
Web Designer
San Francisco Bay Area

Web Designer
San Francisco Bay Area
Fast, efficient, talented web designer and application user interface designer. Thirteen years of web design experience with core proficiencies in front-end user interface design and customer experience management. Experience building and leading a web-development department composed of in-house designers and developers, local freelance contractors and international programming talent.
TECHNICAL SKILLSET
Expert knowledge of Web Design, specifically in front-end UI design (Photoshop, HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, JavaScript)
Adherence to HCI principles and other best practices when designing
Experience with usability testing (important to measure results of web site changes)
Extensive knowledge of SEO principles with several sites listed as #1 on Google for their respective categories
Advanced knowledge of Content Management Systems (WordPress, MT, etc.)
Experience with Google Analytics
Familiarity with Flash, AJAX, PHP
Experience with Google Site Optimizer (A/B and mulitvariate testing)
Project management
Webmaster. "Generalist." All the skills necessary for Webmaster of a small to medium business. Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Dynamite portfolio: http://www.hisnameistimmy.com/portfolio/restricted.html
(Internet industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)
GoGrid is the world's first multi-server control panel that enables you to deploy and manage load-balanced cloud servers in just minutes. http://www.GoGrid.com
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Web Designer for ColoServe, the San Francisco Colocation leader: http://www.coloserve.com/ Bay Area Colocation with San Francisco's Best Network. ColoServe is your best choice for San Francisco colocation because we are a division of ServePath®, a true 24/7 hosting operation with over 2000 business customers worldwide. Our screaming-fast network features multi-homed bandwidth with connections to over 45 networks ready to go. ColoServe's world-class San Francisco data center was built by MCI and uses the same power and cooling infrastructure as MCI. We also deliver managed services not available from most Bay Area data centers, such as dedicated server hosting, firewalls, load balancing and email filtering.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)
Web designer for ServePath Dedicated Servers. ServePath sells only powerful, affordable dedicated server hosting to thousands of businesses worldwide. We deliver guaranteed performance and uptime, a Screaming-Fast Network, and the latest custom-built hardware from our world-class San Francisco data center. http://www.servepath.com/
(Graphic Design industry)
1995 — Present (14 years)
Examples can be seen in my portfolio: http://www.hisnameistimmy.com/
(Internet industry)
January 2003 — May 2009 (6 years 5 months)
GoGrid is the world's first multi-server control panel that enables you to deploy and manage load-balanced cloud servers in just minutes. http://www.GoGrid.com
As Marketing Projects and Programs Manager (later shortened to "Events Manager") I managed all tradeshows, meetups, seminars, webinars and sponsored parties. The position entailed managing a huge number of small, one-off projects and keeping track of details (think wedding planner but with additional responsibilities).
(Graphic Design industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
(Graphic Design industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
(Graphic Design industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
Psychology, Art, Human-Computer Interaction
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