Justin Grady

Current

• Web Developer at Bend Bulletin / Western Communications

Past

• Web Developer / Production Manager at DCS Politics
• Web Developer / IT Manager / Telco at Center for Community Change
• Project Coordinator at Curiosity Group

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Education

• University of Oregon

Recommended

1 person has recommended Justin

Connections

37 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website

Justin Grady’s Summary

Web developer and project manager serving Bend, Oregon, Washington, DC, and Phoenix, Arizona. 10 years of experience in non-profit, business, and political oriented organizations. Skilled at web interface design, web coding and database design, building sites to web standards, and search engine optimization. Project management strength and the ability to handle difficult clients (political organizations) and keep all projects on track.

Justin Grady’s Specialties:

Web development, search engine optimization, strong project management.

Justin Grady’s Experience

• Web Developer

  Bend Bulletin / Western Communications

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)

• Web Developer / Production Manager

  DCS Politics

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Political Organization industry)

  January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)

  Manage all incoming and prospective web development work for web team, including one designer, and one developer besides myself. Responsible for working with others on strategy, information architecture/wire frames, design, and production schedule, and production itself. Develop all sites in Joomla or Drupal CMS to fit client needs. Work with designer on managing House of Representatives client sites in IIS/ASP environment. Have developed and maintained several sites including developing and customizing website features through the use of Joomla off the shelf PHP modules, or coding new modules to work with the Joomla Content Management System.

• Web Developer / IT Manager / Telco

  Center for Community Change

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Manage four website properties, two sub-sites, "Get Active" online advocacy system, and one intranet. Managed, installed, and modified new intranet using open source software which includes content management system, file management, and secure user logins. Launched "Get Active" online advocacy system (ASP model) which included building custom pages and e-mail designs. Work across the organization on design and strategy for all outgoing mass e-mails and advocacy campaigns. All websites coded using LAMP and CSS.
  
  Service internal and field staff IT needs. Includes hardware management of desktops, laptops, mobile phones, internet connectivity, and printers. Worked with Director of IT during office to implement Cisco IP Telephone system and redesign data network. Managed project and affiliated vendors until project completion.

• Project Coordinator

  Curiosity Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)

  May 2003 — May 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  Assisted account manager and content manager as part of Hewlett-Packard Home of Home Office (HHO) team in a project management role. Managed cross-team (other HP creative agencies, HP Newsgram e-mail service, and with HP HHO team) calendars and schedules consisting of creative projects and article and copy creation.

Justin Grady’s Education

• University of Oregon

  1995 — 1997

Additional Information

Justin Grady’s Websites:

• My Website

Justin Grady’s Groups:

DC PHP Developers Group (http://www.phpdc.org/), Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup (http://www.cowpu.com/)

•    Central Oregon Web Professionals' Usergroup