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+## 👋 Hi, I’m Zach Taiji.
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+Professionally, I'm a graphic designer, web designer, and social listening analyst that works primarily with pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and healthcare non-profits. Previously, I spent over a decade living and breathing PR, social media marketing, and digital marketing strategy—serving technology companies of all sizes across the cybersecurity, space, blockchain, artificial intelligence, fintech, and cloud computing verticals.
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+With the majority of my professional experience spent in fast-paced agency settings—and the occasional freelance/side-project—**the skills I've acquired are almost entirely self-taught**. I also have a strong desire to understand and learn complex systems, processes, and technologies, which I partially attribute to my [neurodivergent brain](https://zachtaiji.com/working-from-home-with-adhd/).
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+### What I'm Currently Learning (aka Teaching Myself)
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+- ☕️ **Java** to learn how to make custom Minecraft server mods.
+- 🧊️ **3D modeling** tools like Blender & BlockBench.
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+### Key Skills
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+- 🧑🏻‍💻 **Graphic Design**: Social & digital marketing materials (static & animations), websites, infographics, decks & presentations, print & signage. [View Portfolio](https://docs.zachtaiji.com/portfolio/graphic-design/)
+- 📸 **Photography & Videography**: Real estate, portraits, weddings & events, drone operator. [View Portfolio](https://zachtaiji.com/tag/photography/)
+- 🕵🏻‍♂️ **Social Listening & Research**: Research & developing complex boolean queries, data mining, data wrangling & preparation, data analysis, visual reporting.
+- ✍️ **PR & Copywriting**: Media outreach, social media content, thought leadership content, blogs.
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+### Software, Tools, and Technologies I Use
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+- 🎨 **Static Design**: Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite.
+- 📹 **Video & Motion**: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Davinci Resolve, Apple Motion.
+- 📊 **Data & BI**: OpenRefine, Orange, Looker Studio, Netbase/Quid, Linkfluence, BrandWatch, Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau.
+- ✍️ **Writing & Editing**: Word, Google Docs, Obsidian (I love writing in Markdown).
+- 🖥 **Presentations & Decks**: PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides.
+- 🎯 **Social & Web**: Google Ads, LinkedIn Ads, SEO tools, Buffer, HootSuite, Sprout Social, Google Analytics, SEMRush.
+- 👨🏻‍💻 **Dev**: Docker, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, MySQL/PostGres, Nginx/Apache, VSCode, fish/zsh/bash, server administration (I run my own homelab/server in my spare time), Python, WordPress.
+- 📋 **Getting things done**: Notion, Trello, Slack, Asana, Todoist, Airtable, and every PM/collaboration/communication/task management tool imaginable.
+- 🦾 **Other stuff**: 3d printing, woodworking, Fusion360, building custom drones, soldering and basic electrical circuitry and power management.
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+📫 Contact me: [email protected]