New York Public Library: Schomburg Exhibit Site
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Project Description
This site was commissioned by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a subsidiary of the New York Public Library. The museum desired a website that presented African American Historical figures in an interesting and interactive way. I was contracted by III Eye Digital to carry out the project from concept to completion.
Role
Flash Development (AS2), User Interface Design
C-Town Supermarkets
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Project Description
C-Town and Bravo Supermarkets hired agencyQ to redesign their website to reflect a more updated design and a better user experience. I worked as the lead designer on a team of Information Architects, Web Developers and Testers. I designed the look and feel for the site under the supervision of a Creative Director, and single-handedly created all of the subpage designs and production artwork (including icons, header images, buttons etc.) After development was complete, I joined the Testers to assist with Quality Assurance Testing of the site before launch.
Role
User Interface Design, QA Testing
Howard University Fiscal Affairs
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Project Description
I was contracted by the Fiscal Affairs Department of Howard University in DC to create a fresh and up-to-date web presence. In addition to developing the strategy and design, this project also required some on-site photography work which I incorporated into the design. (Note: this site is still in production).
Role
Info. Architecture, User Interface design, Photography, HTML/CSS Development, Project Management
ProSounity Music Site Redesign
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Project Description
I was contracted by ProSounity Music to redesign their artist, Kim Jordan's, website to provide more interactivity and a cleaner design. Because the client had high quality music files to be sampled and incorporated into the site, I edited and then compressed the audio for web in addition to designing and building this Flash site.
Role
Info. Architecture, User Interface Design, Audio Editing, Flash Development (AS3 & AS2), Project Management
Adidas: Impossible is Nothing Campaign Design
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Project Description
While working at Freewebs Inc., we were hired to create a social networking campaign for Adidas consistent with the design of their Impossible is Nothing Campaign. I was involved in the brainstorming process to develop an interesting and viral concept for this microsite and worked with the creative team to execute the design.
Role
Web 2.0 Concept Development, Collaborative Design
Cingular Sounds Campaign Design
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Project Description
While working at Freewebs Inc., our design team was hired to create a social networking campaign for Cingular Wireless. I was involved in the brainstorming process to develop an interesting and viral concept for this microsite that was built to live on Freewebs’ Social Networking Site. I designed the look and feel and layout for this site.
Role
Web 2.0 Concept Development, User Interface Design
50 Cent Site Showdown Campaign Design
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Project Description
I worked on the design team at Freewebs Inc. to design a site to promote a contest for Freewebs members to create interesting templates using assets provided by AT&T depicting the rap artist 50 Cent. I created the look and feel and layout of this one-page website and also created two additional website templates using the 50 Cent assets for use by Freewebs members.
Role
User Interface Design
Honda Fit Racer Game
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Project Description
While working on the creative team at Freewebs Inc., we were hired to design a widget to promote the new Honda Fit. We brainstormed and developed a concept for a Flash Driving Game. I designed the User Interface and created production artwork for the game.
Role
User Interface Design
New York Public Library: Interactive Map Design
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Project Description
I was contracted through III Eye Digital to redesign the interactive map and page layout for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a subsidiary of the New York Public Library. The website in which this map lives had already been designed and developed; however the client was unhappy with the current build of this map page. I designed and developed the interactive map in Flash and redesigned the page layout to be consistent with the established site design. The complexity of the build required that I manipulate HTML, CSS, PHP and mySQL to integrate the new page into the site.
Role
User Interface Design, Flash Development (AS3), HTML/CSS Development, PHP/mySQL Proficiency
Universal Studios: Knocked Up Widget
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Project Description
While working on the creative team at Freewebs Inc., we were hired to design a widget and landing page to promote the Universal Studios Film "Knocked Up". We brainstormed and developed a concept for a Baby Creator widget that allowed users to upload two pictures and combine them to create a baby.
Role
User Interface Design
NAAHBCU Website
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Project Description
The National Alliance of Artists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities contracted me to design the online presence of their organization. Because this was a freelance project, I wore many hats. This included Information Architecture, User Interface and Layout Design, Production Artwork and development of HTML and CSS.
Role
Info. Architecture, User Interface design, HTML/CSS Development, QA Testing, Project Management
CHW Solutions Site Redesign
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Project Description
I was contracted by CHW Solutions Inc. to redesign their site to create a more professional and intriguing web presence. I restructured their information architecture to create a simple and easy-to-navigate site structure. This site was built entirely in Flash.
Role
User Interface Design, Flash Development (AS2), Project Management
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