Stephen Taylor
Randallstown,Maryland
Summary
Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level information technology position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Media Arts Teacher
LEADERS OF TOMORROW YOUTH CAMP
- Daily Lesson Plans and Technology Activities for Elementary and Middle School students that follow the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students
- Students are challenged with inquiry based and critical thinking through computer software such as TinkerCad, Canva, PowerPoint, SketchPad.io, Word, Excel, Typing.com, IXL.COM, Starfall.com, ABCYA.com (slide presentation, create charts, posters, business letters three dimensional art, digital photography, coding techniques, 3D design).
Computer Science Teacher
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLICS SCHOOLS
08.2017 - Current
- Daily Lesson Plans and Technology Activities for Elementary/ Middle School students that follow the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students
- Student Learning Objective (SLO) of Baltimore City Public Schools
- Students present creativity through digital activities, projects and typing warmups
- Students are challenged with inquiry based learning and critical thinking through computer software such as TinkerCad, Canva, PowerPoint, SketchPad.io, Word, Excel, Typing.com, Code.org, Animoto and StoryBoardThat.com (slide presentation, create charts, posters, business letters three dimensional art, digital photography, coding techniques, 3D design)
- Use of digital media to engage, compare and contrast traditional media
- Examine and explore of past and present technology through the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students
- Regularly engage in unplugged activities to teach algorithms, loops, and conditionals
- Daily maintenance and management of schools electronic devices (laptops, document cameras, smartboard, laptop carts and desktops)
- Coach the Vex IQ Robotics Team for the city wide competition.
Summer Arts Learning Academy
- 01.2020
- Duties include teaching visual arts in a 5-week program engages elementary grade students from Title-1 Baltimore City schools in a dynamic learning environment focused on literacy, math, and arts exploration
- Students participate directly with teaching artists working in a variety of mediums
- 3rd-5th grade students will collaborate with classmates on arts- or STEM-based creative challenges
- New weekly components will be built into the challenges, culminating in a SALA-wide competition
- Examine and explore of past and present artist techniques, art extensions and explorations through the MSDE Fine Arts Curriculum.
Teacher Fellows
Vivian Burley Marshall Academy/ Thurgood Marshall College Fund
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Duties include mentoring middle school students for the First Lego League Challenge in the state of Maryland
- Students learned Journaling, Programming, Coding, Presentation, and Building skills on the EV3 Mine Storm Robot
- Students competed and won first place in the 2019 NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers Competition for presentation in Detroit, Michigan
- In addition to solidifying the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles that naturally come from participating in the program
- Team members also learn valuable life and employment skills which will benefit them no matter which career path they choose.
Digital Press Operator
ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING/ XEROX CORPORATION
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Certified Operator and maintenance of the iGen 4 Xerox Digital Press
- Serving as a contractor for T
- Rowe Price for print out of posters, postcards, brochures, factsheets, booklets, RDO (tabbed jobs), Softproofing, Plan Meters and Merge Letters
- In addition, Color Maintenance and Toner Lineraztion to color correct CMYK job orders, cleaning heat rollers, changing of fuser containers, Ink cartridges, carrier ink, wire modules, Changing the photoreceptor belt and waste box container.
Digital Press Operator
BIZERBA
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Daily Press Maintenance routines in addition to printing of labels of Fortune 500 companies
- Working on the HP WS6000 and HP WS6600
- Replacing Ozone Filters, Cleaning the Imaging oil cleanness sensor IOC3 board, Clean the Overflow waste tank/ Clean waste separator by draining
- Replace and clean Charge/ Balancing Roller
- Changing the PIP and Blanket
- Clesan all NIPS and Rollers
- Cleaning the Impression Roller using a lint-free with IPA
- Cleaning the wiper sides
- Perform Dry Bid Wizard
- Run a print cleaner wizard.
Visual Arts Teacher
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLICS SCHOOLS
01.2015 - 01.2016
- Daily Lesson Plains and Art Activities for Middle School students that follow the Student Learning Objective(SLO) of Baltimore City Public Schools
- Students present creativity through daily visual art activities, projects and warm ups
- Students are challenged with critical thinking through visual arts projects
- Learning past and present Art History using interactive media
- Midterm and Final Exams that focus on basic Art terminology and vocabulary
- Examine and explore of past and present artist through the MSDE Fine Arts Curriculum
- Use of digital media to engage, compare and contrast traditional media
- Create school newsletter and bulletin boards in decorating hallways.
Graphics/Applications Instructor
NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER
08.2010 - 08.2011
- Applications Instructor within the northeast division of New Horizon Northeast teaching over 5,000 students in a year and sustaining an 8.0 evaluation status
- Providing mentor services for students through the mentored learning program
- Graphic Artist instructor providing one on one and instructor led classes
- Proficient in teaching Adobe Premium CS3,CS4, CS5
- Proficiency in teaching the Microsoft Office Applications Windows 7 and Windows XP.
Video Editor/ Production/ Production Assistant
PHOENIX COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC/ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PRODUCTIONS
03.1996 - 07.2011
- Production Assistant for the Jackie Robinson: 'Breaking Barriers' home video
- In addition, logging and viewing archival tapes, published documents, live footage and on air interviews with legendary figures dating back to the 1930's
- Assisting executive producers, senior producers, writers and editors in the creative production using editing and the AVID platform
- Production of highlights for SPORTSNEWSSATELLITE, NBC, CBS, International feeds via satellite
- Highlights used for weekly broadcasts of 'THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL,' 'PENNANT CHASE,' and 'HOCKEY WEEK.'
Art Director/ Graphic Artist/ Video Editor
MSW RESEARCH
12.1997 - 07.2009
- Duties include digital layouts of presentation graphics for storyboards for mall and internet studies, product debranding and preparation of target and competitive brands
- Off-line editing for sessions presentation for field studies
- Creative control of direct mail-ad campaigns, and ADInsight brochures
- Signage for nationwide field-testing in nine cities
- Responsible for meeting deadline and shipping dates for ACT MALL, PRINT TEST, KID/TEEN COMMERCIAL TEST and INTERNET STUDIES
- Purchasing of graphic supplies as needed to run the department, also the responsible for the maintenance of Textronics/ Xerox Printers.
Graphic Artist/ Sales Representative
FEDEX/ KINKOS
03.2004 - 06.2006
- Responsible for layout of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital Prescription ads, order forms, business cards along with the print outs and binding of materials
- Business card layouts, banner print outs, along with computer (MAC/PC) and copier maintenance
- Holiday Calendar production and stock room organization.
Video Editor/ Production
NBA ENTERTAINMENT
09.1999 - 01.2004
- Logging in descriptions of NBA and WNBA regular season, playoffs and NBA Finals for production of the Home Videos
- Video editing of season highlights, fans, iso-shots, for daily production on NBATV and teams home videos
- Trained on the Intel digital streamline for NBA.com TV production
- Weekly interview of players, coaches, and league officials for NBATV broadcasts and Jumbotron in the team arenas
- Production on the 2000-01 All star Games
- Worked with the events department and league security for the annual all-star games, lottery draft selection and draft selection.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FINE ARTS/ GRAPHICS/ PHOTOGRAPHY -
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Skills
- CompTIA ITF
- Adobe Creative Suite(Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Photoshop)
- Tinkercad
- Corel Draw, Corel Paint
- MakerBot 3D Printer
- Student Engagement
- Artistic Techniques
- Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Xerox iGen 4 Certification
Timeline
Teacher Fellows
Vivian Burley Marshall Academy/ Thurgood Marshall College Fund
01.2018 - 01.2019
Computer Science Teacher
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLICS SCHOOLS
08.2017 - Current
Digital Press Operator
ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING/ XEROX CORPORATION
01.2016 - 01.2017
Digital Press Operator
BIZERBA
05.2015 - 05.2016
Visual Arts Teacher
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLICS SCHOOLS
01.2015 - 01.2016
Graphics/Applications Instructor
NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER
08.2010 - 08.2011
Graphic Artist/ Sales Representative
FEDEX/ KINKOS
03.2004 - 06.2006
Video Editor/ Production
NBA ENTERTAINMENT
09.1999 - 01.2004
Art Director/ Graphic Artist/ Video Editor
MSW RESEARCH
12.1997 - 07.2009
Video Editor/ Production/ Production Assistant
PHOENIX COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC/ MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PRODUCTIONS
03.1996 - 07.2011
Media Arts Teacher
LEADERS OF TOMORROW YOUTH CAMP
Summer Arts Learning Academy
- 01.2020
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FINE ARTS/ GRAPHICS/ PHOTOGRAPHY -
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY