Mike Leotta

Current

• Webmaster at Google

Past

• Search Quality Strategist at Google
• User Interface Designer / Web Marketer at FatWallet, Inc.

Education

• Syracuse University

Recommended

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Connections

72 connections

Industry

Internet

Mike Leotta’s Summary

Mike Leotta’s Specialties:

html, css, javascript, ui design, SEO, creative marketing, social media

Mike Leotta’s Experience

• Webmaster

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Designing, developing and maintaining pages and microsites on global Google.com domains. Working with many internal clients spanning across several Google products and initiatives (XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop, Python).
  
  Developing W3C compliant pages across all major browsers
  
  Responsible for page design, functionality, information architecture, content maintenance, form processing & storage, graphic design, and reinforcing the Google brand.
  
  Collaborate very closely with marketing, product managers, and public relations teams.
  
  Supporting Adwords, Analytics, Gmail products.
  
  Lead webmaster for the AdWords new interface microsite.
  
  UI design for Google's Help Centers.

• Search Quality Strategist

  Google

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  Evaluated quality of Google's search index. Worked directly on processes to improve search quality and user experience.
  • Obtained extensive knowledge of organic SEO techniques.
  • User interface specialist for internal search quality tools.
  • Developed several JavaScript based tools to improve efficiency in team's workflow.
  • 20% Project – Created initial user interface concept for Google's new Blogsearch clusters landing page. Worked with Blogsearch
  engineers, Matt Cutts, and user experience team from the very beginning of product conception.

• User Interface Designer / Web Marketer

  FatWallet, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  * Worked with intern team and project manager to research and develop new business venture from ground up.
  * Responsible for design and organization of user interface and graphic design (Photoshop, CSS, HTML, JavaScript).
  * Extensive involvement in online Affiliate Marketing from the perspective of affiliates, merchants and networks (including Pay- Per-Click, Pay-Per-Sale, Pay-Per-Lead, Pay-Per-Impression models).

Mike Leotta’s Education

• Syracuse University

  B.S. , Marketing Management; Information Management & Technology , 2003 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Beta Gamma Sigma

Additional Information

Mike Leotta’s Interests:

Drums, guitar, fitness, hockey, web design, Digg, Red Sox

Mike Leotta’s Groups:

•    Syracuse University Alumni Network
•    Syracuse University - School of Information Studies (IST)
•    Syracuse University Silicon Valley Alumni
•    Alumni of the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University

Mike Leotta’s Honors:

Google Online Sales & Operations Gold Award, Q1 2008

Mike Leotta’s Contact Settings

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