I have years of experience working as a consultant on high profile websites, as well as full-time roles at startup companies. Below are some of my most recent projects.
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Chegg.com
Facebook Application
I designed and developed a Facebook Application as part of an online marketing effort to reach college-age customers. The application is a self-sustaining branding effort - trees are donated by the company to give away in the application as a prize (the user picks where the trees get planted); but the traffic and sales generated by click-thrus on the in-app advertising generate more money than the cost of the donations. Add the app »
Company Rebranding
I recruited two summer interns from Stanford University to staff a marketing team leading an effort to increase book rentals at Chegg by better targeting the college age demographic. A new mission statement and logo were drafted for the company, and we re-did the registration flow to allow users to use Facebook Connect to create a Chegg account. Go to Chegg.com »
Ask.com
GregBiffle.com - Online Radio Streaming
As part of Ask's outreach toward NASCAR fans, I worked as the development lead on an online radio project for Greg Biffle, a NASCAR driver and host of his own talk show. I implemented an Icecast radio streaming server, created a Flash audio player for listening to the show online, and developed a metrics tool for measuring the number of users listening in. Listen in »
ReggieJackson.com
I was the design and development lead on a blog and e-commerce site developed for the baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, as part of a Ask's marketing efforts to target sports fans.
m.ask.com - iPhone version
I designed a prototype for an iPhone version of Ask.com's search site for mobile phone users.
Portfolio, LLC
PortfolioLLC.com
I designed and developed a complete website for Portfolio, LLC (a boutique wealth management fund based in Albuquerque, NM) to help improve their client outreach as the firm new branch offices in the Midwest. Check out the live site »
LeeMunson.net - SEO Strategy
The firm's chief investment officer had a few negative articles that came up in search results for his name. In order to clear his reputation online and drive these links from the top of search results pages, I set up a blogsite, syndicated Lee's posts to financial publications such as seekingalpha.com, syndicated Lee's posts to Twitter and Facebook accounts, and trained Portfolio LLC employees to post SEO friendly links and embedded media for all of Lee's appearances on media outlets such as CNBC. In under 6 months, I have succeeded in unseating all but one of the negative search results from the top 10 using organic content alone (no link farms, site reviews, etc.).
Center for Independent Media
Site Optimization... Elections and Visitor Spikes
I was hired as a consultant to optimize the Center for Independent Media's blogs and make sure they stayed online during huge surges of traffic during the 2008 election season. I developed custom plugins for the organization's blogs and trained staff in using publishing and analytics tools.
http://iowaindependent.com
http://minnesotaindependent.com
http://newmexicoindependent.com
http://coloradoindependent.com
http://michiganmessenger.com
Expensify
Redesign, rebranding and shiny, new AJAX interface
I was brought on to work as the chief designer and as a front end developer for taking Expensify.com from Beta to version 1.0 launch. I helped re-code the entire application interface in jQuery to use AJAX instead of backend PHP and re-designed the UI. Screenshots are included below. The new site and the old site.
For comparison, you can see the old design below.
Fotomoto
I was brought on for a short consulting gig to give Fotomoto.com a facelift for the beta launch of their photo software, which aims to help photographers sell their work online.
Green.com
Front-End Development Lead
I designed and developed a Facebook Application as part of an online marketing effort to reach college-age customers. The application is a self-sustaining branding effort - trees are donated by the company to give away in the application as a prize (the user picks where the trees get planted); but the traffic and sales generated by click-thrus on the in-app advertising generate more money than the cost of the donations.
Interface Design
I recruited two summer interns from Stanford University to form a marketing team leading an effort to increase book rentals at Chegg by better targeting the college age demographic. A new design was drafted for the home page, as well as a new mission statement and logo, and we re-did the registration flow to allow users to use Facebook Connect to create a Chegg account.
Remix of Tiga's "Shoes"
Remix of Daft Punk's "Around The World"
"Final Level" - Original composition