Jon Olsen
1425 Washington St NE #1
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612/788-9556

Education
Bachelor of Arts, Augsburg College, 1995
Graduated Cum Laude with degrees in English and Theater.

Graduate studies, Luther Seminary, 1996-99
Three years graduate work in Systematic Theology.


Electronic Solutions Coordinator, ProGroup, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 2004-present

  • Created web and desktop products and solutions for diversity training.
  • Subject matter expert for sales team on esolutions.
  • Elearning design and content creation.
  • Web production and implementation.

    • Information Systems Manager, Country Media, Inc., Sturgis, SD, 3/2000-2003

  • Managed systems for 200 employees, at 14 locations in 4 states.
  • Network and server administration on Windows 2000, Windows NT, Mac.
  • Training and instructional design for new employees in graphics and production.
  • Purchasing, vendor negotiation, new technology research.
  • Desktop production for sheetfed and webfed commercial printing.
  • Graphic design.
  • Set ads for area newspapers and other publications.
  • Production for numerous regional special-interest publications.
  • Assisted training of two new employees in workflow procedures.
  • Worked in Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, Pagemaker and Acrobat.
  • Performed excellent customer service, even improving relations with some delicate accounts.
  • Also worked with traditional hand paste-up jobs.

    • Freelance Artist/Designer, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Rapid City, 9/93-10/99

  • Graphic design., promotions and marketing.
  • Promotions designs for Las Americas Theater, Augsburg College Theater, J. Paul Productions.
  • Logo designs for Empower, Musicapolis, ARSNova, West Bank School of Music.
  • Volunteer designs for AFSCME, Schubert Club, Black Hills State University, area churches.

    • Theater Artisan, Twin Cities & Black Hills, 8/94-Present

  • Sound design for Eye of the Storm Theater, Minneapolis
  • Sound and lighting design for Augsburg College Theater.
  • Direction for Matthews Opera House, Spearfish, SD.
  • Scenic Design and Technical Direction for Black Hills Children's Theatre, Rapid City, SD.
  • Scenic Design and Technical Direction for Sturgis Area Arts Council Theatre, Sturgis, SD.
  • Assistant Stage Manager for Eye of the Storm Theater
  • Master Electrician for Cricket Theater, Minneapolis
  • Co-authored War Golems for 50 Foot Penguin Theater
  • Translated and directed Choephori for Theater Zoe

    • Managing Director, Theater Zoe, Minneapolis, 7/98-8/99

  • Co-founder, in charge of day to day operations.
  • Recruited actors and production staff.
  • Set budgets and managed accounts.
  • Designed promotions for three productions.
  • Translated and directed a Greek tragedy.
  • In charge of ticket sales, oversaw marketing efforts

    • Academic Adviser, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 4/96-8/96

  • Helped students plan their college coursework.
  • Maintained records of student transcripts and tracked degree progress.
  • Proctored skills assessments.
  • Desktop publishing for Advising Center materials.

    • Editor Luther Seminary, St. Paul 10/96-6/97

  • Editor of a graduate school bi-weekly newspaper, The Concord.
  • Typesetting, design, photography, desktop publishing, manual layout.
  • Assign stories to writers, edit copy, solicit and layout advertising

    • Computing Skills

  • Experience on multiple platforms: Macintosh, DOS, Windows, Silicon Graphics, Sun, Linux
  • Experience with scanners, laser and inkjet printers, CD-R, digital cameras, digital audio equipment.
  • I have one or more years experience with all applications listed below.
  • Design: Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, Bryce, Painter, Infini-D, Poser, CorelDraw,
  • Fontographer, Studio Pro.
  • Desktop Publishing: PageMaker, Quark, Publisher, Powerpoint.
  • Web Design: BBEdit, Dreamweaver, HotMetal, SimpleText.
  • Office: MS Office, WordPerfect, WordStar, Filemaker, Quicken, Groupwise.
  • Internet: Explorer, Netscape, Outlook, Groupwise, Notes, Eudora, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, Hotline, iCab,
  • Pine, Elm, Lynx.
  • Audio: SoundEdit 16, ReBirth RB-338, Logic Audio Discovery, VMR, Mpecker Encoder.
  • Dozens of utilities, plug-ins and miscellaneous add-ons.

    • Achievements

  • Presidential Scholar, Augsburg College, 1991-95.
  • Honors Program Graduate, Augsburg, 1995.
  • Departmental Honors in Theater, Augsburg, 1995.
  • Member, SensoRe:Engine audio/visual performance art collective, 1998-Present.
  • Active in Black Hills Community Theatre and Black Hills Children's Theatre Troupe, 1999.
  • Committee member, Halloween benefit for Cancer Care Institute and Caring for Kids, Rapid City, 1999.
  • Active in Black Hills music scene as a singer/songwriter.
  • Poetry published by Tales of the Unanticipated and Electric Wine magazines.

    • References upon request