FULLTIME WEB DESIGN / PROGRAMMER EXPERIENCE
CONFIDENTIAL - New York, NY | May '08 - Feb. '10
- ONLINE PORTFOLIO MGR. -
- Manage, concept, design and program intranet sites, landing pages, e-mails and banners that accurately reflect an organization's/client's goals (utilizing social media venues), objectives, identity, while working closely with clients, team members/designers (both on and off site) in development, design strategy, information architecture and project management.
- Provide strategic direction from concept to implementation using design software (Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator) and authoring tools (Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver and Evaliant) while determining realistic delivery dates and schedules between design, production staff, writers and client.
- Utilize Evaliant program / online search engines in order to collect advertising expenditures and occurrence data in order to improve a projects (lander pages, e-mails, banners) or marketing campaign's audience response.
- Lead and mentored cross-functional teams in multi-facility environments in order to maximize levels of productivity while utilizing new technology.
USA Network / NBC Universal Television - New York, NY | Apr. '00 - Jan. '04
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Provided project leadership to four employees for Web site production, including; production timelime, status reporting, client/project team coordination and quality assurance, determined realistic delivery dates and schedules between design, production staff, writers and client
- Conceptualize, design and program (HTML, CGI, JAVA) web pages for USA Network's various shows and events while maintaining a high level of performance across platforms
- Maintain video, textual, and graphical updates as needed: USA Network homepage, Before & After'noon, Monk, The Dead Zone, Press Area, Advertising Opportunities, Purina Dog Challenge
- Utilize new design/programming technologies for online development in order to better facilitate the interactive experience of the site's navigational structure
- Acquire show materials: capture/optimize video, research online for information related to assigned program topic, get all text related files from copy writer in order to constitute navigational clarification in which the site is based on
- Clean up all html code tags to their respective alignment positions in order to define clarity within the code for future file alterations
- Organize all files affiliated with the site (psd., png., and html) according to the site's navigational structure in order to constitute easy retrieval for future file alteration
Ambac Financial Group Inc. - New York, NY | May '98 - Aug. '99
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER / PRESENTATION MGR. -
- Programmed, designed, and updated Ambac's intranet via Frontpage and Photoshop
- Maintained corporate uniformity for firm's current status quarterly PowerPoint presentations via the following rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch Investor's Service, L.P., Moody's Investor Service
- Formatted spread sheets, charts, financial reports etc
- Designed promotional print materials for Ambac's corporate marketing department
- Scanned Bloomberg, rating graphs, municipal bond contracts for Excel/Word manipulation
- Updated and organized quarterly earnings and statistical supplement press release numbers on internet
- Handled NT system, Microsoft Office, and Outlook user calls
- Configured network printing system for production
FREELANCE WEB DESIGN / PROGRAMMER EXPERIENCE
CMP United Business Media - New York, NY | Feb. '08 - Mar. '08
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Designed Information Week 500 Conference, Information Week Reports homepages: established client presentation / preliminary wireframes / navigational clarification
- Conceived and designed Microsoft Eblast splash page
Edelman Digital - New York, NY | Nov. '07 - Feb. '08
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Concepted, designed, established client presentations / preliminary wireframes: Gardasil "One4One Initiative" / California Wine & Country / Shell's Gunk-Free Micro-site
- Concepted, designed and flash animated Barilla, SC Johnson banner ads
- Updated graphics for American Heart Association "Start!" / Dairy Widget Link 3aday.org website / Kaiser E-newsletter
- Established design layout for Illinois Board of Tourism Spring Break & Bush's Baked Beans landing page, Dove Facebook ad / Boston Consulting Group homepage, Novartis storyboard icons
Weight Watchers - New York, NY | July '07 - Sept. '07
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Conceptualized & designed Weight Watchers Offshore (UK, FR, CA, NL, DE) fall (pre, post,) e-mail blasts, ecommerce promos, banners / call outs via wireframes
- Concepted and designed recipe cards for DVD "Getting Started Healthy" campaign
- Resized / organized via Photoshop & Excel Netherland/France online editorial photos
- Typed, edited and proofread project text for layout / presentation
- Conducted brand id market research via the internet
- Maintained various weekly and monthly Excel files and records
- Interfaced with department executives and other senior management for project quality support
- Served as liaison between French / US counterparts for banner / e-mail blast translation
Renegade Marketing - New York, NY | May '07 - July '07
- DESIGNER -
- Conceptualized & designed Panasonic's initial ecommerce site aspects including digital camera demo, frame your plasma, break the rules, the lady in red splash page.
- Conducted tech research via the internet
Bravo / NBC Universal Television - New York, NY | Mar. '07 - May '07
- DESIGNER -
- Lead and mentored cross-functional teams in multi facility environments in order to maximize levels of productivity.
- Conceptualized and designed color scheme / layout of calendar / message board areas: outzonetv.com (calendar), outzonetv.com (message board) brilliantbutcancelled.com (calendar),brilliantbutcancelled.com (message board), www.gettrio.com
- Redesigned video pop-up window: www.nbcsports.com
- Designed color scheme / layout via wireframe of admin/user areas: www.usanetwork.com/series/starterwife/
XPRESSFORM.NET- New York, NY | Feb. '04 - present
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Provided project leadership to three employees for web site production, including; production timelime, status reporting, client/project team coordination and quality assurance, defined and achieved client needs through one-on one sessions and on-going communication, initiated and implemented Web-based system for client prototype review before launch/print
- Conceptualized, designed and programmed site aspects: www.blossomrestaurant.com, www.schonfeld.com, www.prestige.com, www.snowlotushc.com, www.cdink.com
- Acquired site materials: engaged client interection / researched online for information related to assigned topic
- Conceptualize logo concept and overall color synchronicity
- Accumulated all text related files from affiliates in order to constitute navigational clarification
Isaacson Search Co. - New York, NY | Dec. '04 - present
- DESIGNER / PROGRAMMER -
- Reconceptualized, redesigned and programmed site: established vibrant color palette, reconfigured navigational interface and overall allure
- Designed banner ads which are utilized via www.efinancialcareers.com to generate applicants for available quantitative analyst position
CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
J.P. Morgan - New York, NY | Aug.'99 - Apr. '00
- DESIGNER / PRESENTATION SPECIALIST -
- Utilized Advanced Powerpoint to produce and design pitchbook presentations and client marketing material which generated significant revenues and solicited new clients. Presentations consisted of text, logos, graphs, charts, and tables on corporate template
- Proofed, formatted and edited documents and client marketing material to meet corporate standards
- Provided technical support and consultation on application related issues
- Created initial public offering pitch presentations for Equity Capital Market investment bankers
- Accessed the equity research department's internal system for portfolio dailies
- Utilized Bloomberg terminal for stock price/volume updates
SKILLS
Software: CS3, MS Office, Bloomberg Terminal, Corel Draw, Sound Edit, Fetch
Programming: HTML, CSS, Action Script
Languages: French
EDUCATION
PARSONS, New York, NY
BFA, Communication Design

