John Bligh Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

Worked for various companies of over the years as a freelancer at companies like Simon & Schuster and Tor books.

Greater New York City Area

JBlighWeb is a web Design and development company specializing in Wordpress implementation for small businesses. I've been working for many years as a freelancer and this company I founded continues that to this day.

New York, Ny

Oversaw front-end development and created user interfaces for several mainframe applications that were being converted to web applications.- Worked with developers and database administrators to create a new front end user interface for web applications using a combination of Bootstrap and Telerik Controls. All applications are responsive and compatible with all major browsers. - Rewrote and modernized front-end web application standards that will be used going forward for all… Show more Oversaw front-end development and created user interfaces for several mainframe applications that were being converted to web applications.- Worked with developers and database administrators to create a new front end user interface for web applications using a combination of Bootstrap and Telerik Controls. All applications are responsive and compatible with all major browsers. - Rewrote and modernized front-end web application standards that will be used going forward for all development.- Created front-end browser and technology standards for web development. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Converted old web sites and applications developed in the 90’s to be modern, responsive, and better meet the needs of the company. The methods employed in redesigning a site or application involved extensive user testing using everything from paper page designs to card sorting to full HTML prototypes. -Created mobile, responsive websites and web applications using HTML5, CSS, jQuery and JavaScript as a usability and user-centered front-end design specialist.- Worked with a team to… Show more Converted old web sites and applications developed in the 90’s to be modern, responsive, and better meet the needs of the company. The methods employed in redesigning a site or application involved extensive user testing using everything from paper page designs to card sorting to full HTML prototypes. -Created mobile, responsive websites and web applications using HTML5, CSS, jQuery and JavaScript as a usability and user-centered front-end design specialist.- Worked with a team to redesign the Agent Portal website by creating a mega-menu and making it responsive to more users accessing services on mobile devices.- Created the standards for web applications to be used enterprise-wide, saving time and money by eliminating guesswork when building out apps. - Conducted Usability tests on Enterprise-wide web sites and applications. The results of these tests help us to determine what areas need improvements and enhancements.- Designed and implemented branding standards across all NY Life websites and applications. Show less

New York, Ny

Designed PlayJ.com, a downloadable music website and the music division of Everad - a technology and software company that was an early competitor in the digital music space that predated Apple’s efforts.- Responsible for all design and promotional items including animated ads and Flash presentations.- Oversaw another artist in production of the site.

New York, Ny

Designed the e-commerce store website which enabled the company to go public.- Prepared all the product photos for inclusion in the store.

Greater New York City Area

Recruited to here from Marvel to oversee all in-house print production, from initial scanning and color correction to final press at printer for Fortune 500 corporations such as American Express and MetLife. - Reproduced low-resolution web pages as high resolution printed art. - Photo retouching and art correction.

New York, Ny

Worked with a team to oversee the transition from manual production to digital at a time when all comic production was done using rubber cement and paper. This eventually saved the company thousands of production man-hours as we were able to upload our completed covers directly to the printer saving time and money. - Created logos and colored comics such as Spider-man and the X-Men.- Coordinated with editorial, manufacturing and legal departments.

Certificate, Human/Computer Interaction, A

Received a certificate in Human/Computer Interaction from RPI. Learned many of the theories behind interfaces of all types that people.

Human Factors/Ux/Ui

This school specializes in offering User experience, Usability and Human Factor training to web development specialists in corporate.

Bfa, Painting & Drawing

Activities and Societies: Newspaper Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Painting and Drawing.

High School Degree

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-chief, Newspaper Editor - Yearbook Editor-in-Chief of the High School Newspaper and Editor.