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              NICHOLAS A. PANICO
Work Experience___________________________________________________
United Parcel Service                  Hodgkins, IL                     October 2004 – Present
UPS Management
        Complete reports on employee hire and turnover, staffing, new employee pay logs
        Input and extract data from the UPS Training Applications Database
        Create and input employee timecards
        Create and maintain Corporate Assessment Audit Books
        Data Integrity for the Peak Season Saturday Sort Planning Team
        Daily Communications Newsletter
        Lead Supervisor in Outbound Training Department
        Dispatch daily work assignments and make weekly plans for training new employees
        Basic PC Tech Support for Office Co-Workers

Time Plus Payroll Services           Mokena, IL                       January 2008 – June 2008
Web Designer: www.timeplus-mokena.com
        Designed website using HTML, CSS, and graphics
        Maintained and updated informational content

SearchLit.org                           Chicago, IL                     January 2007 – May 2007
Web Designer: www.searchlit.org
         Redesigned website’s user interface using HTML, CSS, and graphics
         Conducted usability studies and created paper and digital prototypes
         IAM Senior Capstone class
Grandstand                              Chicago, IL               September 2002 – August 2004
Sales Associate
         Sold sports merchandise, maintained inventory in stockroom, and performed sales
             transactions
         Edited and updated graphics on store website

The Columbia Chronicle                 Chicago, IL                     August 2001 – August 2002
Webmaster/Journalist: www.columbiachronicle.com
        Modified website’s user interface and helped introduce streaming video content
        Maintained and updated weekly news content
        Edited and optimized images for the web
        Wrote several articles about music, art, film, and computer technology
Education_________________________________________________________
Moraine Valley Community College Palos Hills, IL                            August 2008 - Present
Web Developer Certificate
        Current Coursework: Programming Principles in Ruby, Database Design, Advanced
           Web Authoring in XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Columbia College                          Chicago, IL                   1999 – 2002; 2005 – 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Interactive Arts and Media                                             GPA: 3.1
         Related Coursework: Client/Team Multimedia Production, Designing/Programming
             for the Web, Computer Graphics, Web Animation, Video for Multimedia, Sound for
             Multimedia, Photography for Multimedia, Visual Design for Multimedia
Technical Skills_____________________________________________________
         Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
         Web Design Skills - XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
         Web Development Applications – Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator
         Operating Systems - Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple OS X Leopard
Awards and Recognition______________________________________________
         2002 Illinois College Press Association, Honorable Mention – Online
             Newspaper Editions for The Columbia Chronicle
         Featured Gallery 37 Artist – A painting of mine was displayed on dozens of banners
             along Dearborn Avenue in downtown Chicago
         Featured Student, 2007 Columbia College IAM Exhibition
         Academic Excellence Grant Recipient, Columbia College
         Dean’s List, Columbia College