project.portfolio
> web producing & project management
company:
Verizon Multimedia (in-house agency at Verizon)
site:
Verizon Investor Relations site, various intranet sites, offline projects
role:
Project Manager. Managed numerous online and offline marketing projects of varying sizes. Handled client account management, requirements gathering, creative direction, budgeting/scheduling and team resource management for production of web sites, print collateral, e-learning courses and more.
company:
Walt Disney Company
site:
The Sixth Sense Official Site and approx. 30 other movie sites (None currently live - promotional sites from 1999-2001 time period)
role:
Web Producer/Project Manager. Supervised development of numerous high-visibility promotional sites for Disney DVD releases (“owned” Touchstone, Hollywood, Miramax and Dimension brands). Contracted and managed external agencies, secured inter-department approvals, shepherded projects from concept to launch.
company:
Walt Disney Company
site:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment consumer portal site
role:
Web Producer/Project Coordinator. Managed major project to integrate BVHE’s internal product database with online catalog of DVD/video titles. Conceived architecture of user interface, contracted agency to design front-end, coordinated back-end integration workflow.
company:
Walt Disney Company
site:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Disney) extranets
role:
Web Producer/Project Manager. Conceived and implemented redesign of company’s video retailer extranets, saving $100K+ annually in maintenance costs.
company:
Walt Disney Company
site:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment DVD Support Site
role:
Conceived navigation and structure of site, directed work of external vendor to design look & feel of UI, managed all stages of creative.
company:
MSN (Microsoft)
site:
MSN Entertainment Channel
role:
Assistant Producer. Performed daily updates to MSN’s entertainment news site.
> writing & content development
company:
America Online
site:
KOL, AOL's online service for kids
role:
Content Producer. Developed new content and managed weekly content updates for several channels on KOL, AOL’s kids-only service.
company:
Oceanblue Divers
site:
Meetup.com site
role:
Communications Director (volunteer position). Managed all club communications, including composition of press releases & site copy, recruitment & publicity for special events, and email communications with 1,000-person membership.
company:
Entriq
site:
n/a
role:
Technical Writer. Developed technical documentation for digital rights management software application. Composed monthly corporate newsletter (company announcements, industry news, employee profiles) and other marketing collateral.
company:
NTN Communications
site:
National game network syndicated to hospitality venues
role:
Content Developer/Writer. Wrote more than 12,000 trivia questions for NTN’s national interactive game network, broadcast to 3,600 restaurants and sports bars.
company:
Walt Disney Company
site:
Disney.com
role:
Content Developer/Writer. Created content for Disney.com’s Club Blast service.
company:
CompuServe
site:
Online service
role:
Writer. Composed a series of 30+ feature articles for kids and teens.
Have also designed Web sites for a number of local small businesses (Vativ Technologies, The New Zoo Revue, Treasure Chest Television, TimeMaker Mobile Oil Change, Monkey’s Mocha Café, and more).