Rikcat Industries

• American City Business Journals (Charlotte, NC)
• Feb 2005 to Dec 2007
• Design Director, Bizjournals.com

Provide leadership, design comps and XHTML/CSS coding on the redesigned bizjournal.com, that was successfully deployed in March 2006. Evangelize web standards and usability best practices to increase speed and ease of use sitewide. Supervise junior staff members and delegate incoming projects. Work with editorial and sales staffs to implement new initiatives and editorial packages. Evaluate and recommend outside vendors for upgrading site search engine technology.

• United Media/ E.W. Scripps (New York, NY)
• Jan 2002 to May 2004
• Lead Web Visual Designer for Comics.com, Dilbert.com, Snoopy.com

Created, devised and implemented all design aspects and elements for the web sites Comics.com, Dilbert.com and Snoopy.com, as well as all United Media corporate and business web sites, including unitedfeatures.com and unitedmedia.com. Revised and created wireframes, mockups and layouts for existing and new areas and pages of United Media’s web sites. Recommended and created original illustrations for use in promotional and marketing campaigns. Developed web advertising banners and banner concepts to promote and market United Media content on internal web sites and external advertising partners. Supervised and mentored junior designers and freelance designers as needed. Helped conceptualize, design and launch a new subscription service that created a new revenue stream for the company.

• Bertelsmann/BOL.com (New York, NY)
• October 2000 to May 2001
• Lead Visual/UI Designer, BOL.com Redesign (Contract)

Managed an e-commerce design team responsible for brand, design, user interface and customer communication for BOL.com. Worked with all departments throughout the company to create an improved new user interface and design for all 14 BOL sites.

• Clickthebutton.com (New York, NY)
• February 2000 to October 2000
• Art Director

Recreated the Clickthebutton brand, logo and all subsequent collateral materials to boost Clickthebutton into a recognized leader in the online comparative shopping realm and to expand its horizons to include forthcoming products and services. Also developed the look and feel of its downloadable application.

• Bluefly.com (New York, NY)
• March 1999 to October 1999
• Art Director

Developed new interface and visual design for bluefly.com. Designed a major national print ad campaign that ran in Forbes, Fortune, Yahoo Internet Life and many other magazines. Created ad banners that ran on different sites all over the web.

• CDNOW/N2K Inc. (New York, NY)
• May, 1997 to March 1999
• Senior Designer, Rocktropolis.com

Oversaw all visual design on Rocktropolis.com on the web and in print. Developed design concepts and the overall look and feel of the site to emphasize brand awareness. Directed freelancers in various projects such as banners, home graphics and cybercast events. Created innovative navigation and interface design that other N2K sites have adopted. Promoted from staff designer to lead visual designer within the first four months of employment.

Awards

• → Honorable Mention Best Music Site (Rocktropolis.com) in Yahoo Internet Life Magazine
• → American Graphic Design Award (1999), awarded by Graphic Design USA magazine.