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QUALIFACTION SUMMARY

• 5+ years experience in Art Direction with web-based company
• Proficient in managing cross-functional teams of web designers, UI engineers, writers, & QE through to project completion
• Background in web design, website creation, flash and interactive design
• Strong presentational skills to Fortune 500 clients
• Highly skilled at writing project plans and developing schedules to meet aggressive deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Skilled at cost and term negotiations
• Skilled in web applications and internet technologies
• Skilled at motivating, mentoring and rewarding teams and individuals for quality work
Promotes a positive work environment and embraces creativity
• Relies on extensive experience, best practices, and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

ART DIRECTION

• Directed global cross-functional teams to design, develop, & launch web-based products for fortune 1,000 clients, including: Morgan Stanley, Microsoft Corp., Saatchi & Saatchi, Nokia, Adobe, Fedex, & Abercrombie & Fitch
• Managed global project teams consisting of 11+ Visual Designers, 2 - 3 User Interface Engineers, 10+ Quality Assurance Engineers, 6 writers, & Copy Editor(s)
• Managed aggressive project schedules and maintained set milestone dates
• Managed multiple projects concurrently in an organised fashion
• Managed all vendor relationships, leading & directing their work through to final product
• Drove teams to create quality user experiences in each project for specified audience type
• Created custom tools used to communicate concepts to clients & project teams
• Responsible for developing and maintaining company brand & establishing creative direction for the entire line of services, products, & advertising programs

MARKETING & BRANDING

• Initiated, managed, & lead marketing communications and product marketing for company of 3,000 employees
• Managed the production of marketing collateral including: managing vendors, driving schedule, and writing & editing copy
• Negotiated costs for vendor work
• Co-managed strategic marketing plan with Marketing Director
• Produced and coordinated company events and trade shows
• Owned all responsibility for corporate website including: web traffic analysis, lead generation tracking, website updates, enhancements, & re-designs
• Developed & managed quarterly marketing budget

TRAINING

• Responsible for hiring and managing team of 6 UK Designers through their first client engagements
• Developed training programs for new hires (internal processes and production processes)
• Reported to top-level executive management

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Singly selected out of 18 Art Directors to open and train a UK office as a member of a five person cross-functional team
• Managed company's largest client accounts generating over $3 million in revenue
• Presented company's visual design methodologies in pre-sales engagement with Fedex, resulting in a multi-million dollar contract
• Developed a Search Engine Optimization Program (SEOP) for the corporate website, generating 2 new clients from website including Microsoft Corp.

FREELANCE: 2006 - CURRENT

Clients: Turner Broadcasting, envoyservices.com, Evite, expedia.com, Pipex, 123-reg.com, webfusion.com, British Cycling Association, Ivobank, McCann Erickson

Work description:

• Web design (html, PHP, javaScript)
• Web graphics
• Web ads
• HTML emails
• Banner ads (flash & gifs)
• SEOP
• Print press ads
• Brochures
• Website consulting

CORPORATE

2000 - 2005 Art Director
DigitalThink, Inc., San Francisco, CA

2005 - 2006 Senior Marketing Manager
DigitalThink, Inc., San Francisco, CA

1997 - 2000 Studio Producer / Manager
Eric O'Connell Photography, NYC, NY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, 1998; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (www.unm.edu)

SOFTWARE & APPLICATIONS

Mac and PC proficient. Software and application experience: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, DreamWeaver, MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook), Project, HTML, javaScript, PHP. Strong knowledge of Cross Platform browser testing.