On January 20th, 2012 in Photography by Justin
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© 2011 Justin Chick
Throughout my career, I’ve been privileged to have worked with organizations of sizes ranging from locally owned and operated small businesses to nationally recognized brands. This has truly afforded me a unique experience and helped galvanize my understanding that in this day and age, cookie-cutter solutions just don’t cut it.
Above all, I believe in building relationships.Take for instance the relationship I’ve built with the St. Louis community via my love, interest, and devotion to public transportation. Perhaps no other urban activity connects more neighbors with each other and more neighbors with their community than public transportation – it truly is the lifeblood of the urban environment.
Transit Turning Point, a blog which I started in January of 2011, I share many of my views on the state of public transit in the St. Louis region. After being engaged in the transit community, I couldn’t help but note transit riders themselves being omitted from many discussions. This prompted myself along with fellow bloggers and urbanists alike to form the Transit Riders Union of St. Louis.
Though hardly a year in age, the Transit Riders Union has been well received by Metro St. Louis administration and the community at large. We’ve had numerous small victories all enabling us to become a vehicle for change guided by the community and reflecting those communal needs.
I hold seats on Mayor Slay’s Vanguard Cabinet’s Transit Committee, Citizens for Modern Transit’s Riders Advocacy Committee, and have spoken on Transit Oriented Development at City Affair alongside representatives from Metro, Citizens for Modern Transit and the City of Maryland Heights’ Urban Planning Department.
Whether I’m working with a local business developing their Internet presence or examining and strengthening the regions public transit system, it’s all for the same goal of improving our community through stronger, healthier relationships.
Few things connects the urban environment like public transit does.
I know public transit has given me a strong connection to St. Louis. Transit here in St. Louis not only gets me around the city but it’s given me a place, a way and a means through which to help this city move forward.
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Urban Review STL is one of the oldest and perhaps most critically acclaimed urbanism blogs published in St. Louis. Since the first story went live on Halloween day 2004, Urban Review’s received numerous RFT Readers Choice Awards and STL Mag named publisher/author/editor Steve Patterson Best Blogger in 2008 as well as one of The 50 People Who Run St. Louis in 2006.
Patterson approached me with a desire to upgrade the look and feel of Urban Review, provide social integration and insure the Wordpress powered blog remain running at top speed. Since re-theming completed in September, I’ve continued to provide Urban Review with technical support.
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Christopher’s Gifts has been locally owned and operated since it first opened it’s doors in the 1990′s selling an eclectic variety of home goods, many of which St. Louis themed and many more manufactured here in the US.
Thau approached me with a desire to upgrade the shop’s previously existing site with something simple to maintain and able to reflect the shops wide variety of products. I opted for the power, ease and versatility of Wordpress and have been able to exceed all of Christopher’s Internet needs.
Continue readingFreelance Internet Services – St. Louis, MO
Designer, Developer, Consultant
March 2010 – Present
Work with a wide range of primarily St. Louis owned and operated small businesses providing Internet marketing and consulting services including site design, Internet development and social media strategy.
Eureka Interactive – St. Louis, MO
Public Relations Firestarter
August 2010 – January 2011
Established agency’s online marketing services, oversaw strategy development and process implementation of client search marketing and social media campaigns.
SteadyRain – St. Louis, MO
Online Marketing Coordinator
May 2010 – October 2010
Assisted in diversification of online marketing offerings, drafted relevant press releases gaining attention of local and national news outlets, provided daily maintenance and direction for client search engine optimization, pay-per-click and social media campaigns.
Webster University – St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Art
Public Relations
2010
OS: Mac & Windows
Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver Development: WordPress, HTML, PHP, CSS, MySQL
Marketing: Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Strategy Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
Google: Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Apps Administrator
Transit Turning Point
Author & Editor
January 2011 – Present
Blog providing discussion regarding the state of alternative transit in, around and through the of St. Louis Region.
Mayor Slay’s Vanguard Cabinet Transit Committee
Board Member
June 2011 – Present
Young person’s advisory committee to the Mayor of St. Louis specifically addressing transportation issues in the city.
Transit Riders Union of St. Louis
Steering Committee Member
May 2011 – Present
Founding member of TRU which seeks to provide a voice for all transit riders in the St. Louis Metro Region.
Citizens for Modern Transit Riders’ Advocacy Committee
Board Member
Aug 2011 – Present
CMT-sponsored committee which advocates for transit rider needs and works with Metro St. Louis to address them.
GoodStock Soup
Board Member
May 2011 – Present
St. Louis-based nonprofit promoting smarter eating habits by providing a weekly alternative to take out.
Neighbourhood Houses via Amercorps
Resident Volunteer
Sept 2006 – Aug 2007
Responsible for stocking multiple inner city food pantries and distributing items to clients and tutored elementary school age students.
Lets begin discussing your current or upcoming project, simply use the contact form to the right or the information below and I’ll be sure to respond just as soon as I can.
Address: 4333 Itaska Street, Saint Louis, MO, 63116
Phone: (314) 488-3200
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Email: Justin@JustinChick.com
Web: http://JustinChick.com
