Alex Campillo

Improving the overall online presence and providing customer service on behalf of The Spice House various social media platforms and email marketing.

• Increased potential online sales streams by 300%.
• Providing quality customer service regarding the company's product on Twitter and Instagram.
• Writing creative and compelling copy for the weekly newsletter sent to over 80,000 potential customers.
• Collaborating with other team members to create unique in-store and online promotions.

Teaching various technology and design topics to middle school students. Topics include software development (Bash, Python, SQL), computer hardware and web/UI design.

Responsibilities include:

• Presenting topics in an interesting manor, to hold the interest of middle school students.
• Managing classrooms of 10-15 students.
• Learning any new material and preparing the information for teaching, often under time constraints.

Identified an underserved industry (boutique retail stores) and dominated the market providing solutions for point of sale software, payment processing and ecommerce sites.

Responsibilities included:

• Creating all necessary design elements both internally and for clients.
• Designing and building out custom ecommerce sites for our clients.
• Implementing point of sale software and hardware and training on site staff.
• Outreach for new sales and maintaining client relationships.

Won numerous awards and achievements including a ranking in Chicago's 50 Startups to Watch in 2015 and press articles in Built In Chicago and Crain's Business. Helped lead the company to a successful series A funding round.

Responsibilities included:

• Designing and developing responsive web sites for clients.
• Creating assets for websites such as web banners and other graphics.
• Managing the development team, delegating and overseeing projects to completion.
• Writing design and development proposals for some of the company's biggest clients.

Earning pre-requisite coursework in mathematics and engineering for graduate school.

An on demand chicken wing restaurant run out of my apartment. In one week we brought The Wang Thang to life, drummed up lots of press, got picked up by Caviar, and most importantly had a lot of fun!

A simple idea, free stock photos featuring the American flag! Initially started as a joke until it was featured on Web Designer Depot's monthly resource list last year. Newsletter has over 100 sign-ups and counting!