theming

For the last month my sole focus at Sony has been retheming the (formerly known as Musicbox) Myplay site. It is lovely. Doug did a really clean design and functionality is much simpler now. The last version was more of a music portal, where Myplay is a showcase for Sony artists. It's lovely. It's drupal. It's cross-browser compatible.

http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/

Kudos to our boss for the design, Jerad and Dave for the code, Merlin for the genius that is Panels 2, and Lullabot for the initial dev work and ongoing heavy lifting.

Late last night we launched the first round of photo content on the Musicbox site:
http://musicbox.sonybmg.com/photos
Lots of image cache rules, fun jcarousel implementations, views and panels 2 rule supreme here. To come: user submitted photos and special editor created galleries.

It's official - britney.com has been drupalized, b*tch. We used panels2 for the homepage layout. That is indeed shaping up to be a powerful weapon. Not the homepage, silly, panels2 (warning - still in alpha). This was a good theming challenge and I love Doug's tabloid design. Very fun. Poor Britney tho. See what happens to girls who marry Fresno boys?

Friday was my last day with Advomatic. It was a great year + working with the band of genius drupallers. For the next couple weeks I am officially unemployed (aka on vacation), then I go to work for Sony. I want to up the ante with the theming capabilities for the multisite project, which I am pretty familiar with. Over the last 6 months (as an Advomite) I themed websites for: Justin Timberlake, Tori Amos, Mario, T-pain, Katharine McPhee, Say Anything, and The Dey. I think I will be doing some stuff for the Musicbox Video project too. I'm especially excited about working with Earl Miles aka merlinofchaos, daddy of Views, Panels and Node Queue. If you are curious about the Sony projects check out the Lullabot Drupal Podcast No. 39: Doug Gottlieb of Sony/BMG Records.

With over 12 years of professional experience designing and developing websites, Suzi is an expert in Drupal theming, cross-platform and cross-browser issues with regard to consistency in design, programming and accessibility.

experience

September 2007 - Present, Drupal Consultant, Sony, BMG, Global Digital Business Group, NY, NY
Drupal theming and training for the multisite project and Sony BMG Musicbox.

2006-2007 Lead Designer, Project Manager, Advomatic, LLC, NY, NY
Theming expert and project lead for mid-sized Drupal development firm. Themed and implemented new Drupal websites for Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Greenopia™, Jewcy Media, Public Agenda, the New York Observer, Lufthansa, United Federation of Teachers, California Nurses Association. As part of the Sony BMG Drupal-based multisite project, themed websites for: Justin Timberlake, Tori Amos, Mario, T-pain, Katharine McPhee, Say Anything, and The Dey. Provided ongoing theme development for Air America Radio, Democrats.com, Bioneers, TPM Cafe, Mountain News, Personal Democracy Forum, Courage Campaign and RadioIO among many others. Created and implemented a new design concept (including some logo design) for the soon to be launched Living Liberally network of sites. Provided custom MySpace and YouTube channel design and implementation for John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign.

2000-2006 main brain, think inkless, Fresno, CA
Founder and principal of think inkless, a digital design and web development studio. Provider of web design and development, graphic design and production, database development, broadcast email programming and distribution, web hosting, search engine optimization, PPC ad development and maintenance and technical consulting. Developed Drupal sites, provided custom theme development, and migrated static content for Fresno Famous, Fresno Metropolitan Museum and Central Valley Air Quality (CVAQ) Coalition. Full design concept and implementation for CVAQ.
Please visit the archived site here to view the full portfolio of past projects.

2001-2002 Lead Technical Editor, New Riders Publishing
Worked as TE 1 on contract for the book "Javascript + CSS + DOM Magic" by Makiko Itoh (co-edited by Cal Henderson). Responsible for technical accuracy of all written and electronic materials via rigorous testing and debugging of DHTML applications and exercises. Provided corrected code and feedback on readability and relevance of content for intermediate-level audience. Amazon listing, book website.

1998-2000 Senior Web Producer, Bernard Hodes Group, Palo Alto, CA
Lead programmer and web designer for the interactive division (western region) of this international advertising agency. Produced websites for Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, HP, Copper Mountain Networks, Tektronix, and many others. Developed intranet and database for western region projects and interactive training materials.

1996-1998 Production Manager, CareerMosaic, Palo Alto, CA
Trained and supervised programming and design team of the first and largest recruitment site on the web (company ceased operations/sold in 2000). Managed and produced a highly successful multi-million dollar advertising campaign on yahoo.com (many ads had 50%+ CTR). Produced and maintained hundreds of career websites for clients such as: HP, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Disney, The IRS, Oracle, G.E., KPMG, Citibank, Lockheed Martin.

tools

graphics: macromedia fireworks, photoshop, illustrator
code: use bbedit (mac) for hand coding xhtml/css/php/js (etc.)
other tools: svn, local dev, full XP browser testing environment using parallels

education

B.A. Communication Studies, Minor in Telecommunications (1994)
California State University, Fresno
Additional coursework in web accessibility per Section 508 laws and federally funded websites.

References available upon request.