Daniel Hower

Current

• Senior UX Designer at Aquent
• Principal at The Arcade Flyer Archive

Past

• Senior Web Interface Designer at Aquent
• Senior Web Interface Designer at The Regence Group
• Senior Web Interface Designer at Filter Talent

• Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Senior Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Senior Consultant (contractor) at Booz Allen Hamilton
• Senior Web Interface Designer at Lokion Interactive, LLC
• Art Director at Plural, Inc.
• Art Director at marchFIRST
• Senior Web Interface Designer at USWeb/CKS
• Web Interface Designer at Saviar, Inc.

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Education

• Syracuse University
• Rochester Institute of Technology

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Industry

Internet

Daniel Hower’s Summary

Daniel Hower has delivered successful results to numerous agencies and businesses in the Internet industry. He has twelve years of professional experience in web interface design.

Dan is an exceptional web graphic designer and a certified developer in HTML, xHTML and CSS. He utilizes JavaScript such as JQuery, Moo.FX and sIFR to enrich web sites and applications and builds dynamic pages with PHP. Dan's expertise also includes information design, user experience and Section 508. He has top-notch interpersonal skills, an extensive background in the fine arts, and an interest in business development.

These characteristics allow Dan to handle diverse responsibilities and makes him a significant asset to any web business-driven company. His goal is to provide outstanding value as an experienced, highly talented employee on a creative or marketing team.

Daniel Hower’s Specialties:

Hand coded validated xHTML, advanced CSS, Section 508, JavaScript and basic PHP. Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Visio. Strong interpersonal, presentation, communication and organizational skills. Competent on PC and Mac. Experience in Java and PHP environments.

Daniel Hower’s Experience

• Senior UX Designer

  Aquent

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  April 2009 — Present (8 months)

  Authored web user experiences on key projects for The Regence Group that resulted in major revenue growth, significant cost savings, and improved customer service for members.
  • Designed a new version of myRegence.com for the non-insured audience that generates revenue for TRG, provides the means for employer groups to reduce their health care costs and their employees to improve personal health and wellness
  • Improve customer service with online billpay and reduce administrative costs to Regence
  • Empower members to go paperless and save Regence $8 million a year

• Principal

  The Arcade Flyer Archive

  (Internet industry)

  October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)

  Preserving the history of the coin-op amusement industry. Manufacturers use advertising flyers to promote their games to operators. We collect these flyers and archive them digitally in our database. User traffic is primarily made up researchers, publishers and nostalgic game players.

• Senior Web Interface Designer

  Aquent

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)

  Added significant value to Red Studio, Inc. by operating as their web design services capability.
  • Reported directly to the Creative Director and collaborated with her design team to create complete web and print marketing assets for clients
  • Oversaw and engaged in every aspect of new web projects including creative, front-end development, quality assurance and setting up web traffic analysis accounts
  • Enriched user experiences with JavaScript such as Jquery and sIFR; Flash video, Flash JumpEye media components and Google Map API

• Senior Web Interface Designer

  The Regence Group

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  December 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Contributed to enrolling nearly 300,000 new members at myRegence.com, a customer service portal of BlueCross BlueShield Regence
  • Authored validated xHTML and CSS based layouts to myRegence.com’s IT infrastructure which resulted in faster rendering pages, efficient code and improved accessibility
  • Designed and coded the UI for the “Join the Conversation” marketing campaign, which contributed to enrolling 300,000 new members
  • Authored user-centric information architecture which outlined the foundation for myRegence.com v2.0
  • Mentored two web interface designers on xHTML, CSS and related markup practices

• Senior Web Interface Designer

  Filter Talent

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)

  Improved the user experience and user interface for Pheedo, Inc’s enterprise level web-based applications. Pheedo pioneered the RSS advertising industry in 2003 and their efforts have resulted in triple digit revenue growth for leading publishers.
  • Authored key usability improvements based on customer needs, analysis of current applications and new business requirements
  • Introduced and authored validated xHTML and CSS based layouts to Pheedo’s IT infrastructure which resulted in faster rendering pages and better managed code
  • Strengthened Pheedo’s brand by visually redesigning both applications and marketing web site simultaneously

• Associate

  Booz Allen Hamilton

  (Privately Held; BAH; Management Consulting industry)

  July 2005 — April 2006 (10 months)

  Created tremendous impact by translating client and project team initiatives into visual requirements that resulted in a wide variety of graphic design deliverables, including web, print, motion and multimedia. Booz Allen is a 95 year old firm at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting with 20,000 employees and over $4 billion in annual revenue.
  • Converted a paper-based classroom course into a CD-based learning tool that resulted in more efficient training of FDA employees
  • Art directed, designed and developed the new web site for IPIX.com. Project managed remaining tasks as an Associate
  • Awarded the Team’s Appreciation Award – Absolute Personal Best in April 2005
  • Promoted to Associate within two years

• Senior Consultant

  Booz Allen Hamilton

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)

  See description above.

• Senior Consultant (contractor)

  Booz Allen Hamilton

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2003 — May 2003 (4 months)

  See description above.

• Senior Web Interface Designer

  Lokion Interactive, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  February 2001 — January 2003 (2 years )

  Added significant value to Lokion Interactive during their startup phase by operating as their web design services capability, resulting in tremendous company growth and new business.
  • Designed several notional UI concepts for Viking Range which had an impact on the final site design launched two years later
  • Project managed, designed and developed a new web site for Lokion’s partner firm, The Ramey Agency
  • Reported directly to the President and collaborated with her development team to provide complete web solutions for a variety of clients

• Art Director

  Plural, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2000 — January 2001 (5 months)

  Founded a new creative team at Plural’s DC office and introduced best practices and methodologies authored at marchFIRST.
  • Shared knowledge with developers and bridged the gap between designers and developers resulting in more effective teamwork
  • Wore many hats, including project management as well as development to ensure project success
  • Authored usability recommendations for NASDAQ Online which resulted in a more user friendly site experience

• Art Director

  marchFIRST

  (Public Company; MRCH; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2000 — August 2000 (8 months)

  Brought creative services capability to the DC office as the first in-house web designer and employee #7. By 2000 we were a $15 million a year office and one of the largest internet professional service offices in the area.
  • Designed/redesigned the web properties for several world recognized clients such as America Online, US Airways, Royal Caribbean, Fannie Mae and the National Geographic
  • Authored the ‘online style guide’ which provided digital documentation for all our clients
  • Promoted to Art Director within two and a half years; managed and mentored a team of eight designers with varying levels of experience
  • Improved design team’s capabilities with the latest computer hardware, graphic software solutions and design training opportunities

• Senior Web Interface Designer

  USWeb/CKS

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 7 months)

  See description above.

• Web Interface Designer

  Saviar, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  June 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 1 month)

  SAVIAR was a startup Internet services firm out of Syrcacuse University with an outstanding client portfolio that included National Geographic, Niagara Mohawk and Syracuse University
  • Assisted in gathering client requirements and writing RFP’s
  • Worked collaboratively with the art director and proprietor
  • Responsible for optimized web graphics production and HTML markup

Daniel Hower’s Education

• Syracuse University

  MFA , Computer Graphics , 1993 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduate Assistant for five semesters teaching Computer Art. Taught undergraduate students in Super Paint, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Director.

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  BFA , Graphic Design , 1990 — 1993

Additional Information

Daniel Hower’s Interests:

Video games (consoles and coin-ops), video game advertisements (aka flyers), pop art, graphic design, urban decay, vintage Pontiacs, electronica music, and various styles of animation.

Daniel Hower’s Groups:

•    Web Standards
•    SU Graduate Student Alumni Group

Daniel Hower’s Honors:

Exhibitions
June 2007: Pixel: Artists Who Use The Computer juried art show.
October 2006: Filter/Talent office in Portland, Oregon.
1997: annual VENTE exhibit at Fujita Research, Encino, CA.
Fall 1996: 7th Visual Fantasy at Machida City Museum Of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
Summer 1996: SIGGRAPH '96 in the Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater.
Spring 1996: Work exhibited at University of Iowa, Museum of Art, in the THAW 96 Digital Festival.
Fall 1995: La Segunda Bienal De Video Y Artes Electronicas de Santiago.

Press, Awards and Certifications
February 2009: HTML Developer Certification by W3Schools.com
April 2005: Team's Appreciation Award for Absolute Personal Best (Booz Allen Hamilton)
March 2000: US Airways new website design wins honors by Emarketer
March 2000: Co-authored article on Photoshop 5.5, published on Cnet.com

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