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Albany, Ny, Us

Latham, New York, Us

Web development for clients of Vibrant Brands, a full-service marketing agency for an array of clients in the New York Capital Region and beyond. Create fully responsive web sites using industry-standard semantic HTML, CSS3, Javascript and a variety of related technologies. Optimize site performance through compression, minification, and concatenation. Observe search engine optimization (SEO) concerns to improve site ranking, while ensuring accessibility standards for client sites.

Founder of own design company, offering web design and development, branding, packaging design, logo creation, layout of brochures, flyers, mailers and more. Have served a broad base of clientele, including small businesses, off-Broadway theaters, artists, bands, public relations companies, etc.View examples at:http://www.2bitcreative.com

Work closely with the Amplify design team in developing prototypes and style architectures for the in-house toolkit and style guide. Collaborate in the creation of SASS and script structure for projects ranging from admin sections to brochure sites to animated avatars and sequences.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for all aspects of front-end web development, including CSS, HTML and JavaScript as well as broad customization of WordPress, including custom templates, post types and taxonomies utilizing the WP Core and PHP.

Heading up digital arm of medical affiliate network. Creating new marketing strategies, designing communications, developing web presences for both in-house sites and affiliate doctors. Leveraging social media to increase lead gen and conversion for medical specialists. Creating and editing marketing video. Developing web infrastructure for the business.

Create mobile-friendly web sites from wireframes and designs, employing the latest functionalities available in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and JQuery. Work in tight-knit teams employing Agile workflows to design intelligent online experiences that leverage the expectations of the average internet user to make usable and enjoyable sites. Create tablet and mobile interfaces for web browsers that emulate the functionality of native apps. Through CSS media queries, responsive development and unique JavaScript, I create device-agnostic sites that utilize the latest web technologies while ensuring fallbacks for older generation browsers. Employ best code practices including concatenation, minification, CSS preprocessing, asynchronous server calls and modularization to improve web site performance.

London, Greater London, Gb

Created Flash interfaces for interactive sales tablets, designing and implementing animations and functionality. Utilized the Flash timeline and ActionScript 3 to create robust user experiences and convey dense information in graphically pleasing ways. Integrated Flash functionality with the Exploria proprietary framework. Also designed and created banners, microsites, e-mail blasts and modules, optimized for the web.

Brooklyn, Ny, Us

Designed and developed WordPress sites for small businesses in the Brooklyn area.

Designed web site for teen readers book After. Created and implemented design.

Various web and graphic design positions

New York, Ny, Us

Two-week assignment at advertising agency creating Flash banners and site comps for a major brand. Worked closely with producers to fulfill key client's high expectations on deadline.

New York, New York, Us

Create Flash advertising for products and services offered by CafeMom, a social networking site for mothers and mothers-to-be. Create animations for banners of different sizes, adding own illustrations or using previously provided assets. Work with art director to ensure banners meet specifications of company and demands of partner companies.

Designed and created messaging going out to thousands of college students, prospective students and parents for a company offering academic retention online products. Created e-mail templates using XHTML, CSS, Photoshop. Incorporated dynamic PHP content through use of Smarty. Consulted with design team on best practices and worked closely with web producers and QA department to create e-mail communications that were eye-catching but also compliant with multiple browsers and e-mail clients.

Created dynamic e-mail communications.

Headed up production of 16-page newsletter for the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, a multimillion-dollar fundraising institution combatting a rare form of cancer. I handled all layout for the publication, collecting submissions from writers and artists and preparing the newsletter for printers. I was responsible for the creation of five issues, delivered before deadline.

Web designer and developer.

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Headed up co-branding development projects, coordinating business, design and engineering departments in timely completion of co-branded products. Implemented designer mock-ups on third-party sites incorporating LookSmart's backend technology.

Wrote and edited articles for the News and Entertainment divisions of Snap!, CNET's start-up search engine. Posted multiple articles online daily, created "Best of the Web" special features and wrote segment of TV.COM's entertainment broadcast.

In the bustling heyhey days of Internet 1.0, churned out snappy reviews for CMP Media start-up Netguide Live.

Houston, Texas, Us

As a route leader at Amigos de Las Americas, I managed teams of volunteers in four different northern Ecuadoran towns. I monitored and advised on their projects, which involved creation of outhouses and health education for the communities in which they lived. I gave the volunteers weekly feedback on their progress and resolved conflicts and blockers on their projects.

Bs, History

High School Degree