I am first and foremost: A Pixel Enthusiast, A Web Designer, A Front-end Web Developer. I develop clean, usable websites with organic SEO strategies and current Web Standards practices.
Short History and Mission
Born in Tennessee, raised in Virginia, residing in Massachusetts. In 2006, I graduated from Emerson College with a BA in New Media and a minor in Photography.
Since graduation, I've continued my education of digital graphic art and web development at Mass Art and the School of The Museum of Fine Arts. Currently, I'm working at SallieMae as an HTML developer on their email marketing team in Newton, MA, and I am always on the look out for creative individuals with whom I can share my creative and technical enthusiasm.
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Resume for Andrea Grefenstette
Experience
September 2009 - Present: SallieMae | Upromise
Newton, MA
HTML Developer
- Developing cross platform complaint code from supplied .PSD (4-10 emails/version daily)
- Working with third party email distributor to develop email standards
- Design of template solo emails with partner supplied assets
- Organization of brand assets (banners, snippets, html templates)
March 2008 - March 2009: Wandrian, Inc
Newton Center, MA
Jr. Web Developer & HTML Designer
- Design/Creation/Maintenance of affiliate accounts as well as in house brand websites
- Customization of Content Management System (Sitecore)
- Construction of promotional print material used at travel related trade shows (Promotional tickets, Banners, USB Graphics) based on marketing department guidelines
- Concept/Creation of promotion web based graphics
- Implementation of third party marketing campaigns (Web, Email)
- Updates to train ticket pricing records, timetables and other generic data
May 2004 - 2010: HereWeGoMedia.com
Somerville, MA
President
- Gaggle - Boston based Volunteer Network (in prod.)
- Monticello Homes - Custom Home Renovations
- Dream Spirit Farm - Boarding Stable
- Fiona Tyson - Makeup Artist Portfolio
- VirtualPitchFest.com (maintenance only)
- JRA Cycles - Medford, MA Bicycle Shop
- The Boomer Broads - Womans Radio Show
- WendyBooker.net
- Pinnacle Events - Event Planner (2007)
- Chocolate Cake City - Comedy Troupe (2004-2006)
September 2007 - Febuary 2008: The Army Barracks
Boston, MA
Store Associate & Retail Wonder Woman
- Restocking shelves / Inventory
- Cashier
- Ordering speciality items on request
- Handling store to store transfers
- Customer Service
- Opening and closing the store
- Filing finical documents/bank deposits
- Creation and printing of promotional fliers and signs
October 2006 - July 2007: Cheers Gift Shop
Boston, MA
Store Associate
- Restocking shelves / Inventory
- Cashier
- Customer Service
- Opening and closing the store
2005 - 2006: Aigner Associates
Allston, MA
Photographic Archiver
- Sorting / Organizing photographic collection of Lucien Aigner for distribution and preservation
2004: Zoinks Film Festival
Boston, MA
Volunteer, Animator
- Monitoring schedules and projectors
- Digitizing analog film submissions, consolidating films into playlists onto dvds
- Created “Zoinks Film Festival” flash animation shown before each film screening
Software
Mac OS X, Windows XP, Dreamweaver, TextPad, BBEdit, Photoshop, ImageReady, Fireworks, Illustrator
Languages
Fluent XHTML/HTML5 (and it's predecessors), CSS2/CSS3, Javascript (jQuery, open source libraries, etc...), Familiarity with PHP, MySQL, ASP.NET
Education
2007-2008
School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Classes: Illustration, Graphic Design
2006
Massachusetts College of Art
Classes: Clothing Construction
2003-2006
BA, New Media Production
Minor, Photography
Emerson College, Boston
Honors
Phi Theta Kappa