Nancy Andersen
Professional Web Development & Design
245 West 107th St. #10C New York, NY 10025 646-825-1522 nanca08@nanca.com
Objective:
To find a senior level contract position in a fast-paced and challenging atmosphere, utilizing my skills in web design and coding, digital photography, and computer graphics. I specialize in front-end web design, handcoding DHTML, XHTML, XML, Javascript, CSS2 and Actionscript. Expert level in Photoshop CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Flash CS3 (AS3), digital documentary photography and video.
Experience:
12/2007 – present Magnani Caruso Dutton New York, NY Web Developer Front-end web development using HTML, DHTML, XML,CSS, javascript, and graphic optimization. My project client list focuses on DiscoverCard and AT&T. http://www.mcdpartners.com 9/2007 – 12/2007 NYU Medical Center New York, NY IA Development/Content Manager I have been hired to reorganize several departmental sites. This involves assessment of current content, evaluating and collecting new content requirements, writing new Information Architectures and creating wireframes for the development team. 3/2006 – 8/2007 webMD.com New York, NY CSS Coder / Graphic Artist I have worked for the past year on the launch of the new webMD.com site developing crossbrowser CSS modules from the designer’s Photoshop files. Extensive use of hand-coding CSS, Dreamweaver 8, Photoshop CS2, Documentum and proprietary CMS and QA testing. http://www.webmd.com 9/2004 – 1/2006 Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières New York, NY Interim Webmaster / Senior Web Developer I filled in for the webmaster for 3 months during which time I was responsible for posting all new material, server maintenance, and liaison with online development vendors. I was then hired as the primary designer to do complete makeover of the site, creating a new graphic look and implementing a ColdFusion content management. This project required extensive use Photoshop CS, Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, CSS, DHTML, XHTML, XML, Javascript, Adobe Premiere Video editing, ColdFusion and SQL server. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
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1/2005 – 3/2005 Thomson-RIA New York, NY CSS Coder / Front-end Design Part-time telecommuting position coding stylesheets and converting legacy site for Thomson-RIA, a New York-based business unit of The Thomson Corporation providing resources for tax and accounting professionals. Extensive use of hand-coding CSS, Dreamweaver 8 and quality control testing. http://ria.thomson.com 1/2003 – 9/2004 Yacht Delivery Navigation / Deckhand Yacht delivery crew position on a 67 foot Australian racing cruiser from the British Virgin Islands to Tahiti, via the Panama Canal, Galapagos Islands and the Marquesas. 12/2003 – Independent Freelance Jablonski Berkowitz Conservation Inc. New York, NY Web Site Designer/Producer I designed and produced the firm’s first website. This was a freelance project in which I was responsible for all aspects of development including graphics, layout and coding. Technologies used included Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver MX 2004, CSS, DHTML, Javascript and digital photography. http://www.jablonskiberkowitz.com 3/2002 – 10/2003 – Independent Freelance Fair Oaks Pharmacy & Soda Fountain South Pasadena, CA Web Site Designer/Producer This client had a very out-dated and limited website. I was hired on a freelance basis to do a complete make-over of website of an Historic Route 66 landmark including all graphics, layout and coding. Technologies used included Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX2004, CSS, Javascript and digital photography. http://www.fairoakspharmacy.net 2/2002 – 11/2002 - Consultant Metropolitan West Asset Management Los Angeles, CA Web Site Designer/Producer I was hired to do a complete makeover of their 5-yr old site, maintaining company logo and color scheme. MWAM is an investment bank and the site involved extensive designing of data-driven financial tables and graphs. Technologies used included Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Flash MX2004, CSS, Javascript and digital photography. http://www.mwamllc.com 1/2001 – 10/2001 - Consultant The Capital Group - Investment Management Services Los Angeles, CA Web Site Designer The firm had migrated a suite of analytic client/server applications to the web. My job was to develop an appealing yet functional visual front end to this on-line technology, with a common "look & feel" across the applications, but also create a unique identifying branding to each section. Photoshop and Illustrator and site development using Dreamweaver along with hand-coding of HTML, DHTML Javascript. 6/2000 - 12/2000 - Consultant Countrywide Securities Corporation Calabasas, CA Web Designer, Graphic Designer Redesign of existing out-dated site. This project involved creation of new graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator and site development using Dreamweaver along with hand-coding of HTML, DHTML Javascript. 2
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3/2000 – 5/2000 Travel to Cambodia to volunteer in a “Habitat for Humanity” project sponsored by the Canadian Government. Video and photography for documentary efforts. Dreamweaver, digital photography and video, Adobe Premiere Video editing. 10/1999 – 11/1999 Travel to Rangoon, Burma to videotape an interview w/ Nobel Peace Prize Winner Aung San Suu Kyi, for documentary efforts of the Human Rights Action Coalition of Washington, D.C. Video and photography of Burmese refugee conditions in northern Thailand for online presentation using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, digital photography and video, Adobe Premiere Video editing. 4/1999 – 2/2003 Merrill Lynch Asset Management Princeton, New Jersey Online Consultant - Intranet Web Page & Graphic Designer This consulting position consisted of numerous individual projects over the four year period and ranged from Photoshop mock-ups for web pages to designs in Illustrator for lucite achievement awards to logo creation for the Asset Mgmt. IT Dept. The projects varied in scope and duration, with some lasting several months, and others completed in a week or two. This work was all done by telecommuting. 9/1998 - 9/1999 Yacht Deliveries Australia – Singapore MV Empress Navigation / Deckhand Programming and implementation of navigation systems on scuba diving research and recovery vessel traveling the seas from Darwin, Australia, across Indonesia and north to Singapore. 10/1995 - 8/1998 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Inc. New York, NY Marketing /Intranet Site Developer - Served as an IT liaison/marketing representative to promote the use of the intranet to various business units across the firm. The goal of these efforts was to make the various and diverse business functions of the firm easily and effectively accessible on a global scale to all firm employees; in short, using technology to allow all members of the firm to be "Web-Aware, Everywhere". - Project manager for departmental Intranet site development. Managed teams of 5-20 people; Coordinated business unit requirements with programming resources to produce corporate web presence. - As part of the Training & Development Dept. I taught firm wide classes in basic & advanced Microsoft Office, Web Design Using HTML/DHTML, Computer Graphics in Photoshop & Illustrator. - Wrote User Guides and taught classes in proprietary firm applications. - Authored the IT Integration Study on Morgan Stanley’s merger with Miller Anderson and Van Kampen American Capital in 1996. 8/1988 - 9/1995 Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. New York, NY Technical Writer / Desktop Publishing Authored system documentation projects and wrote client presentation materials and research reports. Designed and produced a variety of in-house publications. Photoshop, FrameMaker, Microsoft Office. 1980 - 1988 Self Employed Freelance Artist - Travel and Photography in Asia (Turkey, Pakistan, India). - Exhibited and taught off-hand glassblowing. - Designed and produced silk-screened clothing. New York, NY
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Education:
2007 2005 School of Visual Arts Advanced Flash Actionscripting New York University School of Continuing & Professional Studies Flash Advanced Intensive New York, NY
New York, NY
2001 1997 1995 1986 1980
UCLA Extension Los Angeles, CA ASP – Building Active Server Pages Using MS Visual InterDev NYU School of Continuing Education New York, NY Certificate Program in C Programming (Unix) School of Visual Arts New York, NY Study in Computer Graphics and Graphic Programming in C Penland School of Art Penland, North Carolina Study in Photography and Off-Hand Glassblowing University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Bachelor of Fine Arts, with a minor in Economics
Skills:
Hand-coding XHTML/DHTML/XML/CSS Hand-coding Javascript Photoshop CS3 Flash CS3 Dreamweaver CS3 Illustrator 10.0 Technical Writing Documentary Video Documentary Photography Level Expert Intermediate Expert Intermediate Expert Intermediate Expert Intermediate Expert Last Used Currently used Currently used Currently used Currently used Currently used Currently used 3 years ago Currently used Currently used Experience 7 years 5 years 9 years 2 years 5 years 4 years 7 years 4 years 10 years
References available upon request.
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