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Seeking a creative leadership
position in web, multimedia, and traditional media development
with an emphasis on marketing communication and business solutions.
Enjoy a high-energy environment, led
by experienced individuals who are excited to bring to fruition
the best in technology.
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Founder and Publisher |
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Columbus, OH
January 2003 - Present
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The New Standard provides Central Ohio with a quality Jewish newspaper that covers local, national and world news of Jewish interest in the journalistic tradition of insightful, fair and balanced reporting.
We educate by presenting commentary, interpretation and historical background on events of the day.
We enrich the cultural life of the Jewish community through highlighting events which promote activities in Columbus and help readers make informed choices.
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Co-Founder, Director of Integration,
Implementation and Creative Director |
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New York, NY, Columbus, OH &
Jerusalem, Israel
November 2001 - May 2003
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- Advised Globalformats
Corp. technical solutions for handicapped accessibility compliance
to WAI/W3C and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act standards.
Clients included: NewYorkLife.com,
American Express,
and the National Business & Disability
Council.
- Designed XML DTD to define rules for
Globalformats' proprietary "SWAP" engine adding customization
functionality to the product for each client.
(Please see case studies)
- Wrote articles for web accessibility
journal highlighting the accessibility/marketing dilemmas and
proposing positive solutions.
- Designed and implemented Web solutions
for several sites including: shirhadash.com,
darchenoam.com and giza.com
- Formulated strategies for AOL's "Growth
Through Partnerships" program to expand AOL's marketing reach
and new member acquisition by maximizing presence on 3rd party
software installations.
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Creative Director/Director of Creative
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New York, NY
November 1999 – December 2001
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- Oversaw the design of all technical and creative projects for
a wide array of marketing and strategic services for a broad range
of clients. Clients included: BMG,
Reader's Digest,
Martha Stewart, Business
Week, Forbes, Publisher's Clearing
House, The Industry Standard,
and Autonation.com. (Please
see case studies)
- Built top-notch creative development department from ground
zero.
- Hired extremely energetic and dynamic staff (Copywriters, Graphic
designers, art direction and producers) that built outstanding
creative solutions for our clients while mentoring each other
in a fearless collaborative environment.
- Assisted CTO in building Technical development department. Hired
programming staff, created a Methodology for Software development,
Source control mechanisms, set programming standards, and managed
outsourced projects.
- Implemented, improved and extended proprietary technology which
tracks client's marketing results. ? Supported new business marketing
efforts with technical insight and creative thinking during sales
meetings and proposal creation.
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Interface Development Production Manager/Hiring
Manager/Business Development/UI Evangelist |
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Valhalla, New York
July 1997 – November 1999
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- Oversaw the design of all user interfaces
for Zedak's customer applications. Customers included the New
York Times, Salomon Smith Barney and Prudential.
(Please see case studies)
- Implemented XML and XSL prototype for
Classified Ad Submission, later standardized by the National Newspaper
Association (http://www.siteny.com/admarkup).
- Recruited and hired programmers, HTML
coders and Graphic Artists; doubled company size in one year's
time.
- Created interactive proposals and prototype
systems for potential customers utilizing Dynamic HTML and flash
for a lively presentation.
- Authored and put into motion marketing
materials, company mission statement and long-term business plan.
Created strategies for growth in these areas.
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ArmChair Marketing
Inc. / Net Equity ltd.
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Founder and Primary Partner of Internet
startup |
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Columbus, Ohio
January 1995 - July 1997
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- Pioneer in localized content. Launched and produced ColumbusPages
(You can see it in the Internet WayBackMachine), a database driven site dedicated to events,
movies, and dining for the Columbus, Ohio area.
- Implemented rollout strategies, content acquisition, and interface
design.
- Produced and Webmastered numerous content rich sites including:
george jr. , Photo J , AliveWired
, the Columbus Crew , and
the Columbus Convention
and Visitor's Bureau. Received awards from Netsurfer Digest,The
Websight, The Net, Yahoo! Daily Picks and Yahoo! Internet Life,
Excite 'must see!', Internet Voyager, This Is Useful/This Is Cool,
ProjectCool, the Magellan/McKinley Group, Grog and PRN.
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Information Service and Mail Hub Supervisor
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Columbus, Ohio
September 1993 – September 1995
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- Coordinated product managers and programmers in order to resolve
periodic problems with electronic mail products.
- Supervised forty employees in information service and electronic
mail services support.
- Trained classes of up to twenty-five employees on a wide range
of online products.
- Created teaching materials for the information service and Mail
Hub.
- Proposed, planned and wrote code for graphical user interface
as a front end for the department's command line Workstation,
decreasing training time and increasing department productivity.
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Project Otzma
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Columbus Jewish Federation representative
to service-oriented work program in Israel |
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Jerusalem, Israel
1992-1993
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- Created a community computer laboratory program for job retraining,
coded Hebrew and Russian educational software, taught English
to children and young adults.
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RazorSharp Graphics
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Established and operated one of the
first desktop publishing firms in the Columbus, Ohio area |
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Columbus, Ohio
1986 – 1988
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- Crafted high profile publicity for clients such as: The Ohio
State University, Battelle Institute and Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
- Performed business duties, which included: implementation of
business and marketing plan, sales, accounts payable, accounts
receivable, payroll, and production.
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The
Ohio State University |
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Bachlor of Arts, Columbus, Ohio
June 1992
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Hebrew
Union College |
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Jerusalem, Israel
1988 - 1989
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