Profile

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• Creative Web Developer with more then 7 years of professional experience as a programmer, project manager and designer.
• Broad range of experience with internal and external web applications.
• Mastery level skill set with CSS, JavaScript and HTML/XHTML, including thorough knowledge of Web Accessibility standards.
• Adept in the art of web design, utilizing major design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and HomeSite.
• Managed and coordinated design and development efforts with team members and outside vendors.
• Detail oriented with a focus on client expectation, aesthetic quality and functional usability.

Experience

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Interactive Designer

Legg Mason Baltimore, MD Apr 06 — Present

• Served as project manager, as well as lead developer, for the HTML development phase for the Legg Mason Individual Investor’s site. Wrote HTML/XHTML, CSS (including crossbrowser support) and JavaScript.
• Designed multiple sites and Website modules including the Legg Mason Exchange (LMEX) Intranet and Western Asset intranet.
• Developed TeamSite templates, utilizing Interwoven and ASP.NET code.
• Integrated HTML and CSS into ASP.NET pages with custom controls working alongside the ASP.NET development staff.
• Developed Flash banner ads for Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com for Legg Mason online advertising campaigns.

Content Writer

The Vanguard Group, Inc. Malvern, PA Jun 05 — Apr 06

• Wrote web content for the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) application. An automated application and management tool which allowed consumers to manage their accounts.
• Utilized Interwoven TeamSite to edit, store and maintain text libraries that were used across web pages.
• Updated and maintained user interface spec documents collaborating with editors, designers, architects and developers.

Lead Graphic Designer/Web Developer

Merck & Co., Inc. Whitehouse Station, NJ Dec 01 — Jun 05

Graphic Design/Development

• Designed, developed and managed the Partnership for Giving Web site, which showcased Merck's largest Philanthropic effort. Oversaw all facets of site design, including presenting the concepts for committee approval, as well as site construction in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Developed the extensive Corporate Responsibility Web site utilizing Interwoven TeamSite — the goal of which was to highlight Merck's past and present humanitarian undertakings.
• Created graphic branding and navigation for the myMerck intranet Web site, the primary reference point for all Merck employees.
• Responsible for substantial sections of merck.com which included the Newsroom, Corporate Responsibility, Annual Reports and the merck.com home page.
• Layout editor, for The Daily, a publication that reached about 25,000 Merck employees every business day. Processes included the layout of feature stories, news items, site announcements and employee-to-employee classifieds.

Project Coordination/Management

• Worked in conjunction with outside vendors, in-house programmers and technical team members for purposes of user interface design, work flow diagramming and presentations.
• Effectively managed multiple project timelines by organizing the projects into a set of manageable tasks, utilizing available resources and communicating well with fellow team members.

Posted Company Press Releases

• Migrated Merck press releases from a static file structure to a TeamSite template driven system.
• Demonstrated time management skills by meeting strict newsroom publishing deadlines.

Contract Web Developer

Automatic Timing and Controls Lancaster, PA Mar 01 — Dec 01

• Created new web pages as well as updated HTML on preexisting pages, and deployed those changes to the production environment.
• Design tasks included cleaning images, updating page layout, editing text and revising site navigation.

Graphic Designer Internship

York County Literacy Council York, PA Aug 00 — Feb 01

• Redesigned stationary and letterhead to provide consistent graphical branding.
• Hand illustrated posters for the Buck-a-Book fund raiser and the Book Swap.
• Worked with an outside printer throughout the design and printing process.

Skills

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Education

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Drexel University Philadelphia, PA Anticipated 11

BS in Computing Technology
Continuing education (part time)

Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts York, PA Jun 01

Associate Degree in Specialized Technology (with honors)
Major: Graphic Design/Multimedia