Darci M. Brooks -- Online Portfolio -- My Resume



Objective Employment History Education Awards Professional Skillset Technologies	contact me: hayhaysmommy@hotmail.com Objective To create and maintain dynamic appealing electronic interfaces for a fast paced exciting company. Employment History Peachtree Software, Inc. / Sage Software SB, Inc., Norcross, GA Senior Interface Designer October 2003 -- Present Providing and maintaining Small Business Division's Web sites -- determining and implementing the creative and technical design for the sites Lead designer in graphical direction for Web sites and all web related materials Implementing changes to sites based on usability and technology standards of information architecture Creating Web graphics for promotional and informational efforts Creating interfaces and graphics for use within the various Small Business Division's software products Creating complete and effective user interfaces in a visually stimulating end user experience Designing layout of Web pages and site structure Designing and creating landing pages that correspond to email and direct mail campaigns Worked directly with marketing to create interfaces for Flash demos and other tours set up on the product sites QA and QC of sites for quality and content - suggesting changes where necessary Contribute to the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and programs by designing and implementing fresh, attractive page designs including entire site redesigns Testing designs to ensure compatibility with company systems, site usability and customer experiences Continuing to keep updated and educated on current and emerging technologies. Peachtree Software, Inc. / Best Software SB, Inc., Norcross, GA Tech Lead / Team Lead Web Team / Webmaster August 1999 -- October 2003 Manage a small team of web designers and contract developers to create and maintain various Small Business sites Participate in strategic planning, design planning and advertising campaign planning to ensure consistency in all media advertising. Determine priorities of projects; manage time lines, reviews, deployments and developer estimates for each project Responsible for establishing a style guide to all web sites and making sure the styles are adhered to in all development and design projects Maintain servers and ensure the web sites are stable and accessible 24 hours a day WebMD, Inc., Atlanta, GA Web Application Developer / Designer October 1998 - August 1999 Acting as part of an advertising and multi-media web team to maintain the company's physician, consumer and corporate web sites. Created Flash demos, interactive training videos, and developing a content management system for each of the various sites. Ensured the corporate messaging and public facing web sites marketing messages were consistent and up to date. Responsible for designing user interfaces for various sites and training materials used on the physician's portal site. Amulet Technologies, Pensacola , Florida Design Lead / Lead Web Application Developer / Webmaster September 1997 to July 1998 Designed and maintained large- and small-scale commercial internet and intranet web-sites using HTML, and Cold Fusion Mark-Up programming languages. Designed marketing materials such as: logos for various corporate clients, websites, and vendor merchandise. Designed full season advertising for the Pensacola Flyers Soccer team, including: logo, season tickets, pocket game schedules, full color programs and web site complete with ecommerce functionality. Pensacola Internet, Pensacola, Florida Design Lead / User Interface Designer / Webmaster April 1997 to Sept. 1997 Designed and maintained large- and small-scale commercial internet and intranet web-sites using HTML, and Cold Fusion Mark-Up programming languages. Designed marketing materials such as: logos for various corporate clients, websites, and vendor merchandise. Designed full season advertising for the Pensacola Flyers Soccer team, including: logo, season tickets, pocket game schedules, full color programs and web site complete with ecommerce functionality. Amok Brothers Communications Design Lead / Lead Programmer/User Interface Designer May 1996 to April 1997 Designed and maintained large- and small-scale commercial internet and intranet web-sites using HTML, and Cold Fusion Mark-Up programming languages. Designed logos and various marketing collateral for clients Pensacola Graphic Design Graphic Designer October 1994 to May 1996 Designed various print brochures for an advertiser in Boca Raton, Fl. Print media consisted of full color brochures, catalog inserts, tri-fold brochures and direct mail pieces. top of page Education Bachelors Degree in Advertising (expected Graduation Fall 2007) Art Institute Online -- A dDivision of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Associates of Science Degree in Graphic Design Graduated with Honors in 1996 Pensacola Junior College Pensacola, Florida High School Diploma Graduated with Honors in 1993 Pelham High School Pelham, Alabama top of page Awards Carolyn Carter Memorial Scholarship, 1995 Gold ADDY Award / student competition - sponsored by American Advertising Federation, 1995 top of page Professional Skillset Associates Degree in Graphic Design - Pursuing Bachelor's degree in Advertising 10 years experience in Web design, Web development and management 10 years experience designing interactive media and Web graphics Ability to hand-code HTML from scratch with a mastery of all the syntax, including a thorough understanding of CSS Solid grounding in information design principles and standards for the Web, as well as an ability to design and optimize graphics for efficient bandwidth transfer Experience collaborating/Leading cross-functional design teams and programmers top of page Technologies Software Adobe PhotoShop Adobe Illustrator Macromedia Flash Macromedia Dreamweaver Adobe AfterEffects Macromedia Fireworks Programming Languages HTML DHTML XHTML CSS ColdFusion ASP Javascript SQL Art and Design Illustration Painting Drawing Photography Graphic Design Color Theory Typography top of page