Kurt Gannon

Current

• Senior Designer/Front-End Web Developer at Jackrabbit Design
• Freelance Designer/ Front-End Web Developer at kurtgannon.com

Education

• Eastern Connecticut State University
• Plainfield High School

Recommended

7 people have recommended Kurt

Connections

105 connections

Industry

Online Media

Kurt Gannon’s Summary

Graphic Designer/Front-End Web Developer with rare balance of creative and analytical skills. Broad portfolio online media with exposure to countless aspects of design and marketing. Veteran troubleshooter who doesn’t flinch under fire or hesitate in management positions.

Kurt Gannon’s Specialties:

• Focus on development of creative and effective User Experiences (UX), User Interfaces (UI) and Information Architectures (IA)
• Front-End implementation through XHTML, CSS and Javascript
• Experience with open-source technologies (PHP, MySQL); and Javascript Libraries (Jquery, script.aculo.us, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ), Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and analytics solutions
• Experience integrating social media (twitter, facebook, etc.) into projects

Kurt Gannon’s Experience

• Senior Designer/Front-End Web Developer

  Jackrabbit Design

  (Privately Held; Graphic Design industry)

  December 2003 — Present (6 years )

  Progressed from junior-level rent-A-designer to Front-End Web Developer to Web Director at growing Boston-area strategic design shop. Delivering projects in print, web and animation from concept to completion. Currently overseeing a small-team of developers and designers, crafting standards-oriented web 2.0 sites as well as business-to-bussiness sites. Responsible for all facets of the design/development process: liaison; planning Information Architectures; understand/crafting User Experiences; designing User Interfaces; supporting/deploying effective marketing strategies; Search Engine Optimization; managing demanding production deadlines; putting out fires/troubleshooting on the fly

• Freelance Designer/ Front-End Web Developer

  kurtgannon.com

  (Online Media industry)

  June 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

  Hired-Gun, loaded with web 2.0 acronyms, working with an array of clients – consulting/creating on a broad range of creative projects: (IA's, UX's, UI's, SEO, SEM)

Additional Information

Kurt Gannon’s Interests:

graphic design, web design, web standards, technology, SEO, mac os x, apple, iPhone, social media, fitness

Kurt Gannon’s Groups:

AIGA, USATF

•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Eastern Connecticut State University Alumni - ECSU
•    Designers Talk
•    AIGA | the professional association for design
•    W3C Members
•    New England Web Developers Association
•    Build Guild
•    MiScale, LLC

Kurt Gannon’s Honors:

Sites featured on various CSS showcases: bestcssgallery.com; cssdivine.com, cssimport.com; cssmania.com; cssremix.com; mostinspired.com; thebestdesigns.com; unmatchedstyle.com; spyrestudios.com; designshack.co.uk; admixweb.com; wooki.es; fantasticss.com; etc.

Kurt Gannon’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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