2011 Projects

Peninsula Metamorphic Arts & Learning

A new WordPress site for the folks at PMAL.

Greenhead Lobster

Took layered Photoshop files from design firm and turned them into css- and html-compliant website files. (A Hypermedia Design client.)

Blue Hill Library

Worked with the Library Director to come up with a new look for the library's website. Two areas of the site are outsourced and it was necessary to work with their third-party templates and code to try to incorporate the site's new look as much as was possible.

Caye Living

A WordPress grocery provisioning website in Caye Caulker, Belize. A number of packages are available, connected to PayPal via an online order form.

FarmDrop

This WordPress site was a Mi & Mo Design project. I customized the WordPress install to MollyB's design specifications. Later, a custom shopping cart was added to the site and I setup the customization of the cart.

Block Island Provisioning

Created logo and site design for this grocery provisioning website on Block Island, RI. Also set up simple content management program so the client can update the pages.

Peter Behrens

Redesign for author Peter Behrens' website.

Are You Tired & Wired?

Simple website for Marcelle Pick's new book.

Lookin' Fine Pet Grooming and Boarding

Created this information site for Laura Butler's Blue Hill, Maine, business to help customers (and their furry friends) find her.

Center Harbor Sails

Installed and customized WordPress so this Brooklin, Maine, sail loft can update and maintain their own website.

2010 Projects

Nancy Harmon Jenkins

Food writer, cookbook author and olive oil expert Nancy Harmon Jenkins needed a website for her articles, books, recipes and blog posts. MollyBDesigns created the layout and I installed and customized the WordPress site.

Johnson & McCaa LLC

Helped this law firm get their website back up and running after changes at the firm.

Blue Hill Co-op

Worked with the Blue Hill Co-op staff to convert the former site into a WordPress website they can update and maintain themselves. We kept the look similar to the old site while adding lots of new functionality.

Fagan Tree

Search engine optimization on existing website, including adding alt tages to images, title tags to pages, keywords and descriptions for pages and adjusting content of website for keywords

Hub Furniture

Converted company's website design into CSS-compliant HTML.

Portland Beverage

This state-wide beverage distributor needed a website to promote its business and help create partnerships with other beverage companies. The site was designed and coded on a tight schedule and the end result is a youthful, informational website that complements the business.

The D.I.M.E. Agency

A new website for a diability insurance provider in Pennsylvania regional area.

Sputnik Tool

Re-designed website for bicycle tool maker using WordPress Thematic and a custom child theme. This setup allows the client to update his own pages, including adding images and navigation buttons/pages.

Zodiworks

Using client's design, created css-validated and search engine-friendly website that client can update themselves.

Hypermedia Design

Contract design and development work on a variety of client websites

2009 Projects

Nora Gallagher

Redesigned website with a clean new look for best-selling author Nora Gallagher, and designed an Email Announcement for the debut of her most recent book.

Nonpareil Event Planning and Design

Designed and built site for West Coast event planning and design firm specalizing in well-executed, stylish social events from weddings to charity fundraisers. Includes a large gallery of event photos and a WordPress blog customized to match the design of the site.

General Agent Center

Logo and website design and creation for national disability insurance broker based in Portland, Maine.

AnthonyRao.com

Website for nationally-known expert in child psychology. His new book, "The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in a Challenging and Complex World," was the impetus for creating the site. The Articles area is set up using WordPress and a customized theme to match the design of the site.

Block Island Linen Rental

Added a secure order form to company's existing website. All orders are securely written to an online database and the client is able to securely log in and retrieve the orders using a customized front-end for the database.

aKEYintheDOOR.com

Website and blog for travel and food writer Bailey Livesey. The site uses a custom WordPress theme so that Bailey can easily add blog entries and also update the other pages of the site.

Christopher F. Baker

Web site for painter living in Sedgwick, Maine

Hypermedia Design

Contract design and development work on a variety of client websites

2008

LPMurray and Sons

New web site for third generation earth work company in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Ruth Freeman Swain

Created web site for children's book author about to publish her fourth book

Jumpstart Our Youth

Using logo and color scheme from nonprofit group, designed web site for youth philanthrophy initiative (contract work for Hypermedia Design)

Bethany Union

Revamp of existing web site to better display the merits of this nonprofit's subsidized housing for women in Boston

DragonFlye Sale

Advertising web site to promote an Inn that is for sale in Brooklin, Maine

Jon Fernans Sculpture

Created online gallery of sculptures that artist could show to galleries that might want to carry his work (contract work for Hypermedia Design)

Fagan Center for Communication

Web site for speech-language pathologist who wanted to broaden her reach beyond local customers as she advanced her education with a higher degree

General Courier

Revamped existing web site to give a more professional feel, including a form to allow customers to initiate package tracking and the ability to sign-in to their accounts

Hypermedia Design

Contract design and development work on a variety of client websites

2007

Electronic Greeting Card for UMaine Alumni

Slideshow images, music and falling snow form online holiday greeting (contract work for Hypermedia Design)

Fondamu

Informational and fund raising site for Congo charitable trust

Mainely Words

Boutique communications firm in Deer Isle, ME (contract work for Hypermedia Design)

Caneel Trailside Cottage

Rental home in St. John

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine

Revamped existing site with new design, fresh look for church in Castine, Maine (contract work for Hypermedia Design)

Fred Bevans Folk Art

Website to display details and images of a collection of folk art by a single artist (contract for Hypermedia Design)

2006

Peter Behrens

Designed and developed website for author publishing a new book.

Hypermedia Design

Contract design and development work on a variety of client websites

2005 Projects

Citizens Bank

Content Input/Editing, QA

  • Three-month contract to work on content input for Citizens Bank and Charter One Bank web sites
  • Debugging of Interwoven Content Management System prior to content input
  • Transferring of content from Word documents to various Interwoven templates
  • Creating libraries of navigation and cross-sell boxes to be placed on template pages
  • Proofreading and copy editing to ensure consistency across all areas of the sites
  • Editing sections of the site entered by other content editors Working with team of web designers, coders and editors to get site launched


HyperMedia Design, Brooklin, ME (2002 - 2005)

  • Set up and troubleshoot Internet connections for customers of this small ISP
  • Design web pages for clients, including
  • Redesign and update web sites for existing clients
  • Design and create internal customer and client databases

2002

Mainebiz: Writing

Weekly business newspaper covering Maine

  • Defensive Banking (April 1)
    Financial institutions see online banking as mandatory for customer retention
  • Sister Act (March 4)
    Business networking groups designed exclusively for women are popping up across Maine
  • Alive and Kicking (March 4)
    Next-generation intranets can provide managers with the tools to fine-tune how business is done


BeThe1

Employment specialist in Fashion, Beauty, Home and Retail

  • Edit text translated from French for readability by English speakers
  • Translate pages from French to English
  • Copyedit all English-version pages
  • Work directly with XML pages and test online


2001

RSN: Resort Sports Network (1999 - 2001)

National television network specializing outdoor content

    Project Manager
  • See projects through analysis, specification, development, test and launch phases
  • Manage web site production pipeline for all new projects as well as ongoing site maintenance
  • Work with team to develop new business applications and services
  • Evaluate ideas for alignment with company business strategy and goals
  • Create detailed production plans, including tasks, resources, and scheduling for 12-person team
  • Customized bug tracking software, developed process and manage prioritization and fixes
  • Write HTML, database and specification guides for web team
  • Provide database and site development training to co-workers
Team Leader, Vignette Implementation
  • Work in conjunction with consultants to transfer current systems and content to Vignette.
  • Define functional specs for content display, content management and personalization.
  • Develop feature/function testing scenarios and a plan to thoroughly test all other areas of the site, including converted data.
Web Editor
  • Maintain 300+ forums and user-review areas on rsn.com
  • Research and evaluate new community products, services and web sites
  • Write weekly E-mail newsletter to 73,000 subscribers, maintain newsletter list, analyze response data
  • Write product specifications, HTML and testing scenarios for new enhancements
  • HTML, scripting and production work, design/layout of web pages
  • Interact with users on a daily basis in a customer service capacity


Inc. magazine

Monthly small business magazine


Marketing Ahead

Site design and coding for travel agency specializing in travel to Spain and Portugal

2000

The Food Project

Copyedited French Fries and The Food System, a lesson-plan book for urban gardening

BeThe1

Copyedited business plan for Paris-based fashion site launching in fall 2001

1996-1999

Inc. Online

Web site for Inc., a monthly small-business magazine

    Associate Producer (1997 - 1999)
  • Reported and wrote about Internet start-ups and interviewed and profiled Internet CEOs
  • Developed interactive applications such as worksheets and surveys to help small businesses
  • Provided technical training and online content creation consultation to co-workers and magazine editorial team
  • Developed Internet content exchange partnerships with web sites and small businesses
  • Produced all editorial content online and performed general site maintenance
  • Created interfaces and navigation for content areas, including design, graphics and layout
  • Developed ideas for new business applications and services
  • Worked on products from beta to launch, contributed to design, interface and coding. Handled troubleshooting, customer service and other enhancements.
  • Created workflow system to convert magazine to online format
  • Aggregated content for interactive areas of site
  • Copyedited all site content
Assistant Editor (1996 - 1997)
  • Created content for editorial areas of the site, including reporting and writing stories and researching and compiling interactive data
  • Scheduled guests for weekly chats on AOL, moderated the chats and posted transcripts
  • Coded all editorial web pages, developed and designed new areas, including graphics and scripts
  • Converted print magazine to HTML and posted articles on site and on AOL
  • Maintained Inc. Online area on AOL


1993 - 1996

@Computerworld

Print and online source of information for senior IT management at medium-size to large companies.

  • Content Editor (1995 - 1996)
  • Worked with small group to develop and implement project plan for daily news web site.
  • Developed content from idea to implementation, researched and wrote stories, features, columns
  • Oversaw copyediting, managed HTML production, maintained quality control of web pages
  • Performed daily online research, trained others in HTML and web navigation
  • Senior Copy Editor (1993 - 1995)
  • Edited and proofread news, feature and special projects at weekly high-tech computer newspaper
  • Page layout and design, headline, caption and freelance feature writing
  • Worked with writers, editors and graphic designers to ensure smooth workflow
  • Worked in a team environment, prioritizing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines
  • Excellent grammar and editing skills, keen eye for detail