Digital-Mirage.com : Rod's portfolio

Objective:

To pursue employment in a dynamic, web based career opportunity that can utilize and expand upon my creative talents, technical skill and project management abilities.

Employment:

Synxis [A Saber Subsidiary]:
www.synxis.com
Contract Project Manager
September 2004 – Present / Boston, MA

Project Manager for all Professional Services projects for development department. Implemented website reservation system enhancement projects for prominent hotel clientele. Clients include Mandarin Oriental, Affinia Hotels, Fitzpatrick Hotels. Revised updated and documented service specific offerings to customer base. Managed developmental resources for all professional services projects.

Body 1
www.body1.com
Contract Project Manager / Lead Interactive Designer
February 2004 – August 2004 / Boston, MA

Project Manager and Lead Designer for premier medical education and marketing company. Primary liaison to biomedical focused clients such as Becton Dickinson, Boston Scientific, Genzyme, Guidant, ZOLL and Smith & Nephew. Lead designer for interactive sites and educational media. Managed client focused interactive projects and development resources.

The Holmes Group
www.theholmesgroup.com
Contract Web / Interactive Designer
February 2004 – August 2004 / Boston, MA

Design, develop, manage and maintain design and technical aspects of all corporate sites. Conceptualize design and layouts for new and existing websites. Coordinate work with marketing and backend development staff. Expand technological specifications for corporate web presence, including instituting content management systems, templates and new web based technologies Aid in planning of information architecture and information flow on all websites.

Hemingways Consulting
www.hemingways.net
Senior Interactive Designer / Project Manager
March 2003 – Present / Boston, MA

Department head for Web Services Department. Duties include cultivating and maintaining customer relations with all clients, departmental reporting; art direction, project and team management, senior designer/coder for new and existing client base.

IntelliReach Corporation:
www.intellireach.com
Senior Web Designer / WebMaster
November 2001 - Present

Primary design and Art Direction resource for all aspects of corporate communication. Developed brand strategy for corporation, products and website. Provided design expertise design expertise within the developmental team including interface design and application flow. Webmaster for corporate website and Microsoft SharePoint intranet site. Manage, build and maintain all aspects of the corporate website, intranet and other web based technologies. Perform special projects and web based technology research for Technical Operation and Development. Manage outside vendor relations for hosting, printing, and product packaging.

Scream Design, Inc. / Turbine Media
www.screamdesign.com
Senior Multimedia/Web Designer
August 00 - August 01/ Boston, MA

Principal designer and creative team leader for high profile web design company. Increased departmental revenues by 90%. Duties include management of creative team, design, concept and implementation, coding and scripting. Interfacing with clients to devise online strategy and positioning, coordinating with project management team to ensure effective strategies and workflow within defined project schedules. Specialization in Flash media.

Tech Superpowers, Inc.
www.techsuperpowers.com
Project Manager/Web Designer
April 99 - August 00 Boston, MA


Manage all aspects of web-based projects. Duties included project management, cultivating and managing new client and existing client relationships, providing project schedules, proposals and reports, interfacing with team members, subcontractors and other outside resources. Duties also included creative direction, graphic and web design, coding as well as providing training in web-based technologies and applications such as Flash, Dreamweaver, fireworks and dynamic HTML.

The Treadstone Group
Principal / Designer
February 98 - Present/ Boston, MA


My own consultant company through which I provide creative web and graphic design solutions for diverse client base. Interface with clients in order to create effective and unique media experiences. Cultivate, manage and coordinate business relations with clients and venders to ensure effective project based management and implementation throughout all phases of the production process.

Hemingways Consulting
Art Director, Media Designer
February 98 - August 2000/ Boston, MA


Primary web consultant for a small consulting firm on a part time basis. Interfaced with client and defined client website needs. Created website concepts for client presentations. Facilitated web site design and coding based on selected concepts.

The Boston Private Industry Council
Career Specialist
May 1996 - April 99/ Boston, MA


Managed and coordinated School-to-Work initiatives for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. Responsible for the facilitation of job readiness training for all eligible students, the recruitment of employers to take part in positive employment opportunities and the necessary connecting activities to ensure the effective union of technical-vocational education, academics and practical worksite experiences. Act as a connector between employers and high school staff to incorporate critical career oriented skills, traditional Technical-Vocational Education and current School-to-Career philosophy into a viable educational system. Implemented corporate mentoring program for Juniors and Seniors. Participated in creating a multi-rater employee evaluation system for the organization.

The Boston Plan For Excellence In Public Schools
Access Advisor
September 1995 - May 1996/ Boston, Massachusetts
Responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing college preparatory activities for over 500 seniors within the Boston Public Schools. Duties included providing time sensitive information, technical assistance and training on both college application and financial aid processes; ensured the smooth maintenance, data collection and analysis of all ACCESS Scholarship Awardees; as well as providing planning and implementation of system wide college preparation services and initiatives such as Financial Review for College Bound Students, sponsoring family income tax reviews, parent information seminars and career track education.

Skill Arsenal:

Project Management, Client Management, Flash expert, HTML, CSS, Motion Graphics, Dynamic, Homesite, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Website Design and Management, Graphic Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Fireworks, PageMaker, Ray Dream Designer; Computer troubleshooting, Hardware and Software maintenance and installation All Windows OS platforms, network installation, TCPIP, DOS, Microsoft Office, Project, Project Sever, Sharepoint Potal Server, SharePoint Team Services; Internet setup and utilization, IIS, Antivirus, Java applet integration, JavaScript; familiar with PHP, ASP, SQL.

Education:

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Class of 1991 – Economics
Boston Latin School Boston, MA Class of 1986
The Museum of Fine Arts School Boston, MA 1982 - 1985.

References:

Lee Benjamin – Vice President of Microsoft Technologies and Strategies, IntelliReach;
Birgit Kraft - Microsoft Exchange Expert, IntelliReach;
Duane Harris - President, Turbine Media;
Lisa Marion - Director, Turbine Media;
Charlie Wong - Project Manager, Turbine Media;
Joseph Gray - Principal, Hemingways Consulting;
Michael Oh-President, Tech Superpowers, Inc.

Activities:

Event Promoting, Entrepreneurial Ventures, Culinary Arts, Kung-Fu, Tai-Chi, Art, Flash design, DJ, Dance, Jazz enthusiast.

 

 

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