Freelance web design and traditional art services across Chicago and New Orleans. Responsibilities included designing responsive HTML/CSS websites, HTML email campaigns, and banners in accordance with corporate style guides for clients such as Elizabeth's Restaurant, Discover Card intranet, Williams-Labadie, Kraft Foods, Walgreens, Tripp Lite, RC Chera, and ESPN projects. Repaired murals, created logos and web presence, and collaborated with ASP.NET programmers. Projects involved hand-coded HTML/CSS, WordPress development, Bootstrap, and e-commerce integration; produced holiday graphics and prototypes for Walgreens.com; maintained cross-browser compatibility and accessibility guidelines.

Web Designer at Tulane University - School of Liberal Arts

October 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015

Maintained and updated the Music Rising site and the School of Liberal Arts site. Used CodeIgniter to update views/navigation and implemented conditional logic for sections of the site. Created a social media hub by adapting a WordPress template and leveraging cost-effective solutions for social media content. Leveraged Commonspot CMS to aggregate news feeds and thumbnails for the department homepage, reducing manual updates.

UI Group Lead at Carrollton Group

April 1, 2012 - February 1, 2014

Ongoing maintenance for hundreds of WordPress and Joomla sites; researched plugins/themes, CSS/jQuery solutions, and template customization. Created mood boards for redesign concepts, ensured HTML5/CSS3 standards, and cross-browser compatibility. Collaborated on app/interface design for Tutti Music Player iOS app and other web apps; established a Corporate Style Guide used across marketing materials.

Front End Developer at CarePages Inc.

December 1, 2006 - March 1, 2009

Collaborated with Marketing on a comprehensive style guide for the relaunch of a large social networking site. Brought front-end redesign in-house, speeding development; produced in-house promotional banners and HTML email campaigns with strong open rates. Ported static content into OpenCMS, redesigned Discussion Forums, and implemented interactive features with jQuery. Contributed to a Ruby on Rails-based rebuild.

Web Designer at NewOrleans.Com

January 1, 2002 - May 1, 2005

Branded NewOrleans.Com with standardized navigation, color scheme, and logo. Expanded subdomain FoodFest! with branding and identity, increasing revenue streams. Upgraded the Talk Food with Tom Fitzmorris forum interface, boosting traffic. Designed the AFO Foundation site and developed the FoodFest subdomain (PHP) featuring 500 restaurant listings and 300 recipes. Created Flash promotional material and HTML email campaigns, and designed online banner ads for multiple clients.