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EMPLOYMENT TIMELINE:

CODING:HTML 5CSS 3Bootstrap MasonryGridjQuery Java ScriptCold FusionPHPAction ScriptAJAX C++

DESIGN:DreamweaverPhotoshop Omnigra eIllustrator FlashFireworksImage Ready InDesign Pencil ProjectFreehand HomesiteEdge

PLATFORMS:WindowsMacSourceTree Sharepoint 2010O ce365 WordpressInterwoven TeamsiteDay Comunique10&2 Chasis

OTHER SKILLS:JiraZarcaFTP ProgramsMicrosoft O cePower PointJAWSFinal CutQuarkArticulateLectoraMySQL WorkbenchVisual StudiosMicrosoft SQL Server 2017

Ramapo College of New JerseyBachelors Degree Visual Communications MajorCum LaudeGPA: 3.684

EDUCATION:OBJECTIVE:I am a developer, Information Architect, and User Experience Expert with 16 years experience in web related positions, who strives to bring users websites that are clean, striking, usable and intuitive, while working in an environment that allows me to work both independently as part part of a team.

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STEPHENHOYDIS

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732.615.8297

210 Elizabeth Street South Bound Brook, NJ 08880

Developer | User Experience Expert Information Architect | Designer

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Merck• Design and develop interactive responsive web applications using HTML, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap,

Masonry, and Grid• Create and maintain pages in Microsoft SharePoint 2010, O ce 365, and Wordpress• Produce web layouts for desktop and mobile platforms that were cross-browser-compatible,

table-less, and responsive• Write Business Requirements Documents based on client intake meetings• Create and present wireframes and sitemaps to clearly outline functionality and depict layouts,

to both clients and developers• Responsible for guarding the scope of projects• Set exit criteria for developers and assure the criteria are met prior to client testing• Write User Acceptance Testing scripts to ensure clients thoroughly review and approve the

scoped functionality• Meet with clients to assess feedback and suggest solutions that align with their described goals• Review projects at various points throughout their life-cycle, and suggest user experience

improvements where necessary

Web Developer | Web DesignerJan 2012–Jan 2017

Senior Developer | User Experience Expert | Information ArchitectJan 2017–March 2020

• Designed and developed interactive web applications using jQuery, CSS and HTML• Designed and developed "Web 2.0" dynamic interactive web applications using Cold Fusion

and Microsoft Access• Developed front-end and back-end of a number of web based forms using Cold Fusion• Created and maintained pages for internal clients in Day Communique and Microsoft

SharePoint 2007 and 2010.• Maintained Microsoft Access databases• Produced table-less CSS pages for cross browser and platform compatibility amongst IE,

Safari, Firefox and Chrome

Merck

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:

STEPHENHOYDIS

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Merck

UL EduNeering

Prudential Financial• Created Flash web-banner animations in many standard sizes, including leaderboards,

skyscrapers, inline rectangle, interstitial and page take-over advertisements• Created storyboards for Flash web banners, interstitials, and page take-over advertisements• Made edits to print mechanicals in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign• Trimmed and mounted printed advertisement posters• Redesigned print advertisements as web banners for mobile devices

• Produced, designed, and maintained web-based e-Learning courses in multiple languages for more than 20 clients, using Flash, Lectora, and XML

• Designed and maintained websites for 14+ brands used globally by various regional

into foreign languages• Created interactive online animations, and video presentations using Adobe Flash• Devised and executed ways to help countries easily integrate these sites in

their local languages

• Developed branding guidelines for headers that appear above every Merck or MSD website• Maintained websites in 2 content management systems, Interwoven Teamsite and Day

Communiqué, as well as through FTP upload• Interfaced with internal teams and 3rd party agencies to analyze and interpret Internet/Intranet

project scope, requirements, and priorities• Designed and produced both branded and unbranded websites for health care professionals,

patients, and Merck/MSD employees

Multimedia DesignerJul 2011–Dec 2011

Multimedia DesignerSept 2008–April 2011

Web Designer | Internet Project Content ManagerJan 2007–Sept 2008

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS (continued):

STEPHENHOYDIS

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EMPLOYMENT DETAILS (continued):

• Managed content including images, video, and text for www.sundancechannel.com• Responsible for the continuity of content throughout the website• Edited XML to properly display content• Wrote short descriptions for lms and video packages highlighted throughout the site• Made promotional decisions based upon importance of content• Designed web banners for on air programs• Edited and encoded approximately 50-100 new video clips each month• Responsible for quality assurance checks before every launch• Key player in the content production of 3 Flash mini-sites• Administered 4 separate external websites, including Sundance Channel Home Entertainment,

the Sundance Channel Press assets site, as well as the Sundance Channel MySpace and MSN Festival blog

• Acted as an administrator on discussion boards by responding to feedback, approving or rejecting agged posts and providing monthly reports of developing trends

Sundance Channel Online Producer | Content ManagerNov 2005–Dec 2006

Ramapo College• Maintained, designed, structured, produced and pre-produced several successful Web sites• Created eye-catching designs while staying within the college’s pre-set Web Design standards• Migrated HTML content to new layouts• Implemented new layout, which featured CSS and server-side includes, dramatically reducing

page load time• Enhanced readability by interpreting existing content, which was previously

displayed ine ectively• Studied illustrations, photographs, websites, and other design elements in order to plan the

presentation of material• E ectively worked with other team members to achieve signi cant improvements

in productivity• Reviewed team members' layouts and suggested improvements as needed• Created owcharts and wire-frames for proposed layouts

UI Designer | Front-End Developer Sept 2004–Sept 2005

STEPHENHOYDIS

[email protected]

732.615.8297

