October '21 - Present: 1 year contract role

My responsibilities at Polaris include:

• Email Marketing
  • On a daily basis I code highly dynamic responsive email messages for many of the Polaris brands. Each email message is coded in HTML, CSS, and with the Liquid scripting language for use in their legacy email marketing platform - Drip.com. I also code dynamic content with AMPScript, as the team migrates to the Salesforce Marketing Cloud platform.
• All email projects are tested across multiple email clients by way of Email on Acid.
• Project management is maintained via Jira.
• I use Photoshop on a daily basis for all related image editing, exporting to JPG and PNG file formats, creating animated GIF images, etc.

The above responsibilities and others entail daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, XD, Acrobat, etc.), Email on Acid, Jira, Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), SharePoint, Salesforce, and others. Skills involved on a daily basis: CSS/CSS3, HTML/HTML5, the Liquid scripting language, AMPScript, Responsive development, Image Editing, and more.

May '19 - August '21: 2 Years, 3 Months

My responsibilities as a member of the Marketing and Corporate Communications team at Alliant included:

• Web Development
  • I updated various web sites in a variety of CMS platforms; SharePoint ECM, Umbraco, Wix, and WordPress
• Email Marketing
  • On a daily basis I coded responsive email messages and landing pages, configured campaigns/forms/segments/custom objects/shared lists, managed image and file assets, and compiled analysis reports
• QA testing of all web- and email-related development assets

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc.), Litmus, Oracle Eloqua, Oracle Business Intelligence, Asana, Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), SharePoint, Salesforce, and others. Skills involved on a daily basis: Bootstrap, CSS/CSS3, HTML/HTML5, Javascript/JQuery, Responsive development, Graphic & Web Design, UI Design.

Jan. '16 - Feb. '19: 3 Years 1 Month

My responsibilities at Arbonne International included:

• Management of personnel
  • I managed the team responsible for all eCommerce configuration
• eCommerce administration by way of Prowess software
  • Add/Edit product details; localized translations, pricing, taxation, discount plans, incentives, etc. for global markets
  • Image asset management
  • Order type configuration
  • Shipping Gateway configuration
  • Discount Plan configuration
• WalkMe Development
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Issue and request management
• Analytics
• Project management and collaboration
• Documentation of processes, functionality, and business requirements
• Personnel training
• 3D Design & 3D Printing

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), JIRA, Basecamp, and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC and Mac

Arbonne International, a provider of premium quality skin care and nutritional products, is a multi-level marketing company wherein all sales are processed through the eCommerce website @ www.arbonne.com.

June '15 - Dec. '15: 6 Month Contract Placement

My responsibilities at NYX Cosmetics included:

• Content management for the B2C website by way of Demandware CMS
  • Content updates
  • Image asset management
  • Custom coding for responsive functionality (CSS/CSS3/HTML/HTML5/JavaScript/JQuery/XML/ASP .NET)
• Email Marketing
  • Responsive coding
  • Image editing
  • List management
  • Segmenting contact lists for targeted email distribution
  • Distribution and tracking of all email marketing campaigns by way of Salesforce Marketing Cloud (formerly ExactTarget)
  • Coding custom responsive email templates triggered by API feeds
  • Coding custom responsive email templates for the Bazaarvoice product review/question/answer/comment functionality
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Analytics
• Project management and collaboration by way of Basecamp

The responsive email templates that I had coded in 2015 remain in use as of 02/2019 by the company, as can be seen on http://milled.com/NyxCosmetics. As of July 15, 2015 all email correspondence was transitioned from MarketTraq to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the latter fully supports responsive and adaptive email coding. Examples of auto-response email messages triggered by Demandware for welcome, shipping confirmation, cart abandonment, back in stock, and customized Bazaarvoice email templates are not reflected in the http://milled.com/NyxCosmetics listing.

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, etc.), Bazaarvoice, Demandware, Google Analytics, MarketTraq, Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), Salesforce Marketing Cloud (formerly ExactTarget), and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC and Mac

Nov. '14 to June '15: 8 Months

My responsibilities at MagnaFlow included:

• Web site development & maintenance of multiple B2B and B2C websites
• E-Commerce management of multiple B2B and B2C websites
• Content management of digital assets for web and print
• Email Marketing
  • Coding
  • Image editing
  • List management
  • Segmenting contact lists for targeted email distribution
  • Distribution and tracking of all email marketing campaigns by way of Constant Contact
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Analytics
• Project management
• Video/Audio management; filming/recording and editing for multiple platforms
• Personnel training

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere Pro), Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SQL Server, WordPress, Umbraco, ConstantContact, Amazon Vendor Central, Google Analytics, and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC and Mac

Sept. '10 - Nov. '15: 4 Years 2 Months

My responsibilities on the Internet Marketing Web Team at Dell Software included:

• Front-end design and development for various corporate web sites (HTML, CSS, XML, JS, JQuery, creation of web graphics: product images, product tours, layout designs, functional mockups, etc.)
• Use of Google Analytics for site metrics (traffic, click through activity, 404 error reports, etc.)
• Project management
• Personnel training (creation of procedure documentation, training videos, and instructor for all web related training sessions)
• Documentation of business requirements and user stories
• Administration of user access rights for the CMS and related processes
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• and more....

The above responsibilities entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere Pro), Adobe Scene 7, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Analytics, TechSmith Camtasia, and others.

Development platform: Windows-based PC

Jan. '08 - Sept. '10: 2 Years 9 Months

As the HMI (Human-Machine Interface) specialist of an internal (Agile) software development team at Kelley Blue Book my responsibilities included:

• Design and development of the GUI (Graphic User Interface) for web-based (.NET) and tablet PC-based (C#) applications
• Liaison between business and development
  • Collected and documented business requirements
  • Determined feasibility
  • Prototyped ideas
    • Created Wireframes
    • Coded Functional Mockups
  • Delivered results
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Premiere Pro), Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SQL Server, and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC

Sept. '07 - Dec. '07: 3 Month Contract Placement

My responsibilities at Young & Rubicam included:

• Web site development & maintenance of multiple B2B and B2C websites
  • CSS, HTML, XHTML, ASP .NET, JavaScript, JQuery, etc.
  • Flash Development
  • Creation of static and dynamic content pages
  • Image creation & editing
• Email Marketing for various clients
  • Coding
  • Image editing
  • List management
  • Segmenting contact lists for targeted email distribution
  • Distribution and tracking of all email marketing campaigns by way of Constant Contact
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Analytics
• Project management

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks), Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SQL Server, various CMS, Google Analytics, and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC

Nov. '03 - June '07: 3 Years 8 Months

My responsibilities at Purpose Driven Ministries included:

• Developmental support for the PurposeDriven.com and Pastors.com websites
  • CSS, HTML, XHTML, ASP .NET, JavaScript, JQuery, etc.
  • Administration of e-commerce content for over 4,000 active SKU’s
  • Site maintenance and updates
  • Image creation & editing
• Management of data and records within the SQL2000 db
• Email Marketing
  • Coding
  • Image editing
  • List management
  • Segmenting contact lists for targeted email distribution
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Analytics
• Project management
• Quality Assurance/User Acceptance testing
• Documentation of business requirements and user stories
• Multimedia development
  • Creation of Flash-based content
  • Marketing banners
  • Audio/Video editing
  • etc.
• Personnel training

The above responsibilities and others entailed daily use of applications such as those of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks), Microsoft SharePoint, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SQL Server, Google Analytics, and others.

Development platforms: Windows-based PC

Certifying Organization: Oracle

Certifying Organization: W3 Schools

Certifying Organization: W3 Schools