I am an entreprenuer

I sleep-in late but am always working, that makes me an entrepreneur

  • i am martin ringlein

  • A veteran creative director & passionate entrepreneur. I am co-founder and senior consultant for nclud, a small Washington D.C. based creative web design agency.

  • nclud, a creative web design agency
  • Martin Ringlein

The Resume of Martin Ringlein

I am co-founder and senior consultant for nclud, LLC. I am not currently seeking employment or accepting personal freelance request for proposals.

Education

University of Maryland - College Park

  • Bachelor of Science, Advertising & Graphic Design

Professional Experience

Co-founder & Senior Consultant

nclud, LLC., Washington, D.C.
January 2007 to Present

  • Focusing on aspects of the company’s efforts and acts as a senior consultant.

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer

Stuffable.com, Arlington, Virginia
January 2007 to Present

  • Focusing on all aspects of the company’s creative strategy and marketing efforts and is acting creative director.

Art Director

The Motley Fool, Alexandria, Virginia
January 2006 to January 2007

  • Establish, standardize and implement the creative strategy and design process
  • Create visual design consistency, style guides and brand guidelines
  • Design and maintain information architecture, visual structure and design elements
  • Author and/or assist CSS/XHTML coding and design standards for site redesigns
  • Help lead the effort and idea generation for innovation with respect to business objectives

Creative Director

Cygnus Interactive, Calverton, Maryland
March 2004 to January 2006

  • Provided creative strategy and art direction to a team of web designers and developers
  • Establish, influence, and implement division-wide visual standards, principles and requirements
  • Author CSS/XHTML coding and design standards for site redesigns
  • Authored and created marketing materials and business-to-business presentations
  • Teach Flash, XHTML, and CSS to Cygnus Interactive and other affiliated employees

Creative Design Manager

The Diversity Channel, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland
August 2003 to March 2004

  • Designed and developed company’s identity elements and propagated them across all media
  • Authored and created marketing materials and business-to-business presentations
  • Establish, influence, and implement corporate-wide visual principles and requirements
  • Create, maintain and direct the overall design elements of corporate media, projects and products
  • Develop concepts for the interface of web products, and marketing and sales related projects

Web Designer

Discovery Communications, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland
June 2002 to August 2003

  • Develop online content for Discovery Networks
  • Generate web-based graphics, advertising, and multi-media interactive content
  • Work directly with network producers, in-house marketing, and designers
  • Develop concepts for the interface of web templates, promotional and marketing related projects

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