Experience

E-rehab.com

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior HTML/Newsletter Specialist

  • May 2006 - Present

  Design sites, code and maintain Word Press and other websites from Photoshop files. Write and edit web copy, create and edit web graphics. Put together newsletter blasts and write or edit newsletter blasts, when needed. Assist customers and team mates with website and e-mail matters. Provide verbal and email instructions to clients on proprietary and Word Press editing tools, control panel and other features. Participate in telephone conferences on website content restructuring and redesigns. Design sites, code and maintain Word Press and other websites from Photoshop files. Write and edit web copy, create and edit web graphics. Put together newsletter blasts and write or edit newsletter blasts, when needed. Assist customers and team mates with website and e-mail matters. Provide verbal and email instructions to clients on proprietary and Word Press editing tools, control panel and other features. Participate in telephone conferences on website content restructuring and redesigns.



Self-Employed

• WEB DESIGNER/WRITER - CONSULTANT

  • Feb 2005 - Present

  Design and maintain websites. Perform on-page optimization on websites. Write SEO content, web content and instructional materials for client websites. Create 301 redirects on .htaccess files. Create XML and ROR sitemaps for sites. Submit sites to search engines and DMOZ directory. Build RSS feeds and write articles for them. Write articles and instructional content on a variety of topics including home improvement, real estate, FICO credit scores, veterinary, pets and wildlife. Provide telephone and email technical support. Provide instructions on how to use email programs, desktop publishing and graphic programs. Write quick-start guides on computer software and peripherals. Wrote consumer friendly articles on FICO credit scores, conventional and unconventional mortgages, 2nd mortgages and other mortgage loan matters for a sub-prime lender. Achieved a Platinum Level Expert Author with EzineArticles.com (http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Maria_Ny).



LAWINFO, INC

• WEB DESIGNER/CONTENT PRODUCER

  • Nov 2000 - Feb 2005

  Wrote articles and other informational content covering litigated pharmaceuticals, instructional content for database-driven applications, law practice area descriptions and other web content. Designed co-branded sites for media partners. Wrote featured articles on various law topics. Designed and programmed product for co-branded sites that achieved over $1M in sales. Trained interns on how to add entries to and maintain the FAQs and free legal forms databases in LawInfo's online Legal Resource Center and supervised them as they did the work. Provided telephone and e-mail support for database-driven applications, including those of LawInfo's two most important clients, Pre-Paid Legal and GoSmallBiz.com.



Self-Employed

• WEB DESIGNER/WRITER - CONSULTANT

  • Feb 1999 - Nov 2000

  Designed websites and web-based interfaces for MS Access, Cold Fusion, mySQL and SQL7 database applications. Wrote instructional content on how to use database applications. Storyboarded, designed and programmed interactive learning activities for zoobooks.com, which were effective enough for Animal Planet to express an interest in licensing. Edited written materials and wrote informational materials about animals for interactive elements. Designed websites and web-based interfaces for MS Access, Cold Fusion, mySQL and SQL7 database applications. Wrote instructional content on how to use database applications. Storyboarded, designed and programmed interactive learning activities for zoobooks.com, which were effective enough for Animal Planet to express an interest in licensing. Edited written materials and wrote informational materials about animals for interactive elements.



SAIC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Designer

  • May 1995 - Feb 1999

  Project lead for County of Los Angeles Public Library (http://www.colapublib.org), National Funeral Directors Association (http://www.nfda.org) and other client accounts. Recommended web-based solutions and implemented them. Maintained a 33% profit margin. Wrote instructional content for web-based applications and rewrote TradePort trade tutorial. Provided telephone and email support on website and email issues. Project lead for County of Los Angeles Public Library (http://www.colapublib.org), National Funeral Directors Association (http://www.nfda.org) and other client accounts. Recommended web-based solutions and implemented them. Maintained a 33% profit margin. Wrote instructional content for web-based applications and rewrote TradePort trade tutorial. Provided telephone and email support on website and email issues.



Self-Employed

• WEB DESIGNER/WRITER - CONSULTANT

  • Feb 1991 - May 1994

  On a temporary assignment with the Maxell plant in Otay Mesa, received written materials from engineers and interviewed them for the purpose of writing instructions on how to use various clean room machines to manufacture floppy disks in a clear and consistent writing style. Wrote quick-start guides on using computer peripherals and various software programs. Designed and maintained client web sites. Wrote online and instructional content. On a temporary assignment with the Maxell plant in Otay Mesa, received written materials from engineers and interviewed them for the purpose of writing instructions on how to use various clean room machines to manufacture floppy disks in a clear and consistent writing style. Wrote quick-start guides on using computer peripherals and various software programs. Designed and maintained client web sites. Wrote online and instructional content.



JAYCOR

• Technical Illustrator

  • Jun 1991 - Feb 1994

  Produced technical drawings for reports, slide show presentations and other business and marketing collateral. Helped design datasheets for engineers. Wrote quick-start guides on Macintosh software, computer and peripherals for word processing team. Produced technical drawings for reports, slide show presentations and other business and marketing collateral. Helped design datasheets for engineers. Wrote quick-start guides on Macintosh software, computer and peripherals for word processing team.