Objective:

Provide exceptional service for front-end development of large CMS-driven sites, including highest-standard code, rich interactivity, and process optimization for rapid development cycles to minimize development costs.

Key Skills:

• background in fine art and design
• interface usability
• web standards, accessibility, and SEO
• clean, hand-coded semantic markup and shorthand CSS
• graphic design and web graphic optimization
• XHTML, CSS, JS, ActionScript, XML, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Command Line

Software:

Drupal, Wordpress, Prototype JS, Scriptaculous, YUI, jQuery, Google Map & Checkout API, Subversion, Vim, Textmate, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash. Comfortable with OSX, Linux, or Windows.

Experience:

Front-end Developer, Digital Pulp, 5/2007 - Present

• XHTML/CSS/JS coding and CMS theming for NRDC's Move America Beyond Oil, the Harvard Family Research Project, the Harvard Kennedy School, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York.
• Responsibilities include usability and accessibility advisement to producers and designers, graphic production and optimization, hand-coding of HTML, CSS, and JS, Drupal Development, and theming EZPublish and Radiant.

Freelance Web Development, 1/2001 - 5/2007

• Website production, design and development for NBC, BBC America, Organic Inc, Results Generation, Urban Glass, Garth Clark Gallery, Lori Bookstein Fine Art, Neuhoff Gallery, Zabriskie Gallery, and Audrey Cohen College.
• Consultation for website design, graphics production, standards-based XHTML/CSS/JS, search engine optimization, copy editing, content architecture, usability, PHP/MYSQL and Drupal development.
• Developed customized art gallery CMS with highly optimized workflow and tight feature integration to minimize update time.
• Designed and developed several highly customized Drupal sites featuring integrated event calendars, photo galleries, mp3 playlist, and a shopping cart.
• Design, HTML and Flash production for marketing campaigns including landing pages, banners, graphics, animated movies and interactive elements.

Production Manager and Webmaster, Metropolitan College of New York, 6/2002 - 1/2006

• Responsible for college-wide coordination of content development, copy editing and content updates. Managed design, development and maintenance of college site.
• Converted existing static HTML site to a PHP/MySQL content management system with role based permissions, enabling interdepartmental web publishing workflow.
• Led creative direction; developed site architecture, templates and style sheets for accessibility, search engine optimization, design consistency, and ease of maintenance.
• Developed special interest sections for interactive media, video, marketing pages and newsletters.

Production Manager, ALFY Inc., 6/1999 - 1/2001

• Responsible for Flash development and graphics production, website maintenance and updates.
• Supervised a team of illustrators and production artists developing Flash-based website with interactive scenes and animated characters.
• Actionscripted animation to optimize Flash file streaming over low bandwidth.
• Designed, illustrated, and produced hundreds of animated icons and graphics for the site.
• Designed and developed special interest sections including a teacher guide, an internet tutorial for young children, and several games.

Education:

Western Connecticut State University; Danbury, CT; B.F.A. cum laude
1996 Anne Sippi Award (Art Scholarship)