Perform general Web development, design and maintenance tasks for marketing, production and editorial departments in San Francisco and New York. Implement features for tablet editions and build sites for annual events such as the WIRED Business Conference; promotional emails for advertisers; and in-house tools. Consult with superiors on best practices for design and strategy of upcoming updates to existing properties.
Organize and oversee revolving team to produce complete magazine sites during discrete 48-hour periods. Determine appropriate Web stack, assign individual roles, and prioritize features. Brainstorm with editorial team to optimize content presentation and create unique, memorable reading experiences while maintaining accessibility.
Maintained portfolio of 12 legacy e-commerce websites serving thousands of customers throughout the United States. Developed new features and rebuilt existing infrastructure using modern techniques. Advised management regarding sitewide content presentation, information architecture, future maintainability and potential upgrade paths.
Provided general oversight to ensure organizational efficiency in effort to migrate college news organizations to sustainable open-source software. Researched business practices and helped develop guidelines and metrics for success. Created full brand identity including logo, color pallete and typography scheme.
Recorded guest speakers, concerts and other events on campus and throughout the greater community for publication in official university literature and for dissemination to local media outlets. Liaised with administrators and others to ensure adequate coverage. Maintained consistency within database archive to ensure easy document retrieval.
Applied geographic coordinates to aggregated news content for purposes of fine-tuning automatic geocoding system. Researched stories and locations to ensure accurate and complete database information. Communicated with development team to increase operability of back-end interface through design improvements.
Oversaw editorial staff to help shape weekly coverage and verify completion of assignments. Developed and enforced editorial & style guidelines for print and Internet publication. Orchestrated first transition to Web-only distribution model of any college newspaper in the United States; later executed complete redesign of print product for reinforced consistency.
Worked within product development team to create multimedia content for special features and new properties such as LoudounExtra.com. Aggregated information from multiple sources for a variety of database-driven community guides. Traveled hundreds of miles to write feature stories while collecting audio, video and photographs.
Served readership of 11,000 through daily capture of assignments ranging from breaking news to NCAA Division I and professional sports. Edited, toned, captioned and transmitted photographs for publication and monitored newsprint reproduction. Constructed advertisements and pages using both traditional and electronic desktop publishing tools.
Grade point average of 3.52 in major coursework concerning media theory, law and practice. Active leader and advocate in production of all student media across newspaper, television and radio outlets. Minor in Digital Art & Design.
Adam Hemphill — hi@ahemphill.net — 860-428-3619