Experience

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

  • Responsibilities include:
    • Logo Design
    • User Interface Design
    • Information Architecture
    • XHTML
    • CSS

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

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

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

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

Web Developer / XHTML & CSS Consultant | 2005—2006
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  • Responsible for redeveloping some of Sparkplug’s websites from outdated table-based layouts into CSS-driven designs.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:

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 Auburn Dog Training, a brochure site for a new professional dog trainer.

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

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

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:

Web Developer | 2005
MACH Energy | Walnut Creek, California

*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 (project no longer active so link is from my archives)), which aimed to offer access to work from innovative film & video artists.

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

  • Designed and developed www.BlackBracelet.com (website no longer active so link is from my archives), which includes product ordering through PayPal.

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

Web Developer | 2005
Clark Realty | Bethesda, Maryland

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
William Lenihan | International Musician

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

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
Marin Today | San Rafael, California

Web Designer & Developer | 2005
Global Rocket| San Rafael, California

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, 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.

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

  • Designed and developed complete overhaul of Alamo Capital’s corporate website (That website is no longer online. (Screenshot can be seen here.)
  • Responsible for regular maintenance and updates of new site

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