ERIKA W CHANG . london . uk . taliesin@doubt-beat.com

 22.5.98

POSITION DESIRED...

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS...

H T M L . C O D I N G

• Coded sections of British Airways' website redesign utilizing half-automated combination of templates, hand-coding, and server side includes.
• Coded HTML for an unofficial Scritti Politti (British musician) fan site of over 300 pages using BBEdit.
• Designed and coded for a Financial Times' internal HTML-based presentation.
• Consulted on efficient HTML coding for pixel-precise, frames and tables-based web designs by Templar Productions for Lego and Jinx (online children's magazine).
• Redesigned and coded The Italian Academy at Columbia University web site to ensure visual and coding consistency and integrity.

M I S C . W E B - P R O D U C T I O N

• Assisted content development of commercial websites by evaluating contents and navigation from the end-user's perspective.
• Designed and prepared image files using Photoshop, Debabelizer, Gifbuilder, and scanner. Aimed for minimum file size and best cross-platform display while retaining maximum visual integrity.
• Designed web page layout for efficient loading with minimum sacrifice of visual impact. Strived for a balance of efficient graphics and HTML code-based visual effects.
• Modified and customized freeware Perl scripts for site search, bulletin boards, and guestbooks.
• Developed content and wrote all text for personal site, which includes an interactive fan-site for a British musician.
• Manage personal site of over 300 pages with customized cgi-scripts, graphic, and sound files using Fetch and Telnet.
• Prepared sound files from sound capturing, through clip editing and manipulation, to file format conversion. Worked with both static and streaming audio, pre-recorded music and live broadcast.

U R L s

Archeology of the Frivolous (Scritti Politti fansite) .....
http://www.doubt-beat.com/taliesin/AREAS/sp/index.html

British Airways .....
http://www.bashuttle.co.uk/
http://www.british-airways.com/london/

The Emek Group (in development) .....
http://www.theemekgroup.com/

Financial Time (password protected) ..... see instead
http://www.doubt-beat.com/taliesin/AREAS/work/ft.html

The Italian Academy for Advance Studies at Columbia University .....
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/casaitaliana/default.htm

Jinx (temporary offline) ..... see instead
http://www.doubt-beat.com/taliesin/AREAS/work/templar.html

Lego (in development & password protected) ..... see instead
http://www.doubt-beat.com/taliesin/AREAS/work/templar.html

C O M P U T E R

• Proficient with BBEdit, Photoshop, Debabelizer, Eudora, Fetch, Telnet, GifBuilder, WebMap, Filemaker, Word on the Mac.
• Working knowledge of various sound utilities, Excel, QuarkXPress, Illustrator on the Mac.
• Basic working knowledge of UNIX, DOS, and Windows.
• Troubleshot all computer and internet issues for small graphic design firm of 7 persons; customized Filemaker for various recordkeeping and mass mailing functions.

O R G A N I Z A T I O N . & . C O M M U N I C A T I O N

• Managed a staff of 7 for a small graphic design firm and handled all secretarial and reception functions.
• Developed and administered procedures for improving intra-office communication and better projects tracking. Initiated, organized, and chaired weekly status meetings.
• Handled all bookkeeping, financial analysis, paper and computer databases and recordkeeping.
• Supervised hiring and mass mailings.
• Assisted Marketing Directors with press releases, PR speeches, and phone and paper correspondence for graphic design firm, fashion designer's showroom, and non-profit art exhibits organizer.
• Coordinated over 200 artists and trafficked over 150 artworks for international traveling exhibition.

WORK EXPERIENCE...

TALIESIN & ARCHEOLOGY OF THE FRIVOLOUS
WEBMASTER
NYC, USA
7/96-present

FREELANCE HTML CODER
NYC, USA
7/96-present

clients:

Agency.Com (British Airways) Digital Media Design (The Emek Group) P. Shine (Financial Times) The Italian Academy at Columbia University Templar Productions (Lego, Jinx)

O&J DESIGN INC.
OFFICE MANAGER
NYC, USA
7/93-6/96

INDEPENDENT CURATORS INCORPORATED
EXHIBITION ASSISTANT
NYC, USA
11/92-2/93

TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
NYC, USA
6/90-6/93

clients:

Comme Des Garcons, Ltd. (garment designer showroom) Ashley Entertainment Ltd. (video production) Jard Group (architects) F&M Projects (medical publishing)

EDUCATION...