Web Designer / Production Manager
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Web Production Manager at Frommers.com
- Past
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- Web Producer / Designer at Frommers.com
- Associate Producer at Macmillan Online USA
- Freelancer at Macmillan Digital USA
- Education
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- Savannah College of Art and Design
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Kerwin Siy’s Experience
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Web Production Manager
Frommers.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; JWA; Publishing industry)
January 2002 — Present (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 1999 — December 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 1997 — April 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 1997 — December 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
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Savannah College of Art and Design
1993 — 1997
Additional Information
Kerwin Siy’s Websites:
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
