Rebecca Murphey

Current

• Owner at Rebecca Murphey Consulting LLC

Past

• Front-End Engineer at dailystrength.org
• Media Developer at webslingerz Inc.
• Production Artist at Koroberi, Inc.

• Assistant News Desk Editor at Elmira Star-Gazette (Gannett)

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Education

• Lehigh University

Recommended

9 people have recommended Rebecca

Connections

91 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Company
• My Blog

Rebecca Murphey’s Summary

I craft smart, standards-based front-end architectures for clients big and small, emphasizing modularization, CSS and JavaScript abstraction, and minimal HTTP overhead. I specialize in creating templating systems and jQuery-based frameworks for web applications. I also offer jQuery and front-end development training, writing, and skills assessment.

Rebecca Murphey’s Specialties:

jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, (X)HTML, web standards, front-end architecture, templating systems (including Django, Smarty and custom systems), training, writing

Rebecca Murphey’s Experience

• Owner

  Rebecca Murphey Consulting LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  Work with web teams at interactive agencies and businesses to implement scalable, standards-based front-end solutions. Guide web teams in the creation of modular front-end architectures, templating systems and jQuery-based frameworks for diverse applications. Advise interactive agencies on improving front-end architecture and development processes.

• Front-End Engineer

  dailystrength.org

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  February 2008 — July 2008 (6 months)

  Front-end lead at health-oriented social networking startup. Assisted in developing modular architecture to separate business logic from content and presentation. Worked closely with with senior back-end developer on rapid rollout of new features. Participated in rapid overhaul of existing features to utilize new framework and standardize presentation. Refreshed and standardized design of disparate existing features to truly leverage cascading style sheets and semantic markup. Created guidelines and implemented rollup tools to reduce per-page HTTP requests. Audited site elements to help standardize UI across the site and decrease CSS overhead. Authored reusable Javascript widgets to increase opportunities for in-page interactions. Rewrote existing Javascript (YUI and non-library) to standardize on jQuery library. Created jQuery plugins to encapsulate and abstract common Javascript needs.

• Media Developer

  webslingerz Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 7 months)

  Web design and development using HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash and PHP. Implemented new design and interactivity on homepage for company’s largest client; designed XML config files and the Javascript to read them to allow easy changes to “billboard” content on 39 regional pages. Designed and deployed blogs.nortel.com using open-source applications; provided ongoing support, metrics analysis and consulting. Developed a PHP/MySQL blog-monitoring application. Adapted open-source application to integrate RSS feeds into nortel.com intranet. Researched, implemented and supported open-source workflow management tool. Created brand-compliant graphics, Flash, CSS, and HTML for marketing sites with tight turnaround times. Collaborated with team to transition the Products section of nortel.com to a new page width while maintaining support for legacy content and markup.

• Production Artist

  Koroberi, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  Developed and implemented systems to facilitate web and print production. Consulted on estimation, planning and production of web, print and multimedia projects. Analyzed new and ongoing projects for opportunities to improve processes through new technology and automation. Established design guidelines and enforced brand compliance. Created web pages and templates based on supplied designs. Optimized print documents for consistency, repeatability and automation. Educated web team on CSS and HTML standards.

• Assistant News Desk Editor

  Elmira Star-Gazette (Gannett)

  (Public Company; GCI; Media Production industry)

  September 1996 — July 2001 (4 years 11 months)

  Helped lead nine-member news desk, drafting and enforcing design and style standards, handling scheduling and monitoring efficiency. Managed news desk during breaking news events, including the 2000 election and a local bomb scare. Instituted and monitored copy editing standards and developed new page flow guidelines to enforce deadlines. Authored and implemented Perl program to automate publication of stories to online edition.

Rebecca Murphey’s Education

• Lehigh University

  1993 — 1995

Additional Information

Rebecca Murphey’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Company
• My Blog

Rebecca Murphey’s Interests:

Front-end architecture, CSS, HTML, AJAX, jQuery, JavaScript, templating systems

Rebecca Murphey’s Groups:

•    Startup Specialists
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    jQuery
•    jQuery Training

Rebecca Murphey’s Contact Settings

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