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Dekalb, Il, Us

Rockford, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Front End and usability lead for consulting business supporting clients in Healthcare and Construction industries. Extensive Project Management with both internal clients and external vendors. - Lead UI designer and developer for a major Customer Management System rebuild for 13 clients.- Built and maintained multiple websites for 10-12 associations.- Created and managed user studies on projects, including user interviews with video and audio screen recordings.- Facilitated client/user testing with onsite visits.- Creative lead for demonstration and advocacy of multiple new software, adopted by the team, and then the company, always bringing process improvements and great feedback.- Developed and delivered training to top-level management.- Designed, implemented and tested software solutions and integrated with internal and external services.- Worked with various teams and stakeholders to create and maintain digital experiences for multiple company products.- Troubleshot customer-reported issues in applications and provided support.

Portland, Maine, Us

Technical lead for content and feature maintenance on the organization's websites. Project managed overseas Drupal developers for the migration of all sites' current CMS to Drupal. - Created, maintained, and managed the technical aspects for more than 30 websites, including corporate, e-commerce, online registration, marketing, and annual conference/event sites.- Supported the social media team's technical needs by providing guidance and assistance using 3rd party social technologies/services.- Reporting manager for the in-house development team and HTML newsletter staff.- Enhanced area operations with new and updated operational strategies.- Identified opportunities by proactively working with cross-functional teams.- Steered organizational activities with expert knowledge of business operations, market trends and competitor activities.

Chicago, Il, Us

Technical lead for content and feature maintenance on the organization's websites. Project managed overseas Drupal developers for the migration of all sites' current CMS to Drupal. - Created, maintained, and managed the technical aspects for more than 30 websites, including corporate, e-commerce, online registration, marketing, and annual conference/event sites.- Supported the social media team's technical needs by providing guidance and assistance using 3rd party social technologies/services.- Reporting manager for the in-house development team and HTML newsletter staff.- Enhanced area operations with new and updated operational strategies.- Identified opportunities by proactively working with cross-functional teams.- Steered organizational activities with expert knowledge of business operations, market trends and competitor activities.

Chicago, Il, Us

- Created and maintained more than a dozen websites, including corporate, e-commerce, online registration, annual conference/event sites.- Developed Flash standalone applications, showcasing new product demonstrations.- Led conversion of all websites to Web Standards and Accessibility (508 compliance) as well as focused on usability issues.- Managed and analyzed monthly WebTrend reports.- Additionally, produced and distributed several regularly scheduled HTML newsletters.- Created highly responsive and scalable web applications for use in different industries and client environments.- Attracted users to websites with professional, user-friendly designs and clean code for high-performance operation.- Executed web solutions with Visual Studio and ASP.NET MVC layouts.- Achieved development milestones and scheduled targets.- Designed, tested and debugged applications from foundation to full production.- Developed websites with accessibility and compatibility for different browsers.- Tracked changes and merged codes from different features to manage updated versions.

Created and maintained web-based product prototypes and sales demos, focusing on usability and the visual look and feel in accordance with client specifications. - Tested for and fixed bugs in product JSP files during development and testing periods - Developed and maintained corporate and marketing print materials- Delivered projects with creativity, speed and accuracy, utilizing exceptional layout and design skills.- Prepared final print-ready image files to send to production.- Managed numerous projects simultaneously to meet tight deadlines.- Produced new ideas for company branding, promotional campaigns and marketing communications.- Helped organize file structure of web content files, imagery and multimedia assets.

Designed and produced a new corporate identity including, new logos, printed materials, e-commerce, 17 English and 10 Spanish websites. - Created new graphics for weekly editorial updates - Photographed and edited graphics of seasonal products for an e-commerce website - Managed accounts with outside print vendors.- Attracted users to websites with professional, user-friendly designs and clean code for high-performance operation.- Achieved development milestones and scheduled targets.- Coordinated concepts, libraries and style guides for development team.- Detected problems provided by client's feedback and implemented solutions.- Created file backups to local directory for recovery purposes.

Chicago, Il, Us

Managed relationship between business unit clients and web programmers during the development of web-based applications and projects related to corporate websites. - Provided internet strategy and counsel to all in-house business units.- Executed daily updates to corporate website and intranet.- Created and maintained visual look and feel of websites in accordance with company design standards - Managed accounts with outside internet consulting firms, including ISP host.- Researched new technologies and web trends for future integration into websites.- Managed relationship between business unit clients and web programmers during the development of web-based applications and projects related to corporate websites.- Achieved development milestones and scheduled targets.- Detected problems provided by client's feedback and implemented solutions.

Chicago, Il, Us

Lead marketing designer for corporate website. - Managed projects for print and software products, promotional exhibit material, and online products from design concepts to production.- Directed and supervised design interns.- Acted as media expert (Internet, Multimedia, General Software/Hardware) for the marketing team.Art directed photography to be used in both print and electronic projects.- Collaborated with product managers on marketing strategies.- Conceptualized and created print and online advertising for a web-based product.- Delivered projects with creativity, speed and accuracy, utilizing exceptional layout and design skills.- Prepared final print-ready image files to send to production.- Managed numerous projects simultaneously to meet tight deadlines.- Worked closely with teammates and agencies to create pitches, presentations and final deliverables.- Met one on one with internal teams to determine customer design needs.- Produced new ideas for company branding, promotional campaigns and marketing communications.- Accepted guidance, understood campaign strategy, and drove deliverables following messaging and brand standards.- Collaborated with marketing team on developing strategy, creative concepts and designs for marketing projects.- Evaluated trends, assessed new data and kept up-to-date with latest marketing techniques.- Helped organize file structure of web content files, imagery and multimedia assets.- Generated new images using digital assets and libraries.- Drew illustrations and sketches to capture client requirements.- Maintained backups of work completed for client use.- Improved final results by polishing design assets and rendering high-quality images.