Résumé

Web designer

Web designer, developer and graphic designer with over ten years experience working in collaborative team environments in print publishing and interactive design. Articulate, personable, and very funny. I also make a damned good cup of coffee.

Value added

I always strive to exceed expectations and take my standard of excellence to a higher level. Am illing to go the extra mile to meet deadlines. Own my mistakes. Abide stressful situations with a sense of humor.

Awards/accomplishments

• Platinum award, Veritude Associate of the Quarter, Q2 2008
• Nominated Veritude Associate of the Quarter, Q2 & Q4 2006
• Ping-Pong champion of Lanesborough Elementary School, 1972

Web designer

01.11–10.11. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS)¹

• Met the challenge of "under the gun" client to quickly prepare for launch of new sites
• Designed, developed and built mcphs.online.edu, creating MCPHS' new portal for online curricula and registration
• From Photoshop prototypes, developed and built my.mcphs.edu, MCPHS' student portal, migrating content from hundreds of pages to new templates

Web designer

03.08–06.10. Fidelity Investments²

• Introducing the latest UI practices and web technologies, "raised the bar," transforming pages from 70's-looking to elegantly modern
• Designed and maintained intranet microsites and web pages
• Created web graphics, animations and e-mail templates
• Formulated interactive quizzes and slide shows using Flash and XML
• Devised online systems for scheduling, cataloguing and archiving electronic communications
• Designed marketing promotional collateral for events and charitable fundraising campaigns

Project specialist

01.06–03.07. Fidelity Investments²

• Supported 3–8 communications consultants, each overseeing approximately 400 non-profits
• Framed change management processes for document control of over ten thousand documents
• Coordinated the workflow of marketing materials from job inception through distribution, working with internal departments, legal review and outside vendors to produce electronic and print promotional materials for sales'-client meetings
• Remained a strong, dependable source of support in the face of constant workforce turnover

Entrepreneur, Web designer

01.07–12.11. Malcah

• Launched an online retail business offering all-natural and exotic skin-care products
• Traveled overseas for product research, development and acquisition
• Imported specialty items and ingredients from the Middle East and North Africa
• Designed product packaging and web site

Graphic designer

04.98–10.01. The Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, MA

• Performed various aspects of visual communication design, including: design, layout and production of brochures, booklets, invitations, direct mail, posters, packaging and newsletters
• Interfaced with clients, proofreaders, prepress and print staff to meet production deadlines
• Proofread and edited web pages
• Authored a training module introducing Adobe Acrobat Pro, presenting before an audience of 300

Web production artist

06.05–12.05. Brookstone³

• Created a large volume of web site graphics for on-line retail site

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¹ Contracting through Bridge Technical Solutions, Greenwich, RI
² Contracting through Veritude, Boston, MA
³ Contracting through Professional Staffing Group, Boston, MA

• Upper-intermediate level proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF), Fez, Morocco, 2007
• B.S., Psychology, Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA, 1983

Interests include Middle East travel, Arabic and Hebrew language studies, and danger. I also enjoy hiking, running, and interpreting dreams.