Web Project Management and Production
OBJECTIVES
- Website project management and production
- Web-based interface design and development
- Fine digital graphics
- Art direction and production
WEB DESIGN SUMMARY
- 16+ years web design and production
- Configures and manages production, creative, and hosting for two Plone sites
- 5+ years of vendor management for Fortune 500 company
- 5+ years of working in government affairs and corporate communications for rail transportation
- 7 years in business-to-business marketing via the web, making and
refining messages.
- Experienced site strategy and information architecture development using wireframing and prototyping
- Collaboration and workflow management using online technologies such asPelotonics, Protoshare, and Gforge,
- Creates focused and usable Navigation, content development, typography and layout
- Expert in DreamWeaver, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Web site creation with HTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript
- ActionScripted advanced Flash 8 movies
- Front-end programming in JavaScript and PHP, MySQL, XML, Python
- Over 15 years of experience in full web life cycle development on
UNIX and Windows platforms for high-tech businesses and non-profit
educational organizations.
PRINT DESIGN SUMMARY
- Art direction for corporate and Association projects
- Design and production of magazines, journals, catalogs, corporate
brochures, trade show booths, technical documents
- Produced and managed many winning business proposals, especially
Government consulting contracts for Boeing, TRW, and other large
firms
- Expert graphics and illustration
- Excellent verbal and writing skills
- Writes and designs complex technical documentation
EDUCATION
1978 B.S.M.E. (Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering), University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Plone training, 2008
Python elements, 2008
Certificate in Web Design, International Webmasters Association, 2006
508 Compliance workshop, Sept. 2003
SQL course, November-December 2003
PHP course, January-March 2004
Intermedia Flash MX/MX 2004, April 2004
Advanced Flash MX course, 2005
Fireworks MX/MX 2004, 2006
Maintains CommunityMX and Lynda.com accounts for training
Member, International Webmasters Association
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Amtrak 40th Anniversary site received Design Award
- Volunteered as Photoshop expert on AllExperts.com, providing training,
mentoring, and technical advice
- Participates in DC Web Women technical list
- Published award-winning technical papers and presented at IEEE
and AAAI conferences
- Exhibits paintings and illustrations, performs art demonstrations
for audiences at various East-coast and national science-fiction
conventions for the past 10 years
- Created and maintains two online forums for digital artists over past two years—one private, one semi-public
- Cover art published for Baen Books
- Designed advertising promoting local convention, appearing in a
number of convention program books
- Illustrations published in RPG game book, Forgotten Lives, by Atlas
Games
- Artist Guest of Honor for local science fiction convention, September
2000
- Illustrations for popular collectible card game, Wheel of Time
and SuperNova
- Designed two game buttons for the popular Button Men game
- Won the Mahyew Memorial Fan Artist award, 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Amtrak, Government Affairs
September 2006 - present
Nan Fredman has been designing and producing web sites professionally since 1996; and designing for print both before and after that. Currently she produces the Great American Stations Project web site and the Amtrak History website for Amtrak, where she manages and works with vendors hosting the Plone system the web site runs on, as well as collaborating with the sites’ technical and creative consultants. She reports to the Senior Director of Corporate and Employee Communications.
Nan researches and writes histories of the Amtrak train stations and the cities they are in; composes case studies for economic development surrounding trian stations; and photographs stations for the site. She works with a junior researcher as the senior partner and technical specialist of the team. She uses online workflow and collaboration tools where appropriate, specifially the projects’ SVN repositories on Gforge.com, testing Pelotronics for internal project management, and collaborating with vendors using Protoshare.
In other related assignments, she has has laid out and illustrated, for PDF distribution, the most recent draft of the Station Planning and Program Guidelines submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration. She has worked with experts across the companty to structure, produce, and present the company’s first webinar on the new Level Boarding requirements for rail platforms. She has contributed significantly to Amtrak’s Documentum-driven online image repository and was herself consdered one of the foremost resources for station photography in the company. Recently, she collaborated in the technical and administrative aspects of founding the Amtrak Archives, including creating an accession database as well as contributing to the online Archives view through scanning, digital compilation and uploading of historical holdings, as well as writing monthly blog posts.
Real Magnet, LLC, Washington, DC
March 2004 - September 2006
Nan Fredman has been designing and producing web sites professionally since 1996; and designing for print both before and after that. Currently she produces the Great American Stations Project web site and the Amtrak History website for Amtrak, where she manages and works with vendors hosting the Plone system the web site runs on, as well as collaborating with the sites’ technical and creative consultants. She reports to the Senior Director of Corporate and Employee Communications.
Nan researches and writes histories of the Amtrak train stations and the cities they are in; composes case studies for economic development surrounding trian stations; and photographs stations for the site. She works with a junior researcher as the senior partner and technical specialist of the team. She uses online workflow and collaboration tools where appropriate, specifially the projects’ SVN repositories on Gforge.com, testing Pelotronics for internal project management, and collaborating with vendors using Protoshare.
Other related assignments:
- Wrote, designed and distributed the Great American Stations project email newsletter to national stakeholders
- Laid out and illustrated, for PDF distribution, the most recent draft of the Station Planning and Program Guidelines submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration
- Worked with experts across the companty to structure, produce, and present the company’s first webinar on the new Level Boarding requirements for rail platforms.
- Contributed significantly to Amtrak’s Documentum-driven online image repository and was herself consdered one of the foremost resources for station photography in the company
- Collaborated in the technical and administrative aspects of founding the Amtrak Archives, including creating an accession database as well as contributing to the online Archives view through scanning, digital compilation and uploading of historical holdings, as well as writing monthly blog posts.
Cool Tuna Studio (freelance) , Rockville, MD
Aug 2003 - present
Provides a broad palette of PC-based web- and print-related design
services across industries: Web site management; marketing-oriented
site design; creates digital illustration, graphics and graphs; designs
print materials to match. See the Services listing for details on capabilities.
- Interface design elements and web site maintenance for Visual Mining,
Inc.
- Web site design
and production for Law Offices of I.J. Fredman, P.C., immigration & naturalization
law firm in Washington, D.C. Architected and created site in DreamWeaver,
using CSS, DHTML, and PHP.
- Boutique staff and tester for 3D products for Poser at www.poserpros.com
- Developing 3D sets using Rhino 3.0 for sale through online brokers
- 3D texture artist brokering with DAZ3D.com, PoserPros.com, and
Renderosity.com
Visual Mining, Inc., Rockville, MD
July 1998-July 2003
As marketing associate & web manager, had sole responsibility
for all aspects of their web site. Completely redesigned and revised
their web site design 3 times in 5 years to continually improve branding & usability,
adding in successful CGI help forum, examples galleries, and software
download mechanisms. Upgraded their web site from basic HTML to modern
dynamic HTML/CSS layout, maintaining cross-platform compatibility.
Used DreamWeaver, HomeSite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, JavaScript,
and other software to produce and maintain a UNIX-based corporate web
site. Produced print designs (advertisements, brochures) using PageMaker,
Word, and Acrobat, coordinated with web marketing efforts.
Many other duties & capabilities, both print and web:
- Developed Flash tutorials and demonstrations for their Java products
- Continually adjusted targeted marketing for web & print
- Maintained 508 compliance for web site.
- Developed and maintained search engine optimization for web site
- Developed, managed, & tracked paid search engine listings
- Maintained user stats with WebTrends, NetTracker
- Integrated their Java server into DreamWeaver MX for clients
- Developed graphing and reporting demonstrations for graphing and
reporting product that used SQL queries to create "live" graphs
- Designed & wrote their first comprehensive user manual (over
170 pages) for CDL
- Developed, laid out, and wrote their first documentation standards
in Word
- Lobbied for, set up, and wrote their ChartLine newsletter for 2
years
- Designed application interfaces for their Java products using Photoshop
and JSP
- Designed all print brochures, posters, & trade show booth graphics
using PageMaker
- Managed marketing materials production and organization
- Managed vendor relations with Balmar, Inc., and others
- Solved customer service issues pertaining to the web site
Internet Information Systems, Inc., Bethesda, MD.
January 1996 - January 1998
Analyzed, directed, and designed custom web sites and navigation
systems for IIS and their customers: Pulsar Data Systems, Ken Leiner
Associates, National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for
IBEW/Electricians Union, intranet for Bristol-Meyers Squib Technical
Architecture Department, Richard Band's Profitable Investing site for
Phillips Publishing, Inc., and WorldSpace satellite communications.
Coded in HTML, used JavaScript for web animation, and produce web sites
hosted on UNIX machines.
- Interviewed and communicated with customers directly to define
their web site requirements
- Managed vendors
- Advised on marketing trends in web site design
- Communicated and collaborated with network engineers in setting
up client web sites
- Designed and developed graphics standard for IIS
Nan Fredman Illustration, McLean, VA
January 1991—July 1998
Designed for print and web as freelance artist, using PCs and Macintoshes
- Curated women artists' show at DC Art Space
- Created layout for their monthly American Vocational Association’s
Vocational Education Journal using Quark Xpress, including cover
illustration and other occasional illustration using Photoshop. Produced
catalog and brochure layouts as well, using PageMaker and Xpress,
working closely with their chief editor and graphic designers.
- Web design, construction, and illustration for Norman Data Defense
System coding in HTML. Complete layout and production for the Siddha
Yoga Meditation Centers of the Mid-Atlantic region using PageMaker.
- Designed covers for AT&T Global Information Solutions Project
Management Guide Series using Adobe Illustrator.
- Developed miscellaneous print designs for FAA Satellite Navigation
Office using PageMaker and PowerPoint.
- Managed User Technology Associates graphics department, designed
brochures and other printed materials for them using FreeHand and
Xpress. Assigned work and mentored employees. Innovated visual communications
on project progress for management. Monitored team members to assure
timeliness in meeting deadlines. Set deadlines for tasks. Designed
brochures for US DOT using PageMaker
- Created complete software documentation (over 120 pp. manual) and
animated demos for MCI Systems Engineering by interviewing developers & examining
software operation.
- Consultant in visualization for winning business proposals for
local CSC, TRW, and Boeing offices. Managed and wrote for proposals,
as well as producing proposal presentations.Produced visualization
graphics using Illustrator and Photoshop.
Donnell & Associates, Inc., McLean, VA
January 1990—January 1991
Performed knowledge acquisition, analysis, and knowledge-based systems
design. Taught CommonLISP, user interface design, and expert systems
tools to USAF 7th Communications Group & Office of Secretary of
Defense. Wrote and managed proposals responding to Government RFPs.
Analyzed systems requirements as part of software application designs.
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Bethesda, MD
January 1988—January 1990
Managed internal research projects. Knowledge acquisition & knowledge-based
systems development. Proposal writing & management. Systems requirements
analysis. Concept studies. Published technical reports & conference
papers.
Planning Research Corporation, Inc., McLean, VA
August 1982—December 1987
Software development for Research & Development department. Requirements
analysis for DoD projects. Proposal writing & production. Software
prototyping. Project management and budgeting. Wrote award-winning
research papers on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Acquisition.