Kerwin Siy

Web Designer / Production Manager

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Web Production Manager at Frommers.com
Past
  • Web Producer / Designer at Frommers.com
  • Associate Producer at Macmillan Online USA
  • Freelancer at Macmillan Digital USA
Education
  • Savannah College of Art and Design
Connections
76 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Kerwin Siy’s Experience

  • Web Production Manager

    Frommers.com

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; JWA; Publishing industry)

    January 2002Present (7 years 7 months)

    - Lead designer and producer for Frommers.com
    - Collaborated with new colleagues & freelancers to complete 3 site redesigns of Frommers.com
    - Planned & coordinated a major Web server move between 2 hosts with no downtime
    - Managed server side issues with Internet host in Somerset, NJ
    - Responsible for departmental network environment
    - Developed custom Cold Fusion applications to automate the massive creation of pages across Frommers.com
    - Designed a backend development site that included applications, documentation & reports for the team to reference on a daily basis
    - Managed projects of consultants & freelancers
    - Created plans and specified project requirements for peers
    - Assisted with Unix Admin Duties such as troubleshooting server side issues, optimizing performance and reducing downtime

  • Web Producer / Designer

    Frommers.com

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

    April 1999December 2001 (2 years 9 months)

    - Lead designer and producer for Frommers.com
    - Executed 3 site redesigns
    - Performed design on all new pages and built templates for peer producers to follow
    - Created internal & external ad banners to increase Frommers.com traffic
    - Developed custom Cold Fusion applications that transformed the Frommer's travel guides into an interactive Web experience
    - Consistently solved layout problems that brought advertising, marketing, content, functionality & design together
    - Managed projects of associate producers & consultants
    - Trained new producers & freelancers in Web development
    - Acted as interim Traffic Manager using the DART Network interface

  • Associate Producer

    Macmillan Online USA

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

    December 1997April 1999 (1 year 5 months)

    - Associate designer and page builder for the New York based Frommers.com
    - Lead designer for the Indianapolis based mcp.com & Macmillan Software Store
    - Created promotional graphics

  • Freelancer

    Macmillan Digital USA

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)

    May 1997December 1997 (8 months)

    - Designed Web sites (both public and internal) for several departments
    - Created a large volume of ad banners to promote company products
    - Retouched photos & optimized various graphics for the Web
    - Created layout for product pages in online stores


Kerwin Siy’s Education

  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    19931997


Additional Information

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Kerwin Siy’s Honors:

- January 2002 - Pacesetter Award for Management of Site Migration
- October 2001 - #1 ad banner on Yahoo! Ad Clipper
- October 2000 - Quality Award
- April 2000 - Frommers.com Team Award


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