LaToya Lecator
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Education 09-2002 - 6-2006 CUNY York College, New York Bachelor's of Science degree in Information Systems. 2/2006 Concentration: Computer Science Qualifications PROGRAMMING: Hand codes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, PHP 5, MYSQL MACROMEDIA: Dreamweaver CS3, Homesite ADOBE: PhotoShop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Fireworks MICROSOFT: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, FrontPage OTHER: Powersimple (CMS); Mod X (CMS), Teamsite Strong Knowledge of: AJAX, ActionScript 3.0, Flash 8 Relevant Employment 10-2007 – Present Full-Time – BMG Columbia House, Garden City, NY Front End Web developer Create and modify JSP files within BMG Music’s Teamsite environment. Handcode Adobe Photoshop/ Fireworks comps/wireframes into HTML/CSS files. Using Putty, push and modify files using Unix commands. Update pages on YourMusic.com and BMGMusic.com website, utilizing Teamsite and customized banner tools. Keep on top of web standards, and maintain browser compatibility when coding. 08-2007 – 10-2007 Free Lancer – Dotglu, New York, NY Web developer Used PHP 5 to update Mod-X CMS files and create a blogging tool. Customized JavaScript code to mimic flash functionality. Translated Adobe Photoshop comps into HTML code, using Homesite. 06-2007 – 8-2007 Free Lancer – National Urban League, New York, NY Web developer Created SQL databases and PHP forms. Embedded flash video into web pages, created a flash player using Action script. Created tableless webpages that used only CSS. Responsible for coding uploading press releases and articles using HTML & CSS. Designed and developed email advertisements using Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Homesite. Updated National Urban League website using their CMS system (Powersimple). Designed and coded advertisement e-mails that reached over 3,000 clients bi-weekly. Utilized Photo Mechanics and Smugmug to update and upload over 10,000 photos from NUL’s annual conference. 02-2003 - Present Free Lancer, New York, NY Web developer: Freelance work for various businesses and organizations maintaining and creating websites. Some of the work includes: Use PHP 5, Javascript and MYSQL to create online forms with logins. Developing flash banners using Macromedia Flash 8 or Swish. Maintain databases or shopping carts using MYSQL. Hand coding websites with HMTL, CSS and DHTML. Currently learning AJAX.
03/2006 - 4/2007 Full-Time - L'Oreal USA, New York, NY Technical Sales Coordinator Utilized COGNOS system to run marketing reports and pull data. Assisted in the development of SoftSheen Carson’s intranet. Responsible for finding technical solutions to manual databases and tasks. Assisted Assistant Vice President with departmental budgeting and expense tracking. Assisted Marketing Director with trade advertisements, and magazine publications. Created Excel Sheets that utilized pivot tables and statistics to convey data. Coordinated sales meetings, oversaw all technical components. 06-2001 - 12-2003 Full-Time - SIAC, Brooklyn NY Technical Assistant Assistant to the American Stock Exchange Web Team. Updated Flash advertisements using Actionscript. Responsible for QA on Amex.com, looking for loading errors. Developed a Microsoft Access database with a check in and out system to track dept. software. 08-2000 - 5-2001 Full-Time - Softsplit.com, New York, NY Technical Assistant Updated website using HTML and Adobe Photoshop images. Responsible for web content and QA on the website. Loaded new software and systems on existing equipment.