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Garden City, Ny, Us

Bethpage, New York, Us

 Worked with Marketing on design and creation of new launches, including cross-brand launch, with email blasts and banner updates for intranet CMS Created banners and handled updates for intranet CMS

Bethpage, New York, Us

 designed/updated/proofread approx. 60 landing pages per month, including stand-alone splash pages, emails and microsites, and approx. 200 coordinating banners, for three brands. templatized cross-brand campaigns with numerous layout options. trained designers in AmEx brands' web standards and procedures. Mainly responsible, as Administrator and Designer, for two WordPress sites, involving weekly and monthly postings, home page updates, changes to menus and functionality, testing and implementation of plug-ins, and training of new editors/contributors. Re-designed aWordPress site, involving php file updates. Supply analytical data through WordPress and Google Analytics. Participated in the testing of a large microsite and the ongoing testing of a major site re-skin

San Antonio, Tx, Us

 Developed a reputation for consistently meeting deadlines and expertly managing a wide array of projects with competing deadlines. Managed, on average, 12 creative projects per month with competing deadlines. Helped redesign and rebrand the commercial site and Member portal of the corporate website that consists of 200+ pages and is accessed by 55 million users.  Aided in the transition of the company to social media, developed pages for high traffic portals on Facebook, LinkedIn and Youtube. Created an online community that grew to nearly 1400 in less than 90 days.  Developed email templates in HTML using the Listrak online service that generated open rates of 24% and click rates of 8%-9%.  Headed URAC Re-accreditation process.

Print and web freelance designing for this training and grooming center in Tuckahoe, NY. Also created a digital sign to push their new Doggie Daycare business.

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Internal Communications  Designed an internal newsletter in InDesign, created to inform and entertain the employees. Edited articles, shot the majority of the photos retouching in Photoshop when necessary, created all graphics, and created a web-ready pdf with Acrobat for the intranet. Worked with the print shop for best quality, and reviewed blues and composed proofs. Designed, produced, programmed, and maintained their new digital signage system using Four Winds Interactive software. This involved designing screen background graphics and template layouts, creating content including advertisements, vector floor plans, and informational text, and handling the scheduling of each section of the screens.  Designed and aided in the content creation of an educational manual for the web-accessible self-help module of a new payroll system.  Photographed ongoing construction sites, social functions, and internal events. Also used personal landscape and wildlife photos to enliven the digital signs.  Consulted on the design of the proposed new internet home page, concentrating on ease of use for contractors signing in and including social networking features.

Marketing Communications  Produced a weekly, print and html newsletter for Financial Advisors. Responsibilities included editing, formatting, typsetting, placing images, gathering content, and distributing to over 10,000 FAs worldwide.  Created internal email communications on request, using Dreamweaver and Outlook. Created html emails for outside FAs, using Dreamweaver and the Dream Epsilon internal application.

New York, Us

Page-A-Day Department  Worked on all aspects of calendar production-created sample pages and style sheets in both Quark and InDesign, designed page layouts for calendars, selected and placed images, flowed in copy, reviewed passes, collected/packaged all necessary files for separator and/or printer, reviewed blues and comps. Worked closely with authors, illustrators, photographers, editors, photo researchers, and production staff.  Wrote procedural manual to document image creation for semi-annual catalog. Worked closely with printer for best possible results. Converted 20 calendars from Quark to InDesign.  Aided in the design process of books, cookbooks, and products, including The Magic Charms Series redesign, Food to Live By, The Halloween Handbook, BrainQuest Workbook, Joy of Origami, and My Grandpa's Briefcase.

Designed, analyzed, coded, documented, and maintained numerous systems for the shoe and clothing manufacturing, insurance, and banking industries.

New York , Ny, Us

Participated in full Project Life Cycles for the advancement and benefit of the Health Insurance Department.

Web Development Intensive Certificate

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Web Designer Certificate

Education record

Digital Design And Graphics Certificate