Denise Jacobs Email & Phone Number

Miami, Fl, Us

I travel the world delivering entertaining, informative, and dynamic conference keynotes and experiential workshops to audiences of managers, marketing professionals, entrepreneurs, designers, developers, information architects, user experience practitioners -- in other words, tech industry creatives and innovators.I research, develop, and deliver on the topics of creativity, productivity, creative collaboration, and how up-level leadership through presentations such as "Banish Your Inner Critic", "The Creativity (R)Evolution", "Infinite Possibilities", "Co-Create: Creating Better Together", and “The Creativity Imperative”.View full list of all upcoming and past keynote engagements at http://www.denisejacobs.com/speaking/calendar/.View videos at http://denisejacobs.com/videos/.

Write articles for both online and print publications and for my own blog.Articles to date:- June 2015: "Rawk The Web", Net Magazine issue #269- May 2014: "Breaking the Perfectionism-Procrastination Infinite Loop", Web Standandards Sherpa- May 2014, "Overcoming Overwhelmed", Miami Herald Op-Ed- September 2012: “Four secrets to enhancing creative productivity”, Netmagazine.com- October 2011: “Reigniting Your Creative Spark”, A List Apart- September 2011: “Banishing Your Inner Critic”, A List Apart- August 2011: “Top 21 Tools for Responsive Design”, Netmagazine.com- January 2011: “Top CSS3 Techniques”, .Net Magazine (in printed January 2011 issue)- April 2010: “The Usual Suspects: Detecting and Preventing the Most Common Culprits Behind CSS Problems”, PeachPit.com blog- March 1998: “Colorless”, Pomegranates Magazine

I gave presentations and lead trainings on CSS3, user experience design, usability, and responsive design at conferences and companies worldwide.

As the Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose, I promote techniques to unlock creativity and spark innovation in people, teams, and workplaces, particularly those in the tech world. I teach game-changing methods for busting through creative blocks, developing clear and effective communication, cultivating collaboration, and up-leveling creative productivity. My focus is on creating real-world results where teams work better, produce more, and skyrocket their company’s success. Through speaking, writing, training, and consulting, I share big concepts that challenge the status quo and lead to “ahas” that translate into immediate actions, skills, and new habits to transform all aspects of people’s work lives with focused creativity and improved productivity through keynotes, trainings, workshops, articles, and books.

Develop sustainable web strategies and solutions for clients, including information architecture, user interface and user experience design, and content strategy. Design and implement CSS refactoring and optimization projects as precursors to Responsive Web Design. Design and build attractive, highly usable, standards-based websites, logos and branding. Manage subcontractors.Developed social media strategies and trained clients to use social media tools effectively.

Temecula, Ca, Us

Teach and evangelize web standards, front-end web design development (HTML & CSS3) best practices and optimization to corporate web developers and designers through both onsite and virtual workshops.

The focus of Smashing #3 is on Redesigning the Web. I wrote the chapter is on the importance of storytelling in webdesign, entitled “The Missing Element of Redesign: Story”. I was the reviewer of Aarron Walter's chapter "Redesigning With Personality".

As a member of the Wasp InterAct Education Task Force, I contributed to InterAct's web design and development education curriculum. I also co-designed and developed the Project Management curriculum, and further developed and submitted presentation descriptions to conferences.

In concert with other board members, developed and managed monthly public meetings. Brainstormed and identified topics for upcoming events and leveraged social media to crowdsource areas of interest to the community. Acted as a moderator for select events, developed questions for topics, secured speakers and speaker bios.Worked in conduction with other board members to publicize and promote events, and gathered written feedback during events for speaker and board future planning efforts.

Wrote the chapter to InterAct with Web Standards: A Holistic Approach to Web Design (http://interactwithwebstandards.com/), published in 2010 by PeachPit Press.

Wrote The CSS Detective Guide (http://www.cssdetectiveguide.com/), the premier book on troubleshooting CSS code, published in 2010 by PeachPit Press, one of the leading publishers of books on web design and development.

Miami, Florida, Us

Worked with external clients (including business owners, directors, project managers and technical leads), and internal teams of web application developers, front-end developers, solution design consultants, and designers to produce large-scale enterprise websites in dotCMS.Determined and clarified project goals, specifications and scope/constraints with client, consulting team, and implementation team; conducted Stakeholder’s Interviews and Focus Groups to glean client’s wants and needs and to inform the project solution design.Developed strong rapport and communication with clients; coordinated and ran all project and client meetings; trained clients on website best practices and use of dotCMS.Managed project timelines and budgets, produced weekly project status and budget reports; closely monitored projects and performed change management to avoid scope creep, budget overrun, etc.

New Braunfels, Texas, Us

Developed and delivered both onsite and offsite web design classes focusing on front-end web development using web standards with (X)HTML and CSS.

* Designed, wrote, and edited instruction manual for proprietary web-based content management system.* Tested usability and checked information architecture of application.* Worked with SMEs and designers to refine content for target audience.* Built out instructional website from written content.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Trained others (peers, desktop publishers, writers, editors) in the use of computer-based tools to format documents; wrote and improved step-by-step procedures documentation. Used production tools to generate Help files in .chm, .aspx and .xml format; troubleshoot error logs. Coded in HTML, XML, and edited .vbs scripts; managed several projects simultaneously.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Key contributor to development and redesign of IT department Web Design program core courses. Researched, developed, and created new curricula and course materials; designed class flow and taught professional training core web design and web development program courses; taught over 500 students web authoring and web design principles and consistently received high praise from students in end of term evaluations.Designed content outline, concept sequencing, curriculum, and mapped assignments to course objectives; designed and developed syllabi, courseware, and training materials; created course outcomes and student performance standards.Implemented relevant instructional design methods and strategies based on adult learning theory (ADT) and effective computer-based training (CBT), while accommodating learning style differences; identified learning needs and continuously improved courses based on most current industry standards/best practices, 3rd-party SGID (Small Group Instructional Diagnosis) mid-course assessments, and student end-quarter evaluations.Collaborated and coordinated with other instructors and SMEs to revamp courses based on student needs assessment; established collective course and individual performance standards; conferred with department manager, other instructor SMEs, and industry professionals to determine program deficiencies, required instructional needs and target audiences.Identified learning needs and continuously improved courses and course materials based on most current industry standards and best practices, SGID (Small Group Instructional Diagnosis) mid-course assessment, and student end-quarter evaluations.Delivered web-based training (WBT) courses through www.e-education.com.Designed, developed and maintained faculty website: http://www.denisejacobs.com/sccc/

Seattle, Wa, Us

Designed and taught curriculum for 2 week computer “camp” for middle school students, including classroom exercises and supporting written handouts on website design and creation, creating and optimizing digital images, and ftp-ing pages to a server.Incorporated web-based training from the Puget Sound Center (www.pugetsoundcenter.org), developed supplemental age-appropriate courseware.Managed and instructed 16 adolescents; trained and supervised 3 tutors.

Designed and produced original handmade herbal soaps and bath salt product line. Developed soap and other body care formulas and their unique aromatherapeutic scents. Designed and produced all branding, packaging, and marketing materials; developed PR strategy and client relationships. Provided an outlet for over 400 students to discover and express their creativity through designing and teaching original, informative, and entertaining hands-on craft classes, including The Art of Herbal Soapmaking, Fun & Easy Herbal Baths, Recycled Stationery Sets, and Organic Gardening. Researched and developed curriculum, designed class flow and sourced course materials; instructed and led class activities.

Managed team of web developers, designers, business systems managers, and marketing communications staff to launch one site refresh and one re-branding of WRQ.com.Managed production of web site content and applications for individual business units in accordance with business objectives, as well as maintenance of existing corporate web site during redesigns.Prototyped, architected content, designed information; oversaw development of web site projects and production, trained team members to use DreamWeaver in support of redesign site launch.Managed, built and launched localized WRQ.com site for Germany, France, and UK.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led localization of IIS 5.0. Structured and managed localization schedule, coordinated localization efforts with U.S. writing and production leads and the IPM, developed localization standards for ADAPT team, generated training materials for subs and vendors and conducted trainings, created and maintained project localization plan and localization kit, managed relationship between US UE production team, MS subsidiaries, and localization vendors. Liaised between US User Education production team and MS subsidiaries and localization vendors for Small Business Server (SBS). Managed localization schedule, communicated regularly with overseas counterparts and other teams (IQA, writing, software localization, packaging, print) to provide hand-offs, perform quality assurance production reviews of hand-off documents, wrote and updated production procedures manual, worked with writing team to format and test the HTML components of product, problem-solved vendor production issues.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Website Manager: Maintained and expanded the NWCROW website. Wrote content, manipulated graphics and page layout, code HTML; managed the coding of intern – aided with coding problems, provided standards for layout.Editor: Wrote articles for and edited The Northwest Women's Report, a quarterly newsletter produced in cooperation with the Center for Women's Health Research and the Department of Women Studies; managed the work of an intern creating a publications catalogue, provided standards for layout.Program and Events Coordinator: Organized, coordinated, and managed center events; wrote and edited annual report, orientation manual for new employees, procedures manual, and other center literature. Interviewed and trained work-study students, interns, and volunteers. Implemented projects under the direction of the Center's Director.

"Electric" sales in a high-energy, fun environment, requiring an extensive knowledge of the products. Monitored and supervised the customers - especially children; also responsible for display organization, shipping and receiving orders. Assistant. Manager duties included supervision and training of new employees, opening and closing: start-up of computer and registers, as well as end-of-the-day computer processing and till balance.

Ba, International Studies, French

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Education record

High School Diploma