John Arcadian
I am a diversely skilled project manager, digital strategist, technical lead, and developer with 15+ years of experience implementing strategies and managing cross-functional initiatives in the higher education, corporate, and creative industries.
I am also an award winning Writer, Game Developer, and Art Director with over 40 books and projects released for tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons. In my free time, and for a few clients, I’ve been creating video game and interactive experiences alongside my main career path.
Testimonials
John consistently displays an excellence in his work that continues to impress me. He is dedicated to doing his best, doesn't cut corners and is always looking for ways to improve projects and processes. John is an asset to the college, we definitely could not have implemented our web update process without his skills and knowledge.
John combines great technical skill with a solid understanding of the needs of our business and customers. He’s super easy to work with, proactive, and quick to respond when crises —inevitably— raise their ugly heads. We could not have grown our online presence, and our ecommerce store, at the rate we have without his great work!
Every time that anyone on the Fuld team (and beyond) needed anything related to our website or technology in general, John was on the job and meeting our needs with amazing skills, amazing depth of knowledge, amazing patience, amazing flexibility, and amazing commitment to getting it done right.
John and I have worked together on several web development projects. The projects included a wide range of platforms, including wordpress and shopify and extensive integrations with systems such as ERPLY. At all times, John provided a level of professionalism and confidence that impressed clients and improved overall teamwork.
Project Managaement Skills
- Project Scheduling
- Timeline Management
- Budget Planning & Cost Control
- Communication and Collaboration
- Art Direction & Creative Oversight
- Strategic Planning
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Workflow Optimization
- Process Improvement
- Stakeholder Communications
- Reporting & Performance Tracking
- Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
- Skillset Assessment
- Resource Allocation
- Adaptability & Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking & Decision-Making
- Time and Priorities Management
- Trello • Jira • Microsoft Teams
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
Development, Design, Content, and Tech Skills
- User Interface Design
- Interaction Design
- User Acceptance Testing
- Usability Assessment
- Information Architecture
- Writing (Technical, Copywriting, Creative)
- Adobe CC (Photoshop, Premiere, Indesign, Illustrator, CC Animate)
- Print Design / Book Layout
- Videography and Video Editing
- Graphic Design and Layout
- Typography and Iconography
- Frontend Development
- HTML/CSS and PHP (Symfony and Laravel)
- JS Frameworks (Jquery, Angular, React)
- SQL and Databases
- CMS Development (WordPress, Drupal)
- Apache / Cpanel / Docker