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New York, Ny, Us

St. Louis , Us

• Founding designer of the Design System Team• Launched libraries for the new Evernorth and Express Script Pharmacy brands • Continually improved the Accredo and Express Scripts PBM brands• Rolled out design tokens to better scale our design system libraries with a single source of truth• Drove migration from Sketch to Figma for increased project collaboration and visibility

St. Louis , Us

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

♦ Front-end lead providing development and production support for the Plan Sponsor, Print on Demand, and Pricing Automation Tool sites on a two-month release cycle.♦ Overhauled legacy code of the Plan Sponsor and Print on Demand sites to improve SEO, meet W3C standards, add functionality, streamline form submissions, reduce page load, and optimize for mobile.♦ Revamped usability of Modify Reports leveraging jQuery UI to allow swift customization of financial reports.

♦ Raised the bar for all future development on the Medco Pharmacy site by churning out usability-focused layouts and accessible XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery code on a two-month release cycle.♦ Answered demand for dynamic pages by introducing jQuery, training the User Experience Team in its use, and advocating it as a replacement for Dojo.♦ Beat an agency’s design in a two-day usability session showcasing their layouts against my own.♦ Founding member of the Imagineering Team that dove into the tablet space with prototypes for the Medco Caregiver app for iPad.

♦ Launched the online presence of multiple small businesses through site design, development, and hosting setup. ♦ Developed series of WordPress blogs to track campaign, character, and session information for roleplaying games.♦ Implemented the Roundhouse Fitness Center and ROKG Housing sites by developing custom CSS for WordPress.

New York, Ny, Us

♦ Propelled the usability of the LivePerson Expert Advice site by allowing side-by-side comparisons of expert profile qualifications and rates with a custom jQuery carousel.♦ Implemented the XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript form validation of the registration and login process behind the Talk Money with Jean Chatzky live event microsite. ♦ Streamlined project tracking by developing an intranet site for the Consumer Business Team.

Estero, Fl, Us

♦ Managed three Web Designers and two consultants as creative lead.♦ Reduced page abandonment and customer service calls by revamping the reservation process for the Hertz Car Rental and Hertz Equipment Rental sites.♦ Developed the look, flow, and brand of the Simply Wheelz site for the new leisure rental market.♦ Introduced modal windows to shorten page length and replace pop-up windows.♦ Refreshed the Hertz brand while increasing usability through the creation of the Online Check-In process, Special Offers pages, and Rental Confirmation e-mails.♦ Trained the Design Team in XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript to offload daily content updates from the Front-End Team and increase overall productivity.♦ Eased the tracking of promotions, banner ads, and stock images by developing an intranet repository for the Design Team and Marketing Team.♦ Drove weekly initiatives to research e-commerce trends for inspiration to innovate the design, workflows, banners, and usability of the company’s domestic and international sites.

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♦ Converted paper-based HR processes into intranet application flows for Maytag, MetLife, Humana, Thomson Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, Hewlett-Packard, and Texas Instruments. ♦ Ushered the conversion of all front-end code to follow W3C standards and use CSS to control layouts, cutting client customization and implementation time by more than half.