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WORK EXPERIENCE
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Monsanto
Visual Front-End Web Designer
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Feb 2006 - Jan 2009
Saint Louis Mo
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- Resolved the gap between the visual design team and the back-end implementation
- by creating hassle-free design CSS/HTML templates for easy use in SharePoint
- Designed clickable prototypes for tradeshow Kiosks, usability labs, and converted prototypes into to working HTML/CSS website based on results
- Designed and presented user standards for design to clients
- Increased productivity spearheading the use and development of xml based slideshow flash modules
- Enhanced Monsanto brand by the recommending the use of social networking sites to all Monsanto brands
- Successfully marketed the joint venture of Monsanto and the Weather Channel brands through creative direction of the banner advertising to receive the most response.
- At a critical time in the evolution of the company's intranet, I was able to improved the way that thousands of employees communicate online every day.
- Overhauled branded Monsanto websites to increase usability and give faster access to product specific data
- Created brand system to communicate complex scientific instructional data into easy to understand steps, reducing processing errors by 45%
- Improved usability by establishing modal window standards, by eliminating pop window problems
- Earned Brand Marketing Excellence award by Monsanto Corporation for the design and development of DetlaPine Cotton website
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EU Concepts
User Centric Web Designer
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Aug 2004 - Aug 2006
St. Louis MO
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- Spearheaded project to redesign and relaunch EU Concepts website
- Led project overhauling and rebranding all marketing efforts for EU Concepts
- Reduced internal errors by introducing easy to use project management software
- Dramatically improved customer satisfaction by offering new design options
- Lowered overhead costs by 50% by streamlining email marketing distribution and metrics reporting processes
- Firm expert at search engine optimization, usability, css layout and design.
- Awarded "The Best of the Web, 2007: Outstanding Design", Sixth Annual Outstanding REALTOR�® Association Web Design Contest
- Improved search rankings for web sites using semantic XHTML standards in optimization.
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Vividsites
Creative Director
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May 20002 - Jan 2004
St. Louis Mo
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- Wrote proposals, functional specifications, and cost estimates
- Led design direction maintained client relationships and managed all projects.
- Managed creative team of 4 designers and developers
- Wrote and designed presentation on the benefits of brand development to secure
additional work from the clients - Awarded 2nd Place: "The Best Non-Profit web site for 2003",
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CDM Fantasy Sports
Front End Web Designer
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Sept 1999 - Feb 2002
St. Louis Mo
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- Provided out of the box design for online web game interfaces
- Created brand strategy for individual games, with logos and marketing collateral
- Strengthened client relationships with providing excellent customer service
- Invited to design the Cover of PC Journal
- Reduced online errors by creating unified sitemaps for company sites
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