Jeff Sawyer

Objective
As a business professional, I am passionate about web development, business communications, marketing and the impact of new media on business today. My goal is to secure a position that will allow me to use my web, business and marketing experience to manage web design and development projects.
Experience
, Redwood City, CA
December 2010 - Present
Web Developer
  • Developed a web-based ad server system to deliver unique advertisements to users within the RIFT game launcher based on user specific criteria
  • Programmed an XML-based solution for rapid publishing of content to RIFTgame.com
  • Site updates for RIFTgame.com and Trion Worlds Corporate sites
, San Jose, CA
July 2009 – December 2010
Lead Web Developer / Community Manager
  • Lead of a small team of three web developers
  • Determined engineering requirements of new projects and estimated development times required
  • Increased rapid development by developing re-usable templates for websites and newsletters
  • Developed PHP class to connect to a custom API developed in house using CURL and simple XML
  • Implemented custom Facebook.com landing pages for various Namco fan sites
  • Developed websites based on Photoshop PSD mockups. See http://jeff-sawyer.com/portfolio for examples
  • Customized Drupal themes for namcogames.com (not yet live), pacman.com and more
  • Focused on W3C compliance, cross-browser compatibility, graceful degradation and fault-tolerance
, San Jose, CA
August 2004 - November 2008
B2B Marketing Lead
  • Responsible for marketing communications and relationship management with Fortune 100 customers
  • Planned, coordinated and delivered presentations of various marketing programs to Partners, Cisco Account Managers and cross-functional teams
  • Assisted Account Managers in executing sales based on promotional and marketing programs
  • Developed Excel macros and initiated efforts to create web-based tools for the support team
  • Responsible for filming and editing video as part of the training for a team based in India
  • Trained new hires and developed process documentation
, Mountain View, CA
May 2001 - August 2001
Oracle 11i Data Entry
  • Coordinated Oracle 11i data entry as part of a 20+ person team to organize inventory accounts
  • Established faster data entry methods utilizing windows scripting
, Santa Clara, CA
June 2000 – February 2001
B2B Customer Service
  • Used SAP for managing orders including credit card information, addresses
  • Customer Service & Relations via phone and e-mail (Microsoft Outlook)
  • Manually authorized credit card transactions with Verisign and reported fraudulent cards
Web Development
January 2000 – Present
PHP Developer and Social Media Marketing
  • Responsible for developing collaborations with Rollerblade, Fifty-50, Big Dan Importing, SCi Games, etc.
  • Developed a completely integrated and custom content management system (CMS) using PHP and MySQL
  • Manage Twitter and Facebook presence and advertising campaigns
  • Lead videographer; responsible for all competition and event coverage
May 2009 - Present
PHP Developer and Web Designer
  • Developed a custom team-based bookmarking system using PHP and MySQL.
Education
Dual Degree in Business Marketing (BS) and Film (BA) (2004) - Dean's Scholar
San Jose State University
Computer Proficiency
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
  • Web Design (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX)
  • Web Development (PHP, Perl, XML, MySQL, LAMP)
  • Flash, ActionScript, Oracle, SAP
  • Objective C, C++, Java, Assembly, Pascal
  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid
  • Remedy and RightNow Case Management