Rose Aparri

Current

• Interactive Web Designer at Benjamin Moore & Co.
• Digital Media Expert at (Freelance)

Past

• Manager, Web Design at L'Oreal USA
• Web Developer at L'Oreal USA
• Mac Specialist at Apple

• New Media Developer/Consultant at Falco Design
• Interactive Media Developer at Garvan Communications

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Education

• New York University
• The College of New Jersey

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Rose Aparri’s Summary

Multi-talented new media professional with expertise in both web development and design with more than 12 years of experience; Trustworthy independent worker and proven team leader with strong management and training experience; Well-known for creative problem-solving skills, ability and desire to self-learn new skills, and a sharp eye for detail.

Rose Aparri’s Specialties:

Agile web development; Standards compliant design; XML-driven flash development; E-mail campaign design and deployment; Database administration; E-commerce; Blog and social network integration; Widget development; Video editing and encoding; Project management; Quality assurance.

Rose Aparri’s Experience

• Interactive Web Designer

  Benjamin Moore & Co.

  (Privately Held; Consumer Goods industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

• Digital Media Expert

  (Freelance)

  (Internet industry)

  1999 — Present (10 years )

  • Provide web development and design services to various clients from individual professionals to mid-size businesses.
  • Partner with other developers, designers and marketing professionals on various interactive media projects.

• Manager, Web Design

  L'Oreal USA

  (Public Company; OR; Cosmetics industry)

  June 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  • Designed digital creative for two beauty brands including online banners, desktop widgets, email newsletters, iPhone ads, in-salon touch screens and updates for six award-winning brand websites.
  • Implemented methods to improve team productivity and workflow (web-based project management system; advanced Photoshop scripting)
  • Oversaw freelance talent and collaborated with Creative department and outside agencies on larger projects.
  • Worked closely with web developers and marketing managers to create turnkey web tools.
  • Provided creative direction and quality-assurance testing to ensure brand consistency and optimum user experience.

• Web Developer

  L'Oreal USA

  (Public Company; OR; Cosmetics industry)

  July 2005 — June 2006 (1 year )

  • Programmed web applications using ColdFusion, PHP and ASP.NET and developed XML-driven Flash sites.
  • Released weekly site updates and managed relational databases.
  • Designed and deployed e-mail newsletter campaigns and managed various e-mail lists.

• Mac Specialist

  Apple

  (Public Company; AAPL; Retail industry)

  November 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 4 months)

  • Assisted customers with purchasing systems and recommended software for their needs.
  • Set up customers' new Mac systems and transferred their data and settings from previous personal systems.
  • Trained new Mac users transitioning from Windows PC and provided troubleshooting and technical support to Mac and iPod users.

• New Media Developer/Consultant

  Falco Design

  (Graphic Design industry)

  1999 — 2002 (3 years )

  • Collaborated with designers to combine creative design with effective web site architecture.
  • Developed Flash interactive movies, screen savers and banner advertisements.
  • Built HTML templates and style sheets from Photoshop and Fireworks design layouts.
  • Wrote CGI/PERL, ASP and PHP scripts for database searches and form submissions.
  • Trained clients to update web site content.

• Interactive Media Developer

  Garvan Communications

  (Internet industry)

  1997 — 1999 (2 years )

  • Produced Macromedia Director movies for CD-ROM presentations and kiosks.
  • Tested web sites and multimedia presentations for cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility.
  • Wrote hand-coded HTML pages from Photoshop and Quark design templates.
  • Developed internal timesheet procedure in FileMaker Pro to track project hours.

Rose Aparri’s Education

• New York University

  Certificate , Multimedia Technology , 1996 — 1996

• The College of New Jersey

  BA , Mathematics , 1990 — 1994

  Minor studies in Computer Science

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