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PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Razorfish -- Producer/Project Manager -- LA (5/2000 – 4/2001)
Managed large project work-plan and resources for the launch and re-design of the e-commerce site Earlychildhood.com / Oversaw Designers, Interface Developers, Technologists, Information Architects and Writers in creating this website / Worked with technologists and client in creating a customized admin tool for managing the site / Acted as liaison between the Razorfish team and the client for presentations, deliverables, requirements and sign-off / Provided day to day operational management for the team by setting schedules and priorities and defining critical path issues.
PlanetGirl.com -- Producer -- LA (10/99 - 5/2000)
Implemented the launch of this teen girl web-site in Flash Generator in November 1999 / Managed daily site content, game design/development, promotions, give-aways, contests and e-commerce branch of site / Supervised team of freelance writers and editors as well as internal staff / Read, screened and oversaw ongoing user submitted content / Concepted and executed site’s original content / Created and oversaw all weekly production schedules and meetings / Communicated on a regular basis with ongoing vendor who was developing the various phases of the site re-design / Managed and trained all employees on the back end admin tool (database) used to edit, layout, program and publish all content for the site / Concepted and implemented all interactive quizzes and polls on the site / Wrote and distributed regular newsletters to registered users.
Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners -- Interactive Art Director -- NYC (7/98 - 10/99)
Concepted, designed, and animated ad banners for the following client roster’s on-line
advertising campaigns:
• The Station@Sony (specifically the on-line games: College Jeopardy On-line, Jeopardy On-line,
Sports Jeopardy, Jeopardy 2001, The Dating Game On-line, ChronX, Fantasy War.)
• Children’s Television Workshop (CTW): Dragon Tales
• netgrocer.com (ad banners and flash animations)
• iParty.com
• Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Oversaw team of production artists / Pitched on-line advertising packages and creative
concepts to clients on a regular basis.
gURL.com -- Freelance Contributor -- NYC [1997 - ongoing]
Write, design and illustrate articles for this teen targeted ‘zine.
Kidsites 2000 -- Web Production -- NYC (9/97 - 7/98)
Illustrated, programmed and maintained content for two weekly adolescent websites:
CitizenPhoebe.com and GettingReal.com / Concepted, Designed and implemented interactive games.
Simon & Schuster On-line (www.simonsays.com) -- Web Production -- NYC (4/96 - 9/97)
Maintained and updated the website, concentrating on the Fresh Ink and Kids' Zone sections.
Boomtown Editorial -- Assistant AVID Editor -- NYC (4/96 - 3/97)
Assisted with all aspects of post-production off-line editing for TV commercials.
Big Fat TV Production Co. -- Production Coordinator -- NYC (10/95 - 1/96)
Organized and secured all details for production shoots for TV Promos / Assisted in the Art Department.
“House of Buggin” / HBO -- Asst. to the Producers -- NYC (10/94 - 5/95)
Assisted producers with show line-ups, correspondence, scheduling, script distribution, and cost reports / Obtained stock photos and clearances / Maintained standards and practices procedures for television.
Hamilton, Carver & Lee Healthcare Advertising -- Graphic Coordinator -- Chicago (11/93 - 6/94)
Acted as liaison between Creative Department, Account Services, Copyediting, Production and Graphic Departments / Coordinated all phases of new business pitches and client presentations / Managed all production flow, including overseeing scheduling and deadlines.
Remains Theater -- Development Assistant -- Chicago (10/91 - 11/93)
Researched and wrote grant proposals to government agencies, corporations and foundations / Organized outreach program for inner-city youths / Maintained donor records and correspondence / Orchestrated all fund-raising events.
EDUCATION
New York University / Tisch School of the Arts
Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) -- Masters of Professional Studies/Interactive Media. Course work included: computer programming, interface design, technology and content development. Finalist in '97 Interval Design Worldwide Workshop Competition for the project: SpyGirl
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois -- Bachelor of Science Degree -- Evanston, Illinois
Majored in Communication Studies, minored in English and Studio Art
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