Experienced Manager and Media Producer with professional background in eCommerce, Content Creation, and User Engagement strategy. Excellent cross-disciplinary communication and staff development skills. Proven success in applying standards and practices to solve tactical problems in marketing and usability. Hard skills in Program Management and front-end Web Development and Solutions Architecture, XML technologies, technical/business/feature writing.
Manage information design and creative design for Interactive properties of public television station covering western Washington and British Columbia, including navigational rules, organization of information, site maps, and planning. Guide front-end coding standards and creates visual design, including typography, visual concept, and icon design for the Web. Conceive, develop, aggregate and maintains content for Web and new media properties; and evaluate effectiveness of the Web tactics by interpreting site-use statistics.
Supported clients and agencies with architected solutions for media needs and Web development. Select organizations: POP, ZAAZ, HGC, Media Space at UW, REI. Select samples: BECU, The Wild Ginger.
Assisted in Japanese translation of book Here Comes Everybody, by Clay Shirky .
Managed Information Architecture and Customer Experience Development for $250M ecommerce business unit at $1.5B retailer. Five direct reports plus contract staff. Worked closely with Design, Merchandising, Software Development, Analytics, Marketing, and others. Responsible for staffing, budgeting, site quality. Accountable for sales performance, staff development, customer experience. Highlights:
Coordinated editorial, design, video and development project schedules across multiple business units and overseas vendor for About Microsoft, Licensing, Security, .Net. Developed and implemented new production procedures, including training staff and vendors.
Produced content and managed publishing for 70-person technology startup developing XML management tools.
Wrote and produced content, features, community for CelebSite, Mr, Showbiz, ABCNEWS.com, ABC.com, Oscars.com, GO.com. Defined product specifications and managed cross-functional development resources.
Studies in media practice and theory, social media. Research Assistant in Independent Study project to define direction for new "Media Space at UW" center and develop related online assets. Focus on social media in academic, research, and incubator settings.
Multi-disciplinary studies in Communication with emphases in film/video, sound engineering, performance, electronic composition.
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