Résumé

Work Experience

Leadership Directories, Inc. (LDI) New York, NY

Senior Product Specialist, 8/11-Present

  • Managed XML process, typesetting, print, and datafeeds– reduced time, expenses, and errors
  • Continued design, development, testing, and support of print and online products
  • Led product development for Leadership Health, 2012 CODiE Winner
  • Optimized products for mobile devices with CSS changes and Flash to HTML5 conversion

Product Specialist, 8/08–8/11

  • Collaborated with team to write specifications and design user interface for online products
  • Discovered, documented, and tested bugs in online products and internal database
  • Provided tier 2/tier 3 product support for clients
  • Identified product improvements and upsell opportunities from client interactions
  • Proofread all print products for content and typesetting errors
  • Built complex database reports for testing products and creating datafeeds
  • Edited photos and designed mockups in Photoshop
  • Created product demos in Adobe Captivate

Assistant Content Developer, 3/08–8/08

  • Developed thoroughly researched profiles of people and organizations
  • Developed a comprehensive search engine optimization plan with data from Google Analytics

Verstand Creative Astoria, NY
Owner/Creative Director, 12/07-Present

  • Freelance web design, development, and consulting across multiple verticals
  • Implemented best practices in social networking and search engine optimization
  • Increased daily page views for several clients from tens to thousands
  • Trained clients to use content management system and graphics software
  • Designed, programmed, and wrote for websites dedicated to basketball, web design, and humor

Cornell University, CALS HR Office Ithaca, NY
HR Compensation Internship, 9/06–12/06

  • Analyzed 2003–2006 compensation data for over 1000 employees utilizing regressions
  • Reviewed compensation and hiring practices with SPHR

Citadel Management NY, NY
IT Intern, 6/05–8/06

  • Compiled an MS Access database of all commercial buildings in NYC and their owners
  • Linked database tables and created update queries
  • Programmed SalesForce.com synchronization, interface, and recruiting applications
  • Designed and programmed company website, including use of Google Maps API
  • Collaborated with software engineers and representatives in India and Canada
  • Developed ads for recruitment and sales

Skills

Microsoft Office– Outlook, Excel, Word, Access; Adobe CS– Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere, Flash, Captivate, InDesign, Crystal Reports, WordPress, HTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS

Education

Cornell University Ithaca, NY
B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations, May 2007, GPA: 3.5
Courses: HR, Micro and Macroeconomics, Marketing, Labor Law, HR Simulation, Collective Bargaining, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Entrepreneurship, Social Influence & Persuasion, Economics of Health Care Policy
Master’s Level: Compensation, Finance, Research & Reporting, Business Strategy
Activities and Societies: Cornell Concert Commission, Slope Radio DJ/Photographer/Webmaster, Phi Sigma Pi Scholarship Chair, Cornell Daily Sun

Stuyvesant High School NY, NY
1510 SAT: 800 Math, 710 Verbal
Activities and Societies: ARISTA, National Spanish Honor Society, Model Congress, Model UN