Senior Web Designer
Highly creative and multitalented Web Designer and Developer with extensive experience across agency, corporate and freelance projects. End-to-end project management expertise, leading information and requirements gathering, conceptual design, development and launch through effective collaboration across internal and client teams. Excel at interface design and front-end development aligned with the latest Web Standards.
Areas of Expertise
- UI Design
- Front-End Development
- Web Standards and Accessibility
- Information Architecture
- Team Leadership
Technical Proficiencies
- Applications
- Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Visio, Visual Studio
- Languages
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, XSLT, SQL
- Frameworks
- AJAX, JQuery, CodeIgniter, WordPress
- Databases
- MySQL, SQL Server, Access
Education
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Bachelor of Business Administration – Major in Marketing
Professional Experience
Independent Consultant, Austin, TX, 2008
Provide web design and development services to advertising, interactive design and public relations agencies.
Design services include market analysis, information architecture, wireframes, and UI design. Development services include image slicing, optimization, and hand-coding CSS, HTML, Javascript and PHP.
- Ongoing, long-term engagement with Fleishman-Hillard agency, providing technology consulting and UI development services
- Work with design teams at McGarrah Jessee and Olive Design to develop sites for various clients
- Designed wireframes and final concept for Golfsmith.com redesign (currently in production)
Contract Designer, Dallas, TX, 2007
Worked at IMC2, an interactive agency currently ranked No. 13 on the Top 50 digital agencies by Advertising Age. Also worked briefly at Slingshot, a full-service advertising agency.
Designed web pages, rich media, banner advertisements and storyboards for clients in varied industries. Brainstormed creative ideas with team members. Thoroughly researched clients and competition to create relevant designs that met the marketing objectives of individual clients. Collaborated with User Experience Directors, Creative Directors, Project Managers, Information Architects and Writers on multifaceted projects.
- Successfully delivered accepted designs for clients including Norwegian Cruise Lines, Greyhound, Waste Management, Unisys, GlasxoSmithKline, Shire, Alcon, and Iams
- Consistently produced winning designs within strict deadlines
Match.com, Dallas, TX, 2005 – 2007
The pioneering Internet dating service, match.com today serves more than 15M singles in 240 countries.
Senior UI Developer
Effectively translated subject matter into concrete web designs, performing front-end development for domestic, international and partner sites.
- Led development of UI for Match.com international platform, supporting over 30 sites in 15 languages
- Introduced Web Standard, CSS-driven approach to coding Match.com pages
- Produced email marketing campaigns, Match.com landing pages and affiliate search pages
Independent Consultant, Dallas, TX, 2003 – 2005
Independent web design practice specializing in corporate and intranet sites, Web Standards and accessibility coding, search engine optimization, internet advertising, and web hosting.
Presented proposals to client decision makers and negotiated agreements. Produced sites that clearly met client goals and objectives while adhering to accessibility and usability design principles. Projects ranged from simple business pages to complex content-managed sites.
- Created more than 20 sites for clients in various market sectors, including professional services, real estate, restaurant operations, construction, health, food production, and others
- Developed UI for Hitachi Consulting intranet site
Ionex Telecom, Addison, TX, 2001 – 2003
A Dallas-based telecommunications company providing voice and data services to the small and mid-tier business markets, Ionex merged with Birch Telecom in 2003.
Webmaster
Led planning, design, development and management of corporate site and intranet/extranet. Managed 3 sites serving 600+ employees at 34 corporate locations as well as customers across a national market base.
- Led planning and development of intranet from concept through three major revisions, with a final version containing 150+ pages
- Eliminated more than $200,000 in annual maintenance and hosting costs by redesigning and upgrading corporate site
- Improved availability and delivery of resources for sales team and business partners through the addition of a secure extranet that delivered business-critical information