaellis@yahoo.com
Professional experience
Sporting News St. Louis, MO
Senior Web Developer 2000 – present
Design, develop and coordinate in building of large sports sites for www.sportingnews.com,
fantasysource.sportingnews.com/football, fantasysource.sportingnews.com/baseball,
warroom.sportingnews.com mobile.sportingnews.com, mstv.sportingnews.com and assistance on
fantasygames.sportingnews.com (Purchase required for access - contact Aaron for assistance).
Coordinate online content and promotion with partners: MSN, Fox Sports and Yahoo!
Manage, develop and maintain web site for Lowe's Team 48, featuring respected NASCAR driver,
Jimmie Johnson, www.LowesRacing.com
Took client ideas as well as editorial vision and mapped out sites.
Converted design comps into working HTML templates. Used hand coded HTML for optimal
efficiency, Java Script and CSS. Optimized and cut up comps using Photoshop and Image Ready.
Built special promotional contests for clients.
Updated and maintained sites manually for clients.
Edited, optimized and published video in multiple formats for Lowesracing.com
Troubleshoot on multiple platforms for Cross-browser consistency.
Research Illini Magic
Worked with editors and writers on fact checking and recommendations on Illinois Basketball in an effort
to “Capture the Fighting Illini's special season!”
http://www.sportingnews.com/books/cbasketball/illinois.html
Real Estate Development 1998 – Present
Buy, sell and rent commercial and residential real estate.
Rehab houses: Buy repossessions and foreclosures. Remodel and sell for maximum profit.
Coordinate with contractors and inspectors on completion of projects.
Meet with potential buyers and negotiate prices.
What colleagues say about Aaron:
Your work on the Lowe's site was absolutely critical for us keeping extraordinary satisfaction from this key
client, and giving us the perfect demonstration of what we can do in the custom area - a very profitable
business line for us that will take pressure off of the magazine and online. Many thanks,
-- Rick Allen, CEO
Aaron Ellis, of our fantasy team, often works 6 or 7 days a week making sure that our partner and client,
Lowes Racing, has the best racing site on the Web. He has made himself available whenever needed,
including weekends, and is at their beck and call to meet all of their needs and deadlines. He does this all
while continuing to meet his daily duties as a Senior Web Developer for www.sportingnews.com. Aaron's
commitment to this project has been a critical element in the success of a cornerstone relationship.
-- Beth Jatcko, Executive Producer
Skills
Monitor and coordinate all aspects of design projects, and establish development
standards based upon industry best practices, while offering alternative web
development solutions to maximize site efficiency and size.
Extensive knowledge in developing and designing consistent user friendly UI’s.
MBA with e-commerce marketing management skills
HTML, Java Script, CGI Script, DHTML, Pearl and Unix.
HTML development, experienced in Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop,
Flash, ASP, SQL and PHP.
Education
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration/e-Business
The MBA program emphasizes the identification, analysis, and solution of complex
management problems that require technical understanding and balanced decision
making.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Bachelor of Science, Mass Communications
Minor in Speech Communication
Awards
2004 - Walk the Extra Mile Award
2002 - Most Innovative