Web Design by Sheriar Designs: Impeccable Code | Beautiful Design

Experience

Front-End Designer & Developer | 2007 – Present
JPMorgan | New York, New York

• Responsibilities include:
  • Complete visual and user interface design overhaul of JPMorgan‘s EventCenter, a web application that allows JPMorgan administrators to easily create branded websites for the various conferences and events they are sponsoring, and allows invited companies and individuals to manage their participation in these conferences and events
  • XHTML and CSS front-end development

Note: JPMorgan EventCenter is viewed by invitation only. Some coded mockups can be viewed by navigating through: http://manisheriar.com/clients/jpmorgan/_ROUND2/welcome.htm

Web Designer & WordPress Theme Developer | 2008
Rose Edge LLC | San Francisco, California

• Completely redesigned and developed a WordPress theme for RoseEdge.com, the personal and business site for Kristin Rose, a motivational speaker, healer, and coach

Web Developer | 2008
M3iworks | San Jose, California

• Worked as part of M3iwork‘s team under a tight deadline to create standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from wireframes for Mediazone‘s beta launch of RugbyZone, a one-stop rugby destination with targeted broadband content
• Used Subversion to control the flow of production

WordPress Theme Developer | 2008
Ameritex Industries | Litchfield, Illinois

• Designed and developed FDLblog.com, a WordPress blog for Factory Direct Linens that will integrate seamlessly with their current site

Web Designer | 2008
iCohere | Walnut Creek, California

• Designed new interface mockup for iCohere.com to aid the in-house design team in coming up with some new ideas
  • http://manisheriar.com/clients/icohere/

Web Designer | 2008
Gold Star Events | Altadena, California

• Designed new interface mockup ideas for GoldStar.com to aid the in-house design team in coming up with some new ideas
  • http://manisheriar.com/clients/goldstar/
  • http://manisheriar.com/clients/goldstar/alt.htm

Front-End Designer & Developer | 2007 – 2008
More Than Salad | New York, New York

• Designed and skinned MoreThanSalad.com, a vegetarian/vegan restaurant database where users can search for, rate, get maps and directions, add menus and upload pictures for restaurants worldwide
• Responsibilities included:
  • Logo Design
  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML and CSS front-end development of PHP back-end
  • Use of Subversion to control the flow of production

Web Designer & Developer | 2007 – 2008
MichaelRehl.com | Lafayette, California

• Designed and Developed MichaelRehl.com for a local chiropractor

Web Developer | 2007 – 2008
iMoondo | Boston, Massachusetts

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for iMoondo, a free community video classifieds site
• Used Subversion to control the flow of production

Note: Website no longer active. For coded mockups examples see:

• http://manisheriar.com/clients/imoondo/
• http://manisheriar.com/clients/imoondo/browse.htm
• http://manisheriar.com/clients/imoondo/live.htm
• http://manisheriar.com/clients/imoondo/play.htm

Web Developer | 2007 & 2008
GPShopper | New York, New York

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for Slifter, a local product search tool that integrates with your mobile phone

Lead Front-End Designer & Developer | 2007
Writr.com | Williamstown, Massachusetts

• Responsibilities included:
  • Logo Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Information Architecture
  • XHTML & CSS skinning of Ruby on Rails back-end
  • Use of Subversion to control the flow of production

Note: Website currently in development. See http://www.manisheriar.com/writr for coded mockup.

Web Designer & Developer | 2007
Consortium of the Arts | Walnut Creek, California

• Designed and developed website for a production of Annie Potts in Love Letters

Web Designer & Developer | 2007
Nicole Kidd Designs | Alameda, California

• Designed logo, business cards, stationary, and website for Nicole Kidd Designs
• XHTML and CSS front-end development for ModX content management system

Web Designer & Developer | 2007
Katie Byron | Ojai, California

• Designed interface for an online seminar entitled "Freedom From Financial Worry" by Katie Byron
• Developed templates for all major page types

Note: Website no longer active. See http://manisheriar.com/clients/thework/ for coded mockup.

Web Designer & Developer | 2007
Our Doings | Beverly, Massachusetts

• Designed logo, and simple user interface for OurDoings.com, a photo organizing and sharing site
• XHTML and CSS front-end development

Lead Front-End Designer & Developer | 2007
Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2004—2006
Deluxe Digital Media | Berkeley, California

• Responsibilities included:
  • User Interface Design
  • Information Architecture
  • XHTML
  • CSS
• Clients included:
  • Ahnu Footwear
  • Backroads
  • Birkenstock
  • Bushtracks
  • Canadian Mountain Holidays
  • High Country Passage
  • Mountain Travel Sobek
  • San Francisco Zoo
  • Woodruff-Sawyer

Web Developer | 2007
Life Directory | Norfolk, Virginia

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for Jonathan Bendiner, of Life Directory

Web Designer | 2007
JustJen.com | Torrance, California

• Designed new interface mockup for JustJen.com

Note: Project was put on hold before new interface was implemented. See http://manisheriar.com/clients/justjen/coded/ for coded mockup.

Designer | April 2006—March 2007
Scripps Networks: HGTV.com | Knoxville, TN

• Responsible for designing the monthly and bi-monthly gardening newsletters for HGTV.com

Web Designer & Developer | 2006
Gay Weddings | Arlington, Virginia

• Responsibilities included:
  • User Interface Design
  • XHTML & CSS skinning for MonsterCommerce-powered site

Web Developer | 2006
Lowell General Hospital | Lowell, Massachusetts

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for http://www.lowellgeneral.org/

Web Developer | 2006
At The Plate | Alamo, California

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for At-the-plate.com, a small retail site for salad dressing & marinade

Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005—2006
Namaste Interactive| Los Angeles, California

• Responsible for xhtml and css coding for the majority of Namaste’s web development projects.
• See some examples:
  • Natural High Lifestyle
  • Energy Muse
  • Shiva Rea
  • Yoga Tribe and Culture

Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005—2007
Sparkplug | Portland, Oregon

• Responsible for redeveloping some of Sparkplug’s websites from outdated table-based layouts into CSS-driven designs
• Responsible for xhtml and css coding of many of Sparkplug’s current projects
• See some examples:
  • Bay Microsystems
  • PayWi (Site no longer active – this is a cached version from my archives)
  • Athletic Minded Traveler
  • Workplace Answers
  • NACM Oregon (The actual site is password protected – this is a cached version from my archives)
  • Sparkplug

Web Designer & Developer | 2006
Show The Unseen | Los Angeles, California

• Designed and Developed ShowTheUnseen.com, a personal portfolio site for a photographer

Web Designer & Developer | 2006
Auburn Dog Training | Auburn, Alabama

• Designed and Developed AuburnDogTraining.net, a brochure site for a new professional dog trainer

Note: Website no longer active. See http://manisheriar.com/clients/auburn-dog-training/ for coded mockup.

Web Developer | 2006
Contra Costa County Assessor’s Office | Martinez, California

• Completely recoded the Contra Costa County Assessor’s Office website based on the existing design to comply with accessibility requirements for government websites and to work across the various platforms and browsers

Web Developer | 2005
Abstrakt Designs | Los Angeles, California

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for Abstrakt Designs, an interactive design firm

Web Designer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005
Zend Technologies, Inc. | Cupertino, California

• Worked with programmers to begin to move Zend’s websites from table-based to css-based layout.

Web Developer | 2005
Malmquist Designs | Berkeley, California

• Based on PDF sketches, used xhtml and css to develop the website for Malmquist Design, a design firm in Berkeley, California, which specializes in identity and branding, print, packaging, and publishing graphics.

Web Developer | 2005
Form Studios | San Francisco, California

• Created standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates from Photoshop files for Form Studios, an interactive design firm.

Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005
Briarpress.org | New York, New York

• Cleaned up xhtml and css files that already existed, created new standards-compliant templates from Photoshop files, and integrated a content management system into a complex site

Note: Mid-project the design was taken to table-based layouts. Some of my efforts before that point can be seen here:

• http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/briarpress/museum_home.htm
• http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/briarpress/museum_search_results.htm
• http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/briarpress/museum_detail.htm
• http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/briarpress/pin_marks.htm
• http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/briarpress/rummonds_home.htm

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
myMPO.com | Santa Monica, California

• Designed and developed three templates for myMPO.com, which enables artists to set up their own individual digital music stores. Like in the Zen Garden, templates were delivered using CSS and images only.
• View templates:
  • Eliet Ahlin
  • The David Miller Band
  • The John Joan’s Quintet

Web Developer | 2005
Percepticon | Walnut Creek, California

• Used xhtml and css to code one of Percepticon’s many projects

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
Fabkom Online | New York, New York

• Hired to design and code the user interface for Fabkom’s internal applications

Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005
Sustainable Marketing | Berkeley, California

• Hired by Sustainable Marketing to create standards-compliant XHTML and CSS templates for a PG&E website from Photoshop files.

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
WeddingPath | UK

• Designed and developed two templates for WeddingPath.co.uk, which offers couples an easy way to create a wedding website by choosing from several templates and then uploading their own photos and content.
• View Templates:
  • Harpers
  • Majesty

Web Developer | 2005
MACH Energy | Walnut Creek, California

• Based on an initial design by Eliot Larson of OneHouse.net, developed the xhtml and css as well as contributed to the design of the MACH Energy Asset Manager online application

Note: The above URL takes you to a visual representation of the online application only. The actual online application resides on MACH’s servers and is password protected for client use only.

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
Other Shore LLC | Washington, D.C.

• Designed and developed the Digital Atelier website, which aimed to offer access to work from innovative film & video artists

Note: Project no longer active. See http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/otherShore/ for coded mockup.

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
LiveWrong Inc. | San Jose, California

• Designed and developed, which includes product ordering through PayPal

Note: Website no longer active. See http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/livewrong/ for archive.

Web Developer | 2005
10x Media, LLC | Orem, Utah

• Developed the xhtml and css layout for InsideRealty based on layered Photoshop file provided by Shane Helm of 10xMedia

Web Developer | 2005
Clark Realty | Bethesda, Maryland

• Developed online application form using xhtml and css

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
William Lenihan | International Musician

• Designed and developed the personal website for William Lenihan, a highly-accomplished international composer of jazz, classical, and film music, and one of the top jazz and classical guitarists in the U.S.

Note: Site is not curently active. View archive here: http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/william-lenihan/.

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
Jeff LienKaemper | San Rafael, California

• Designed and developed www.MarinToday.com, a small site to advertise local vendors
• Designed and developed www.GlobalRocket.com, a small web development and hosting company

Note: Sites are no longer active. View archives here: http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/marin-today/ and http://www.manisheriar.com/clients/global-rocket/.

Web Designer & Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2004—2005
Polimetrix, Inc | Palo Alto, California

• Reworked all the XHTML and CSS code for www.Polimetrix.com, a company developing cutting-edge techniques for opinion measurement on the internet
• Designed and implemented a visual update of www.PollingPoint.com, a company that conducts surveys over the Internet about public affairs and other topics of general interest

Web Production | 2004—2005
PureLip | Santa Monica, California

• Responsible for ongoing maintenance and updates to www.PureLip.com (no longer active), a retail skin care company, and it’s four mirror sites

Web Designer & Developer | 2004
Hilton Memory | Los Angeles, California

• Designed and developed www.hiltonmemory.com for Hermine Hilton, memory-master for the Fortune 500 companies and known around the world as America’s Memory Motivator

Web Designer & Developer | 2004
Nomad Ecological Consulting Group | Martinez, California

• Designed and developed www.nomadecology.com, a full service environmental consulting firm
• Responsible for maintenance and updates

Web Developer | 2004
Sounds in Silence | Carlsbad, California

• Developed and contributed to the design of www.soundsinsilence.com
• Responsible for regular maintenance and updates

Web Developer | 2004
DesignHeroes | Santa Rosa, California

• Responsible for developing websites based on layered Photoshop or Illustrator files provided by designer.

Web Designer & Developer | 2004
Open Source Technology Group | Fremont, California

• Developed and contributed to the design of the high-profile OSTG website under a crushing deadline, with all files delivered on time, just nine days after development began

Note: Site is no longer active. View archive here: http://manisheriar.com/clients/ostg/.

Web Designer & Developer | 2004—2005
Alamo Capital Financial Services |
Walnut Creek, California

• Designed and developed complete overhaul of Alamo Capital’s corporate website
• Responsible for regular maintenance and updates of new site

Note: That version of the site is no longer online. See http://www.manisheriar.com/images/portfolio/alamo_capital_large.jpg for screenshot.

Web Production Assistant| 2004
Hunt, Weber Clark Associates | San Francisco, California

• Responsible for content management for the firms many hotel websites

Computer Support Specialist / Database Developer / Webmaster | 2002—2003 (full time)
Sycamore Associates LLC | Walnut Creek, California

• Overhauled and maintained company website:
  • Redesigned and optimized site to ensure fast downloads and easy navigation
  • Updated the interface using JavaScript
  • Designed, created, scanned, and manipulated images
  • Expanded content by converting printed material to web format
  • Maintained and updated changing content
• Redesigned graphic layout and thoroughly revised organizational file structure of all marketing materials
• Designed, developed, and maintained several multi-functional custom database solutions for various departments to facilitate efficiency, consistency, and tracking of data
• Defined and implemented company-wide stylistic standards to enhance quality and professionalism of all documents
• Implemented a high standard of professional quality and uniformity by designing and creating custom MS Word templates for standard scientific and legal reports and work documents
• Edited, formatted, and proofread outgoing reports and proposals for quality control
• Trained and supported staff in use of their computers and software
• Performed internal technical support and troubleshooting

Computer Support & Database Developer | 2001
CareQuest | Walnut Creek, California

• Analyzed software needs for small company
• Purchased, installed, and trained staff on new software
• Organized company computers for maximum efficiency and ease of use
• Worked with staff to increase general computer competency
• Designed and developed custom database for tracking data, performing detailed queries, and creating mailings and flyers

Administrative Assistant / Computer Support / Webmaster | 1999—2000 (full time)
TechProse | Lafayette, California

• Performed regular maintenance, updates, and layout changes to company website
• Designed promotional mailings and exhibition booth for trade show
• Created custom graphics for in-house documents
• Worked with Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations
• Edited and formatted large and complex documents and contractor resumes
• Provided general office support, including trouble shooting computer problems
• Answered phones, greeted clients, and operated fax during receptionist’s lunch hour

Program Tester | 1999
Kaplan Consulting Group | Walnut Creek, California

• Designed, managed, and executed a testing strategy, including Y2K compliance, for a large and elaborate set of relational MS Access databases

Tutor | 1998—1999
Private Contracting
Walnut Creek & Lafayette, California

• Tutored Junior High and High School students in math, English, history, and science

Art, After Care, & Assistant Teacher | 1996—1999 (full time)
Meher Schools | Lafayette, California

• Planned and taught art lessons to children K-2
• Collaborated with director to enrich and restructure after care program
• Provided support and substituted for head teachers
• Regularly taught math lessons in fourth and fifth grades

Exhibiting Artist | 1990—1996
Washington, D.C. and San Francisco Bay Areas

• Exhibited and sold own artwork at private galleries and restaurants