Mike Whybark - Seattle, WA
mike@whybark.com 
206-245-8787

personal web site at http://mike.whybark.com 
resume web site at http://www.whybark.com

revision date February, 2013

EXPERIENCE (Seattle area unless otherwise noted)

Cine Lucida Inc., 2006-present.
Retail entrepreneur. Online retail business selling a variety of items, primarily fine French soap, pure beeswax candles, and antique-style lightbulbs.

Seattle Community Access Network (SCAN-TV), 2010-2011.
Web developer. Overhauled Joomla-based website for cable-access television station.

Mind Body Source, 2004-2009.
Merchandiser, photographer. Developed fulfillment and inventory systems for independent online retailer.

SIFFblog.com, 2004-2009.
Website entrepreneur. In conjunction with Tablet (Seattle), founded and maintained independent multi-contributor blog covering films and events of the Seattle International Film Festival.

Lucida Services LLC, 2001-present.
Creative and technical services. E-commerce consultant: Black Rapid. Product photography: Vendaria, Mind Body Source, Cine Lucida Inc. Contributor: The Stranger, The Comics Journal, TidBITS, and more. Prerelease sample development, Adobe InDesign.

Now Playing Magazine, 2004-2006.
News Editor. Gathered leads, reported, and completed news stories and features for national entertainment magazine.

Tablet Magazine (Seattle), 2003-2005.
Columnist, film and arts writer. Cinema reviews and arts reporting for local alternative publication.

Cinescape Magazine, Seattle and Studio City, CA. 2001-2003.
Contributing Editor. Managed large CMS-based website and reported on genre entertainment productions for this national film magazine. 

24/7 iPromotions, Seattle and Scotts Valley, CA. 2000 - 2001. 
Director of Product Development. Led integration of proprietary online sweepstakes CMS into new corporate parent's IT environment. Developed roadmap for AwardTrack points-management product development.

iPromotions, Seattle and Scotts Valley, CA. 1999 - 2000. 
Director of Online Services. Led development of proprietary CMS to rapidly deploy surveys and sweepstakes in online advertising campaigns.

Multimedia 2000, 1998 - 1999.
Vice-President of Online Services. User-interface design for web and DVD. Developed and maintained perl-based online storefront and one-off CMS for corporate website.

Multicom Publishing, 1996 - 1998.
Associate producer, user-interface designer. Multimedia production for CD-ROM.

Frank Doolittle Company, 1992 - 1996.
Lead illustrator and graphic designer for specialty advertising company.

Art Worth Ltd., 1990 - 1992.
Art historical analysis and graphic design. Technical writing and documentation design.

BCS Advertising, Bloomington, IN. 1988 - 1990.
Typesetting, layout and design. Copywriting and research. 

Media Design, Bloomington, IN. 1987 - 1988.
Typesetting, layout, and design for small type shop.

EDUCATION

CIS 280, Web Server Development, 2001. Seattle Central Community College. PHP / MySQL web development. Some CSS and Javascript. 

Computer Graphics Certificate, 1994. University of Washington Extension. Seattle, WA.

Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Studio Practice of Art, 1992. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST