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Objective

Create websites, web based applications and email marketing campaigns with particular attention to usability and browser compatibility in order to improve end-user experience.

Strengths

• Hold a BA in Web Design and Interactive Media.
• Four years experience in the Web Development Industry.
• Natural leadership backed by four years experience.
• A diverse background in programming including: Java, C, C++, Pascal, Basic and Visual Basic.
• Proficient in various web design technologies including XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, JQuery and comfortable with Adobe’s Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash.
• Significant experience developing themes and plug-ins that work with prominent content management systems (CMS). Including: Wordpress and Drupal.
• Experience building CMS from the ground up in order to simplify and improve clients workflow.
• Excellent planning and communication skills.

Employment History

Boston College, Office of Marketing Communications, Brighton, MA
Web Developer, 2007 - Present
Work with a team on a wide range of projects including:

• develop and deploy HTML email flyers and marketing campaigns
• manage content across several school’s sites within the college
• building custom CMS which imports user-supplied text into email templates automatically, allowing customers to create their own HTML Newsletters
• design, develop and implement forms associated with several large scale email marketing campaigns
• manage multiple CMS including Wordpress, Campaign monitor and Serena Collage.

Big Fish Communications, Brookline, MA
Lead Web Developer, 2005 - 2007
My responsibilities included:

• managing a continuously shifting group of talented individuals, each with a unique skill set
• hiring, instructing and mentoring multiple interns
• worked hand in hand with clients in order assess their needs - and the needs of their target audience - in order to deliver successful websites
• stayed on top of cutting edge web-technologies in order to provide clients with the widest array of possible solutions

UPS, Lynnfield, MA
Supervisor, 2004 - 2006
As a supervisor, I was tasked with the following:

• monitored and managed employees in order to complete tasks on time
• worked with and adjusted a planned work flow in order accommodate changing work conditions

Education

The New England Institute Of Art, Brookline, MA
BA, Web Design and Interactive Media, 2007

• Studied web design and development methods accented with various graphic design and animation studies including 2d and 3D animation and typography.