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portfolio of Alex HoProfessional Experience
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), New York, NY
July 2009 - Present
Interactive Designer & Developer
- Solely responsible for managing interactive development and deployment of PHP, XML, and JavaScript, ActionScript 3.0 and AJAX based initiatives for all interactive marketing projects
- Responsible for managing research, development and deployment of innovative solutions involving new web technologies in support of marketing objectives and online initiatives
- Manage and perform all marketing-related web requests as submitted through NYCEDC. This includes updates to the intranet and external web site, design, development and maintenance of interactive initiatives
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), New York, NY
January 2009 - July 2009
Interactive Designer
- Manage and update CMS best-practices, requests and workflows.
- Design and maintenance of NYCEDC microsites
- Creation of external and internal online marketing collateral (newsletters, invites, advertisements)
- Participate and provide solutions that adhere to technical parameters and corporate standards for all Internet/Intranet design and usability upgrades
- Assists in planning and reviewing site architecture for new web site pages and features
- Assists in testing and providing innovative solutions with new web technologies in support of marketing objectives and online activities
Paltalk, New York, NY
April 2008 - October 2008
Interaction Designer
- Wireframed new functional designs for social network in Fireworks and Photoshop CS3
- Introduced usability and UI standards for Adobe Flex client (express.paltalk.com)
- Hand-coded and cross-platform tested corporate newsletters in Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail, and most common online email services including Gmail, Windows Live Mail, and Yahoo! Mail
- Assisted Lead Web Developer with markup optimization in XHTML, Javascript, and CSS 2.0
Andiamo Partners LLC, New York, NY
September 2007 - April 2008
Information Technology Analyst
- Re-designed company’s job source website using PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, CSS 2.0, and Transitional XHTML
- Branded the website’s identity logo in Illustrator CS3
- Developed new searchable functions and instant update scripts using AJAX
- Revamped and optimized search engine to provide enhanced quality results in PHP
- Installed and administered an internal customer relationship management system using SugarCRM
- Resolved user tracking system and corrected miscellaneous script errors
- Oversee Software Development Life Cycle with President & CEO
Office of Information Technology at Wentworth, Boston, MA
May 2005 - September 2005
Web Developer
- Designed and wrote user-friendly online form systems for logging of school activities
- Completed project in timely manner; followed standard policy to test and roll out new software releases
- Immediate response to daily web pages modifications requests in a busy office environment