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A snapshot of projects that kept me busy

 
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Brown Fox PLLC

The law firm of Brown Fox represents clients in civil litigation, employment, transportation/logistics and creditors’ rights/bankruptcy matters. With no previous web presence to work from, the site design needed to both establish Brown Fox’ new identity but also convey the firm’s unique approach with elegance and simplicity. The project included the development of a brand identity, creation of splash page/lead generation tool, and a custom website with CMS.

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  • Site Design & Brand Identity Development
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript, CMS Implementation
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MutualMind

MutualMind offers marketing firms and brand owners streamlined solution for managing the flood of information available across social media networks. The completely redesigned homepage emphasizes the key features of the application and drives users to sign up for a free trial. From concept to completion this WordPress-based site was launched in less than four weeks.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript, WordPress
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The Startup Lawyer

The Startup Lawyer is one the nations top legal blogs focused on providing a resource for startups with topics ranging from incorporation to venture capital. This project included a complete redesign of the blog theme, establishing a new identity, relocation to a new server, and integrating external sites with the use of a fluid top navigation element.

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  • Design
  • Project Management
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript, WordPress
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Ranch Hand Rescue

Ranch Hand Rescue is a non-profit farm animal rescue group located in Denton county. They have rescued more than 70 animals to date and through the help of volunteers and donors RHR is working to grow even larger. This single page website was built in XHTML/CSS with several jQuery scripts used to handle the tabbed navigation sequences.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery, Javascript
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Magntize

Magntize offers dynamic business card websites for discerning individuals needing a high-style, painless web presence. Fully-automated from the initial customer contact through domain registration and DNS virtualization, this webapp was built with PHP using the Smarty template framework and plenty of jQuery goodness. As co-founder of Magnt/Magntize, my role ranged from template design and coding, user interface design, application testing, copywriting, marketing, legal and business strategy.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS
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Mobile Commerce Application

Having several years of experience working in the mobile telecommunications space, I was engaged to help vet a new business concept involving mobile commerce. The project was comprised of extensive intellectual property research, technical and functional requirements development, and some mobile UI work.

  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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Decadent Sweetz

Decadent Sweetz offers made-from-scratch desserts ranging from pies to cake balls, shipped anywhere in the US. After defining the functional requirements, I implemented this e-commerce site using WordPress as the CMS and the Shopp plugin for online store component. The entire site is managed from one back end interface and integrated into Decadent Sweet’z online merchant account.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, WordPress, Shopp, PHP, jQuery
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Barrett Prelogar

As an accomplished public speaker and entrepreneur, Barrett needed a sophisticated personal website to showcase his capabilities and experience. The site is built using a highly-customized implementation of the jQuery slider plugin.

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  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery
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Mobile Accessory Demonstration

A leading music content provider engaged my help to manage the rapid development of a custom iPhone application for demonstrating an integrated accessory. From initial briefing, the entire project was completed in less than two weeks with a fully-functional application which included custom video production and jQuery animation.

  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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Semper Prolific

Offering creative writing services with specialties in the area of unique wedding proposals, Semper Prolific needed a content-centric website wrapped in a beautiful design. The site was built in XHTML/CSS and integrated into CushyCMS for easy content updates.

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  • Design
  • Project Management
  • XHTML, CSS, jQuery
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Karen Lequia

Karen Lequia is an accomplished artist specializing in Asian brush art and operating a studio in southern Minnesota. Built on WordPress, the site provides a clean backdrop for displaying her recent works, project updates, and awards.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • XHTML, CSS, WordPress, jQuery
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Acoustic Research Counter Display

Acoustic Research, a high-end audio accessory manufacturer, needed a quick-turn merchandise display capable of demonstrating live inventory. From briefing to delivery, this display was completed in less than 60 days.

  • Art Direction
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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CenturyLink

Developed in conjunction with the rollout of new customer experience showrooms, CenturyLink needed a turnkey solution for displaying authoritative 3rd party content to their customers that provides real-world usage examples of their High Speed Internet services. Beyond custom content creation and licensing, this project included the development of two fully-hosted web portals accessible by both CenturyLink’s retail kiosk customers and its existing High Speed Internet customer base.

  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP, jQuery
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AppVita

AppVita serves a singular purpose to seek out and showcase the ever-increasing number of web-based applications (webapps) in a no-nonsense format, ripe for the masses.

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  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
  • XHTML, CSS, WordPress, PHP
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CenturyTel Experience Centers

As a component of a major re-branding initiative, CenturyTel invested in the design and rollout of several dozen retail experience centers across the midwest and southeastern United States. The project included several innovative methods for displaying dynamic content and featured a series of web-connected interactive kiosks.

  • Art Direction
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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7-Eleven Endcap Display

As the nation’s leading convenience retailer, 7-Eleven’s prepaid services business represents a sizable opportunity. This retail endcap display project involved several iterations of industrial design, rendering, and value engineering.

  • Art Direction
  • Design
  • Project Management
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Embarq Interactive Displays

Embarq needed a truly revolutionary retail experience. This effort deployed a series of over sized touch-screen displays using a custom content management system with remote update capabilities and sophisticated proximity sensing technology. As the lead interactive developer on the project, I managed the creation and deployment of all content updates across Embarq’s network of stores.

  • Art Direction
  • Copywriting
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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Bose Audio Endcap Display

With extremely high engineering standards, one would only expect Bose to have stringent requirements for their retail displays. This project being no exception, Bose contracted with us to engineer and manufacture several hundred permanent endcap displays, each showcasing live, fully demonstrable inventory. From briefing to delivery, this project was completed in under 60 days.

  • Project Management
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XE Mobile Retail Display

As a startup in the prepaid wireless industry, XE Mobile needed an efficient use of a limited display budget. Meeting the deliverables, we designed and manufactured a turnkey wall-mounted display complete with embedded demonstration hardware.

  • Art Direction
  • Design
  • Project Management
  • Strategy
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Craftsman Mobile Marketing Unit

As the premiere sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series, Craftsman needed a mobile marketing unit worthy of their distinguished brand. This two-trailer, 1000sf display utilized a series of 3D interactive displays and fun competitive challenges using Craftsman merchandise.

  • Art Direction
  • Copywriting
  • Project Management
  • Strategy