Jason M. Brinkofski

Jai@brinkofski.com
804 Youngs Road
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 454–5667 [Home]
(908) 328 – 5712 [Cell]
http://resume.brinkofski.com/

Qualifications

I am a creative, web–savvy professional with over 10 years of experience who is skilled in the conception, design, development, maintenance and marketing of internet media. I am adept at designing, building, marketing, maintaining and improving dynamic and/or database driven websites while incorporating style, marketability, usability, separation of design and content, web standards, and valid code (by W3C standards). With a varied, hybrid skill set, I will be a valuable shared resource between IT, Art and Marketing departments. I am a hardworking, goal–oriented professional with an interest in being involved in and/or leading successful web, Web 2.0 and marketing projects.

Core Expertise

HTML, XHTML, CSS, Tableless Layouts, Semantic Markup, Cross–Browser Compatibility, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver (Though I can code and have coded in Notepad when necessary), Fireworks, JavaScript, Usability best practices, Front End Development (wrapping JSP, JSF, ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, ColdFusion), Natural Search Engine Optimization, HTML E–mail Templates, Graphic Design, Photo Editing

Supplemental Skills

JavaScript Libraries (Prototype, MooTools, jQuery, script.aculo.us), Flash, Swish, PHP, AJAX, MySql (phpMyAdmin), Web Analytics, Audio and Video Editing, Content Management System Template Design (Wordpress, Movable Type, etc.), Some experience with database development in LAMP, ASP and ASP.NET environments

Partial List of Websites I Have Worked on

KEY/LEGEND: DN = Designed, DV = Developed, CMS= Content Management, CF = Coded Front End, T = Tableless,
U = Usability Focus, FL = Freelance

Employment History

Aon/Affinity Insurance Services – Web/Usability Specialist (3/2008 – present)

  • Created wireframes, designed, coded and improved user experience on various clients’ websites, self-service portals and admin interfaces.
  • Maintained and improved a catalog of approximately 65 websites (including fairly well known sites such as nso.com, cpai.com, hpso.com, wedsafe.com and attorneys-advantage.com).
  • PDMA Benjamin Franklin Award in Direct Marketing and WMA Award for Wedsafe.com

LexisNexis: Martindale Hubbell – Web Design Associate (2/2006 – 3/2008)

  • Coded from scratch 3 – 5 custom websites a week (233 sites in 2006-2007 alone) from Photoshop designs using CSS, HTML, JSP, and a customized widget (for database calls). Maintained approximately 300 customized websites, including code, content, flash designs, video implementation, search engine optimization, and graphics. Designed websites based on client input when design team was overloaded.

Keystone Nazareth Bank and Trust – Web Master and Developer (1/2006 – 2/2006)

  • Developed Database Application for Volunteer work tracking of employees.
  • Maintained Internet (knbt.com) and Intranet.
  • Created and implemented flash/html video presentation website for training videos. Worked with the marketing department in creating banner ads for checking account promotions.

Bethlehem Church – Web Designer and Developer (1/2005 – 10/2005)

  • Designed and Developed bethlehemchurch.org in its entirety. All graphic design, web design, web development and training of this site are my work. The site uses Movable Type as the CMS. I do not currently control the content of this site.

IEEE – Web Administrator for Educational Activities Department (9/03 – 12/04)

  • Transferred static HTML (~5,000 pages) into a dynamic CMS.
  • Developed Awards Nomination GUI & Database.

Medco–Health – Web Application Tester (3/03 – 9/03)

  • Tested custom–built web–based application.

Institute of International Education – Web Designer/Editor (3/02 – 10/02)

  • Designed, updated, and maintained many sections of iie.org.
  • Wrote extensive amounts of training documentation and taught classes on the CMS for iie.org.

Registrar and Transfer Company – Presentation and Web Designer (9/01 – 11/01)

  • Created simple marketing presentations in Flash.

Blue Marlin Systems – Lead Web and Graphic Designer (9/00 – 8/01)

  • Designed and created corporate company web site for Blue Marlin Systems.
  • Designed and created web based Reservations Graphical User Interface for Travel Impressions.
  • Facilitated meetings about the project, gathering ideas from the team and creating graphic and HTML prototypes for the developers to implement.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts in Multi–Media Production – New Jersey City University
  • Associate of Arts – County College of Morris