Joe Jurczyk

Experienced business, technical and education professional with an MA in Instructional Technology, an MBA in Marketing, a certificate in Distance Education, and a BS in Systems Engineering. More than 30 years experience in web design, web development, search engine optimization, instructional design, content curation, technical writing, business writing and market research.
 

Web Developer / Webmaster (freelance) CLIKT.com
March 2007 – Present
● Provide design, development, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing and hosting
● Developed news sites including COVID-19DailyNews.com, OpioidNews.com and Pro-Bono.org using both
● Utilize WordPress (web site design and development), Shopify (e-commerce site design) and
Feedly.com/Buffer.com (content curation).
● Web sites include:
o TCI Software.com – WordPress-based web site for national medical software company.
o gFinity.com - WordPress-based web site for local telecommunications consulting company.
o Electrodata.com – WordPress-based web site for local electronics manufacturing company.
o MabelDental.com – WordPress-based web site for dental laboratory.
o GatewayTitle.com – WordPress-based web site for local title agency.
o CLIKT.com – Created design/SEO organization to provide Internet services for local businesses.
o phytnews.com - Created WordPress-based site and social network strategy for publishing fitness news.
Project Manager
Global Select Partners, Remote
October 2021 – Present
Manage web projects for clients and affiliate sites including TonerCartridgeStore.com.
Web Designer
Kloud9, Cleveland, Ohio
June 2015 - Present
Web design contractor for a local IT company. Design and update WordPress web sites for small business clients.
Partner/Co-Founder
Western Reserve Racing, Hudson, Ohio December 2012 – November 2021
● Managed and co-directed 35+ running events annually including the Burning River Run and Relays, Fools 50K
and 25K, Leave No Trace Marathon and Half Marathon, Bigfoot 50K, 20 Mile and 10 Mile Runs and the Frosty 5 and Mistletoe Mile runs.
● Managed volunteer program and maintained all volunteer communication including a monthly online newsletter with updated events, industry news and volunteer profiles using Constant Contact.
● Obtained and managed event permits and facility rentals.
Web Designer (subcontractor)
NASA Glenn Research Center / Insight Global, Brook Park, Ohio June 2020 – October 2020
● Updated various NASA Glenn department web sites using WordPress and NASAPress theme as well as TablePress extension and data from the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS).

Webmaster (contractor)
Unisteer Performance Products / Maval Industries, Twinsburg, Ohio
January 2019 – January 2020
● Managed and maintained Joomla-based websites for local manufacturing company.
● Managed company’s social media accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

M.A. Educational Foundations and Leadership emphasizing Instructional Technology (2008) College of Education, University of Akron
Akron. Ohio
● Curriculum included various technology management, instructional design and software application
courses.
Various Courses: Internet Business and Technology (2001-2004) University of California Berkeley Extension, University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, California (distance learning program formerly Electronic Commerce)
● Distance learning program covering the business and technical issues of Internet technology.
               
Certificate: Distance Education (2003)
University of Wisconsin-Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin (distance learning program)
● Curriculum covered aspects of distance learning including teaching, learning, technology, instructional
design, evaluation, learner support services, and management of online courses.
M.B.A. Concentration: Marketing (1988)
Weatherhead School of Management (WSOM), Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
● Graduate assistant for WSOM Banking and Finance Department, aiding in faculty research projects,
including comparative studies of financial institutions and analysis of the prime rate.
B.S. Major: Systems Engineering (1987)
Case Institute of Technology, Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
● Senior project detailed the use of image processing algorithms to compute frequency information of tactile
sensor data using two-dimensional Fast Fourier Transform (FTT) and other mathematical transforms.