Experience
This section consists of all of my professional work experience. For each job, I give a brief description of the job
duties and I give a short list of the key skills that I acquired. I have broken down the skills into two categories,
technical skills and transferable skills. What is below is just a brief summary of each job. If you are interested in
learning more information about a particular job, click the full description link where you will be taken to a page
with more in-depth details about that particular job.
Webmaster & Data Entry Clerk
Real Estate Data Services (RDS) – Tallahassee, FL
Webmaster: August 2008 – Present
Data Entry Clerk: September 2005 – Present
Job Duties - My primary task is to download, clean, sort, and organize home property sales records into a printable format for the company’s main product: The Real Estate Report Card. My second duty is to get home property sales information and MLS listings ready for the company’s web product Wikibroker. On occasion, I am required to create new procedures for several side projects. I am currently working on a new procedure that will allow the company to track buyer and seller markets in various counties. Recently, I was promoted to Webmaster where not only do I maintain the company's website that I created, I also work on various new sites as well as develop PHP & MySQL powered websites for the company.
Technical Skills Acquired
- XHTML & CSS
- PHP
- MySQL
- Advanced Excel
Transferable Skills Acquired
- Office Communication
- Time management
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Samples
- Website Designs – These designs are my first real professional website experience. I have designed several websites
for the company, including the company's own website. My most recent samples, such as ThinkTally and the Mayor Campaign website, include websites that
incorporate PHP and MySQL databases.
View Mayor Campaign Website
View ThinkTally
View RDSPurls
View Personalized Real Estate Marketing Page
- Real Estate Report Card – This is the final format for the completed data. All of the procedures and macros are
used to get it ready for this format. I did not create this format; I merely prepare the data so that it fits into this format.
Download the Real Estate Report Card (PDF) - (26.4 KB)
STARS Alliance Administrative Assistant
The Florida State University College of Information – Tallahassee, FL
September 2007 – August 2008
Job Duties - In this position, I updated and maintained the organization's website. This involved creating and
working with PHP web forms as well as reorganizing and updating a MySQL database. I was required to update and organize the
organization’s Blackboard site (learn more about Blackboard). I also worked in a
team environment where I assisted leaders and members of the organization.
Technical Skills Acquired
- PHP
- MySQL Database Management
Transferable Skills Acquired
- Professional Email Communication
- Communication Within an Organization
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Samples
- STARS Alliance Website - This is the website that I updated and maintained on a regular basis. I did not develop
the website, I merely maintained it.
Visit the STARS Alliance Website
Webmaster
Children’s Campaign, Inc. – Tallahassee, FL
May 2008 – August 2008
Job Duties – This position was an internship/directed individual study. With this position I was able to get
some of my first real corporate web design and development experience. I was able to build a site from the ground up, which I
had done before, but never in the corporate setting. My first duty was to create wireframes for the site. After getting feedback
on several wireframes, I would make modifications to them based on the input I received from the organization's leaders. Once
those were completed, I coded the website based off the wireframe. Once the site was coded and ready to go, I installed
WordPress on the server and set it up so that a variety of users can post articles. Once it was set up, I continued to maintain
the WordPress blog to ensure that it was running correctly and that the users were correctly posting articles. I was also
responsible for updating and converting many of the old content pages to the new design. Finally, I was responsible for
documenting any new processes and procedures.
Technical Skills Acquired
- Professional Web Design
- Advanced XHTML and CSS
- WordPress Installation & Maintenance
Transferable Skills Acquired
- Training Users
- Professional Meetings
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Samples
- New Website Design - This is the design that I developed for the Children's Campaign, Inc. I would say that this
is one my best web design samples. I designed the site as well as transferred over old content, but I am not responsible for
any of the current content.
Visit the new Children's Campaign Website
Center for Health Informatics Webmaster
The Florida State University College of Information – Tallahassee, FL
May 2008 – August 2008
Job Duties - This position was a directed individual study where I was to develop a website for the Center of Health
Informatics for the College of Information. With this position, I got a chance to take the college's new possible design and
customize and modify it to fit the needs of this new site. This was really the first time I got a chance to work with code
written by another designer. Once the design modifications were complete, I was responsible for creating and managing all
content on the site. Finally, once the design was completed and some content was available, I was responsible for conducting
pilot tests on the website.
Technical Skills Acquired
- Modifying Another Designer's Code
- Advanced XHTML and CSS
Transferable Skills Acquired
- Conducting Pilot Tests
- Writing Project Plans
Read the Full Description for Center for Health Informatics Webmaster
Samples
- CHI Website Design - This is design for the Center for Health Informatics. I took the possible new template for
the College of Information, designed by their Webmaster, and I modified it to fit the needs of the Center for Health
Informatics.
Visit the Center for Health Informatics Site - Website Development Project Plan - This document is the project plan that I wrote for the Website design. It
includes screenshots of the template, includes more detailed information about the project, describes the layout in detail,
as well as includes what content I was going to need from outside sources.
Download Website Development Project Plan (PDF) - (339 KB)