Carol G Jenkins
1174 NE 10th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526
541-660-4759 carolgjenkins@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVE
To make a substantial positive difference and contribution to companies and teams through the delivery of exceptional website design and development workmanship
PROFILE
Over 10 years experience in web design and development with an intuitive ability to work in content database driven settings for delivering a high quality site proven to increase conversion rates.
EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE
• Adapting open-source PHP/MySql store modules and templates: heavy modification of CRE Loaded 6.3 B2B, an OsCommerce based store management system.
• Effectively assimilate various features and elements into site mocked up by designers as well as contribute heavily to the design myself.
• Creating an online reporting system for educators via ASP.NET and VisualBasic.NET with Microsoft SQL as the primary/supporting database.
• Implementation of CSS making significant increase in faster load time as well as other programming languages like JQuery, AJAX, javascript , XHTML and other javascript libraries for making aesthetic improvements for customer/user appeal.
• Checking for cross-browser compliance of site in Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera and mobile browsers.
• Chrome Web Developer and Firefox Firebug for troubleshooting and analyzing efficiency and load time of site. Participation in various forums for confirmation and/or discovery of best approaches and practices. Documentation of all changes to files in change log.
LANGUAGE / SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY & DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
php, css, xhtml, jQuery, javascript, AJAX, Dreamweaver, FrontPage/Expressions, Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Chrome Web Developer, Firefox Firebug, CRE Loaded / osCommerce, PowerReviews, BuySafe, Baynote, Photoshop for creating various elements (banners, buttons, icons, slides, product images, etc.) on the site; Adobe Illustrator for designing magazine ads. Wire framing for creating mockups of proposed changes.
Knowledge and use of Wordpress, Drupal, Google Analytics, WordTracker for SEO, PowerReviews, Baynote and BuySafe for building consumer confidence
EMPLOYMENT
Freelancer, March 2011 – present
HEROweb/MightyMerchant, Springfield, OR
Pre-Employ, Redding, CA
Lead Web Designer and Developer, August 2005 – March 2011
Ergo In Demand, Inc., Central Point, OR
www.ergoindemand.com
Web Designer and IT Manager, January 2001 – May 2005
National Institute for Learning Disabilities, Norfolk, VA
www.nild.org
Strategy Coordinator, January 1997 – January 2001
Accelerating International Missions Strategy, Virginia Beach, VA
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, Regent University, Virginia
Bachelor of Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh North Carolina
For a more extensive view of my design portfolio, please visit http://www.behance.net/carolgjenkins.
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