About SeanyBoy

“It’s not about what happened in the past, or what you think might happen in the future. It’s about the ride, for Christ’s sake. There is no point in going through all this crap, if your are not going to enjoy the ride…” – Along Came Poly

I live near the beach in Carlsbad, I’m a member of surfrider. I’m the stubborn and romantic-spirited son of a great and funny Irishman who I love and miss. I’m from southern California and went to private schools my whole life.

I enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. I moved to Carlsbad to take care of family and got a few college degrees in Graphic Communications and digital imaging then became certified as an ACE, an Adobe Certified Expert. I was about to continue down the education path, but was offered a teaching position at a college in north county San Diego where I spent the next several years teaching Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Flash. I also taught and consulted at several other training centers and business teaching condensed design classes for business professionals.

I have worked for design agencies both large and small. My experience over the years has spanned the design spectrum of both print and web. In 2007, I took a position at an in-house marketing department for a great American company in north county San Diego. In addition to doing graphic design and creative work, I have been very proactive at finding and solving real needs for the overall success of the company by streamlining as much as possible, seeking out and successfully leading initiatives such as the following:

• I implemented a CMS system for project management – completely innovating how our marketing department handles some 150 projects at any given time.
• I wrote a complete interactive process guide for the management of projects in our department.
• I modernized how we build large documents such as owners manuals and other marketing literature. I implemented a method of mapping content from original word documents to automatically propagate and fill content into an InDesign document template which accounts for mapping styles and formatting columns and images. Conceptually, I focused on the big picture process taking into account all parties involved.
• I implemented an amazing digital proofing system and have continued to work closely with users and developers  for a modern and efficient review process which saves review time and provides overview, visibility and accountability.
• I just released the companies first iPad app that will directly help sales and marketing goals by promoting our water efficient products.
• In several months, I will complete another major project that I can’t talk about yet.