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Ira Siegel

ira@siegelwebdesign.com
623.551.0729

SUMMARY

Detail-oriented web designer and developer with ten years of experience maintaining and designing corporate web sites. I am familiar with the complete web site life cycle – from planning to site launch.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software

  • Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Premiere, Fireworks, Contribute, Acrobat, HomeSite
  • Microsoft: Office Suite, Enterprise Manager, SourceSafe
  • Miscellaneous: TopStyle Pro, NetTracker, Navicat, ClearCase, phpMyAdmin
  • CMS: WordPress, Mambo, Joomla, MODx, ExpressionEngine

Databases

MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle

Web Servers

Apache, IIS

Platforms

Windows, Mac

Languages

XHTML/CSS, PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, ActionScript, XML, DHTML, SQL, JSP, ASP/VBScript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSTANT CONTACT, Waltham, MA: 11/05 – Present
Email/Event Marketing Template Developer

  • Design and develop XHTML/CSS templates for the Email Marketing and Event Marketing products
  • Develop and maintain auto-generated system letters for business partner and customer communications
  • Design, develop and maintain Regional Development Director Email Marketing templates to help drive Constant Contact-sponsored seminar attendance
  • Design, develop and maintain company intranet

CIGNA HEALTHCARE (formerly STAR HRG), Phoenix, AZ: 8/05 – 11/05
Web Designer

  • Redesigned starhrg.com, the premier provider of limited-benefit medical plans for non-benefited hourly employees in the U.S.; site built with CSS/XHTML and was launched January 2006 (Site featured as an Adobe Contribute Customer story.).
  • Optimized graphics and created XHTML plan charts for use in company’s Plumtree portals
  • Created re-usable JavaScript validation code for use on present starhrg.com marketing site forms (fundamentalcare.com, starbridgechoices.com, starhrg.com, starbridgechoices.com)

ENSIM/TELEGEA, Waltham, MA: 3/00 – 7/05
Web Designer

  • Designed/developed TeleGea.net, a password-protected VoIP software demonstration portal which aided in over twenty TeleGea customer wins
  • Assisted Sales Engineers with sales efforts by customizing and branding TeleGea’s additional VoIP software demonstration portals
  • Designed and developed offline versions of software demonstrations
  • Designed/developed five versions of TeleGea’s corporate web site
  • Provided ongoing design, development and content updates to corporate web site
  • Facilitated production and implementation of product and demo visual design templates into final HTML and CSS
  • Oversaw design and prototype phase of GUIs to ensure visual direction can be translated effectively into HTML and CSS
  • Maintained standards for coding
  • Distributed and created customer and employee e-mail newsletters and trade show e-mail invites
  • Prepared and distributed weekly NetTracker web statistics reports

ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP, New York, NY: 3/99 – 8/99
Rock Promotion Assistant

  • Assistant to VP and Director of National Rock Promotion
  • Downloaded all artist airplay and sales data from web-based applications SoundScan, Broadcast Data Systems, and Radio & Records
  • Prepared weekly rock radio report, which was distributed to label staff and independent promoters
  • Created weekly artist sales and air play one sheets for distribution to radio and independent promoters
  • Arranged all travel for VP, Director, and select local promotion managers
  • Tracked and coded all departmental invoices and check payment requests using the JDEdwards mainframe financial system

POLYGRAM GROUP DISTRIBUTION, New York, NY: 5/97 – 2/99
National Advertising Coordinator

  • Downloaded all new, changed and canceled co-op advertising commitments to dBASE from mainframe advertising system
  • Distributed advertising commitments and account credits to respective regional advertising coordinators and accounts
  • Liaison for accounts, regional advertising coordinators and advertising auditing bureau to resolve rejected advertising claims
  • Performed all month-end close procedures utilizing mainframe advertising system and dBASE

POLYGRAM HOLDING, INC., New York, NY: 11/94 – 5/97
Accounts Payable Clerk

  • Acted as contact and was responsible for paying all A&M Nashville, Mercury Nashville and PGD regional and sales office expenses/invoices using SAP financial mainframe system

EDUCATION

  • Client/Server Programming and Web Development, Clark University, 2000, Framingham, MA
  • B.A., Communications, Rutgers University, Sigma Alpha Mu, 1993, New Brunswick, NJ

References available upon request

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