Education
1989 - 1991
University of Vienna, Austria
- Classical Languages (Ancient Greek and Latin), History and Literature.
- Byzantine Studies and Modern Greek Philology, Philosophy and Art History.
1982 - 1983
Vienna Art School, Austria
- Painting, Graphics, Art History.
Experience
2009 - Present
Gershom Design Company, Los Angeles, CA
Principal- Design for a variety of small business web sites.
- Concept and design for TKO Pictures.
2000 - 2009
The Capital Group Companies, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Web Designer- Design for the American Funds Web site.
- Wireframed and designed complex financial transaction applications.
- Lead marketing campaigns for both the shareholder and adviser web sites.
- Redesigned American Fund's Retirement Web site and the Plan Sponsor site according to internal design guidelines.
- Development of Capital Group's Web usability and design guidelines.
1999 - 2000
Faye, Pollack & Associates, Encino, CA
Senior Web Designer & Developer, Manager Online Projects- Management of the company's internet department.
- Development of the corporate web site.
- Development and design of the International Marketing Innovations web site.
- Development and design of the web site for Roth, Bookstein & Zaslow, one of the largest CPA firms in Southern California.
- Design and development of web sites for investment management companies, such as Reed, Conner & Birdwell, Churchill Management Group, Anchor Loans, Envision Capital Management, and Gamble, Jones, Morphy & Bent.
- Design and web development (including database development) for Stila Cosmetics.
- Design and database development for International Merchandise Concepts.
1998
CurtCo Freedom Group, Malibu, CA
Web Developer & Designer, Webmaster, Project Manager- Project management to define the scope, budget and potential revenue of projects.
- Conducted business development and coordinated partnerships.
- Responsible for the development and design of the corporate intranet.
- Conceptualized, developed and designed a variety of web sites such as the award-winning Home Theater Magazine site, which won the ProjectCool-award for January 1999.
- Web Design for Mobile Computing and Communications Magazine.
- Concept and design for Geeksite, an e-zine.
1994 - 1997
Der Standard, Austrian Daily Newspaper
Internet Department Manager, Webmaster, Online Marketing and Advertising- Management of department; trained faculty staff.
- Developed, designed and produced the first Web-based edition of a daily newspaper in German language.
- Conducted on-line marketing and advertising.
- Responsible for the e-mail and newsgroup administration.
- Wrote articles on Internet-related subjects.
1991 - 1994
Der Standard, Austrian Daily Newspaper
Assistant Director, Archive and Research Department, Public Relations- Conducted information retrieval and dissemination.
- Creation and maintenance of databases, thesaurus and electronic indexing.
- Public Relation and Reader Service Department.
- Responsible for the evaluation and purchase of software.
- Responsible for office and personnel management, trained faculty staff.
1991 - 1996
Paul Hochegger Communications (Burson-Marsteller, Austria)
Strategist/Researcher/Lobbyist- Developed strategies for business and governmental lobbying campaigns
- Responsible for conducting advertising campaigns.
- Conducted interviews with prospective clients.
1989 - 1991
Arbeiter Zeitung, Austrian Daily Newspaper
Editor- Writer and weekly columnist for the Arts section.
- Wrote book reviews.
- Translations of foreign language newspaper articles.
Skills
- HTML, DHTML, XHTML, CSS, Web Standards, JavaScript.
- Windows, Mac, Linux. Adobe Photoshop and ImageReady, Dreamweaver and Fireworks, HomeSite.
- Familiarity with Content Management Systems (OpenMarket, Vignette). Working knowledge of CGI and Perl, Database integration.
Additional
Fluent in English, German and Modern Greek. Working knowledge of Italian, French, Spanish and Persian.
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