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Great Lakes Media Technology

Mequon, WI
Contract Application Designer/Developer for New Media: November, 2011 – February, 2012

  • Contracted through Robert Half Technology
  • Designed and developed CD/DVD-ROM applications with Flash/MDM Zinc and HTML/Adobe AIR
  • Wrote Windows-compatible Autorun files
  • Compiled bundled icons for Windows and Mac OS applications
  • Organized CD/DVD-ROM application files for disc replication in a logical, comprehensive manner
  • Designed and developed GLMT’s first mobile iPad application with Xcode
  • Designed and revised menu screens for DVD and Blu-ray titles

ManpowerGroup

Milwaukee, WI
Contract Front End Web Designer/Developer for North America Marketing, Digital Media: June, 2011 – September, 2011

  • Converted Photoshop designs into mass email marketing campaigns
  • Worked with Manticore to manage and send mass emails
  • Worked with Robohead to manage multiple projects

Contract Front End Web Designer/Developer for Global Solutions Delivery: January, 2011 – June, 2011

  • Created eye-catching and engaging animated wall display for Manpower trade show
  • Rebranded Manpower Professional website in preparation for rebranding and restructuring of Manpower holdings
  • Created web page template for launching new international Experis branches
  • Designed logo for GIS department

Contract Front End Web Designer/Developer on MyPath.com Web Property: February, 2010 – December, 2010

  • Acquired proficiency with Jive CMS, jQuery, and Final Cut Express in extremely short order, expanding personal value to team
  • Corrected long-standing style and layout problems with MyPath.com, leading to improved user experience and usability
  • Reworked site presentation with jQuery-enhanced widgets, resulting in far higher volume of traffic
  • Introduced promotional video presentation which dramatically boosted site traffic and user engagement
  • Further developed CSS coding skills

Top Producer Broker & Builder Solutions, a division of Move, Inc.

Publicly traded on NASDAQ as MOVE; Formerly The Enterprise
Milwaukee, WI
Web Designer: October, 2005 – July, 2009

  • Led efforts to improve departmental efficiency and client relations
  • Applied knowledge of basic SEO techniques in front-end development
  • Brought reusable layout codebase into compliance with W3C standards to increase usability and remove development bottlenecks
  • Used Photoshop and Dreamweaver to develop original web interfaces that resulted in improved user experience for clients
  • Created dynamic navigation systems, decorative Flash slideshows, and streaming video experiences to make agency and client sites more engaging
  • Further developed CSS, JavaScript, VB Script, and ActionScript coding skills with Dreamweaver and Flash

Freelance Work

Greater Milwaukee Area
January, 2003 – October, 2005

  • Contracted through OfficeTeam and Robert Half, or self-employed
  • Filled various positions from technical illustrator to desktop publisher to web designer to administrative assistant
  • Worked with Quark Xpress, Illustrator, Photoshop, GoLive, and Microsoft Office

Thomson BETA Systems

Brookfield, WI
Web Designer: August, 1999 – December, 2002

  • Completed development duties on third-party redesigned public marketing website, BetaSys.com
  • Used Fireworks and GoLive to create engaging and comprehensive web interfaces for company Internet and intranet applications
  • Acquired proficiency with CSS, JavaScript, and ActionScript coding skills with GoLive and Flash
  • Used telnet to FTP files to Unix servers

Huffy Sports

Sussex, WI
Instructional Media Specialist: April, 1998 – April, 1999

  • Contracted through Argus Technical Services
  • Used Adobe Illustrator to create high-quality, comprehensive, and reusable illustrations for product instruction manuals
  • Used Quark Xpress to write all English-language instructional content and organize it into printable layouts
  • Worked with engineers to write detailed, comprehensive instructional text and complete projects at or before deadline

Bill Frantz Photography

Delafield, WI
Web Designer and Webmaster (freelance): November, 1997 – June, 1999

  • Worked with client to create a more visually appealing and engaging website
  • Used Photoshop to scan and enhance photo gallery images and create original web graphics
  • Used TextEdit to write all HTML from scratch
  • Uploaded files via FTP to client-chosen server

Generac Power Systems

Waukesha, WI
Technical Illustrator and Graphic Designer: January, 1996 – May, 1997

  • Contracted through Manpower
  • Illustrated instruction manuals and lithographs for generators and pressure washers using India ink pens and Corel Draw
  • Used Corel Draw to recreate old illustrations and logos in digital format
  • Worked as a team member with engineers and technical writers to produce finished sets of illustrations on deadline
  • Prepared and pasted-up manuals on boards for printing
  • Created and illustrated a computerized slide show for use in employee training using Power Point
  • Used Corel Draw to design innovative and eye-catching decals for use in decoratively marketing core products

(Promoted and relocated to Jefferson facility, January, 1997)