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all stages of production including branding, marketing,
interaction design, HTML, graphic design, site launch
and search engine submittals. Specialized in finding cost-effective solutions for clients such as PayPal and Blogger. Clients include: |
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Fashion Community Website for a Major Media Company
Information architecture, design and front-end development of a community website featuring
user profiles, fashion photo upload with rating system, "Add a friend", user comments, weekly video webisodes. Users created a "closet" consisting of their own and favorite items from other users. Design incorporated the site sponsor's look into parts of the website. |
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TalentPlanet: www.talentplanet.com
Full site development for a small business, which
combines executive recruiting with coaching and organization
development. Also features tips from a bi-monthly KPIX
news segment. PHP code for rotating content and fly-out
menus for easy navigation. Added Blogger to site for new book promotion. Podcast development in progress. |
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Heart
Healthy for Life
Full site development of this community website featuring
articles, video and audio content. Utilizes PHP, CSS and
JavaScript to create multi-tiered navigation structure.
Member management system and payments processed via PayPal's
subscription plan. Members-only pages are protected with
username and password. |
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Jon
Michael Hair Products: www.jonmichaelhair.com
Full site development of an eCommerce website to establish
branding and promote JonMichael hair care. Products organized
by both hair and product type for easy navigation. |
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RantNetwork
Lead designer for a site that integrated live translation
into 8 languages in chat rooms, message boards
and instant messaging. Also featured news feeds,
polls and calendar. Site graphics built to accommodate
different sizes of all languages, which can be up to 30% longer. (Arthur Graphics) |
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SFA,
Inc & US Army / Primedia / HealthMark Multimedia:
Created various industrial and medical illustrations using Photoshop and Illustrator. Accuracy of graphics was very important. (Arthur Graphics) |
The Berndt Group
www.berndtgroup.net
Baltimore, MD
2005–2008
Web Production & Usability Specialist
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Front-end programming of multiple websites using HTML, CSS, javascript, Flash-detect and SEO (search engine optimization) techniques. Sites used Dreamweaver templates, server-side includes and/or CMS template integration. |
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Review of information architecture wireframes |
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Conducted on-site client training of Adobe Contribute and Dreamweaver. Wrote documentation for internal production and QA procedures. |
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Evangelist for usability and interdepartmental collaboration to streamline the development process. |
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Sites launched include The Berndt Group, AIPAC, Mercy Medical Center, Maryland China, Enterprise Community Investment and the Maryland SPCA. |
Engine Performance
Marketing Communications Talent Agency
Baltimore, MD
2005
Freelance Contractor
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On-site freelancing at a variety of companies in Baltimore-DC Metropolitan area. |
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Projects included flash banner ads, marketing campaigns and product packaging. |
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Demonstrated ablity to quickly adjust to unfamilar working environments. |
Passion Parties
Brisbane, CA
2001–2002
Marketing Manager
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Designed the labeling and packaging for
the entire Passion Parties product line. |
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Collaborated with executives, printer vendors
and graphic designers. |
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Projects included order forms, product
manuals, 12-page monthly magazine, conference collateral
and branding guidelines. |
Fatbrain
A Barnes & Noble.com Company
Online bookstore
Santa Clara, CA
1999–2001
Lead Creative Producer, UI
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Responsible for designing and maintaining
unified look and feel of entire web site using templates,
storyboards, style guide and software training. |
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Worked as part of the User Interface Team
to define end-user and product feature requirements. |
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Created flow charts, screenshots and interactive
prototypes of products/features for use in usability testing,
marketing and web production training. |
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Finalized design and HTML to resolve identified
usability defects and to engender customer satisfaction.
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Launched new web sites: Mightywords and
Accenture Information Exchange. |
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Collaborated with departments including
Production, Writing, Product Marketing, Program Management,
Engineering and QA to evaluate, plan and execute company
needs. |
Senior Web Producer
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Contributed to the creation and regular
maintenance of HTML pages. |
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Created customized bookstores for partners
including: Adobe, Cisco, Clarify, Lucent, Microsoft, Nortel
Networks and Sun Microsystems. |
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Met schedules for both long-term development
and multiple, daily deadlines. |
Williams
Learning Network
Multimedia Training Company
Rockville, MD
1996–1999
Computer Graphic Artist
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Designed interfaces for corporate web sites
and training products. |
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Created 2D and 3D graphics for Web, CD-ROM,
video and satellite broadcast. |
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Developed procedures to save the Production
Department significant time and money. |
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Prioritized multiple projects and team
assignments, never missing a deadline. |
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Participated in all stages of production
process. |
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Received praise for eagerness to learn
and attention to detail. |
Imaging
Research Center
Animation Research & Production Facility
Baltimore, MD
1994–1995
Intern
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Produced 3D animated graphic packages
for clients using high-end equipment. |
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Gained knowledge of production house
and team environment. |
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Trained on Wavefront with certified
instructor. |
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