Lydia Mann Email & Phone Number

Orleans, Ma, Us

I help small organizations and non-profits set up back-end functionality that larger businesses have full departments to provide. For over 20 years I've been operating from the principle that not much is more satisfying than making a task simpler. Calling on a genetic propensity towards organizational wizardry, I can see a project straight through from soup to nuts, or focus on a specific task.I have been referred to (fondly, I think) as a “Chaos Buster,” adept at stepping into a company’s complexity, helping to solve problems, and making life easier. I’ve got an exceptional collaborative and independent work ethic with strong management capabilities. I have a consistent track record anticipating consequences, problem-solving, bridging communications between stakeholders.• Introduce me to your organization, project or event, let me familiarize myself with your pain points, needs and goals, gaps and barriers and you’ll end up with systematized, maintainable solutions.• I can research the most appropriate technologies to meet your needs and budget, streamline your workflow, increase efficiency, and minimize duplication. • I’ll set up training and on-boarding processes to help your teams gain confidence and command.

Greater New York City Area

I've built infrastructure to support the growth of this small nonprofit organization while hewing to limited budget. After extensive research into available software options, I helped graduate the organization from scraps of paper and notebooks with no naming conventions to a fully implemented Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack, a customer relation management system with clean data, content lists, and donation records. By establishing text-to-give and social media outreach, donations increased significantly and steadily. I implemented Google Workspace (Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides, Google Drive and Shared Drives), GiveLively, FlipCause, Zoom, TechSoup, as well as set up laptops, trained new users, and established on-boarding materials.

New York City Metropolitan Area

I manage booking for workshops domestically and internationally often attend long to produce the online components and assist in the the classroom. I provide continued communication with students and hosts, book travel and accommodations, and handle contractual communications and schedules. I research and implement appropriate technologies based on project needs and limitations including a white-label online training course, student and teacher manuals, website and writing projects, and non-profit fundraisers. Recently completed development of an educational subscription video hub.On an ongoing basis, as a contract worker, I:• Manage teaching schedules, and travel and lodging reservations• Negotiate contracts, track payments and terms of pay• Provide yoga teaching assistance• Manage onsite timelines, facilitator and attendee experience• Website creation and maintenance• Design promotional graphics • Prepare anatomical illustrations for anatomy trainings and workshops

New York, Ny

As a soup-to-nuts designer, I handle complete projects from initial client-contact to design and development. Recent products have challenged me to expand my comfort level with jQuery and JavaScript, working around content management system limitations and an expansive list of content-providers. The results have been easily navigable content-rich experiences across device platforms including an updated media kit and the Newsweek Daily Beast Digital Power Index. Following announcement of cessation of publishing a physical Newsweek magazine, I've been evaluating ways to streamline production. InDesign/InCopy files will need to export thoroughly tagged data to be purposed for all means of digital consumption with the least amount of manual intervention possible.

Between 2007 and early 2011 I administered AIGA’s websites, providing satisfactory user experiences for visitors as well as efficient management tools for content production and site maintenance. With technical partners, Thirdwave LLC, I supported individual members, staff and volunteer chapter leaders in 65 diverse communities as they built their own web presence. A primary aspiration was to provide accessible, rich online experiences for all resulting in AIGA's early adoption of closed-captioned video.In 2009 I worked closely with Behance to develop AIGA's Member Gallery, a showcase of members' design. At the same time, I worked with Core 77/Coroflot to redesign the AIGA Design Jobs, vastly improving information access and reducing support requests. I supported the redesign and development of AIGA's Design Archives by Second Story Interactive Studios and consulted on the redesign of the competitions system by Dream Real Digital.

365 Madison Ave.

Sole design member of collaborative teams of programmers and business stakeholders. Project initiation, development, coordination including information architecture, wireframing, visual design, HTML markup, CSS, directing team of programmers to implement in .NET Ektron CMS. Developed internal production systems, wrote documentation and trained staff.Cultivated improved communication, efficiency and responsiveness of technology department, leading to improved relations and reputation. Consulted with international division heads addressing cultural differences and varied needs of financial market sectors and geographic locations.

Responsible for visual component of communication to members, government agencies and general public. Coordinated brand consistency across projects and media. Illustrated complex financial concepts for newsletters and website. Implemented re-branding (designed by Steff Geissbuhler, Chermayeff & Geismar).Spearheaded inaugural website in 1996 which won accolades from national regulatory and legislative bodies. Oversaw new site design, implementation in ASP.NET and content migration of over 1,200 static HTML pages to Ektron Content Management System. Ongoing research and development of search engine optimization, web standards HTML markup/CSS and cross-browser consistency reduced load time by 75%.