Nancy Rider
273 Summer St. 7th Fl
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 946-9191

www.riderstudios.com
nancy@riderstudios.com

 

EMPLOYMENT

Rider Studios, Boston MA

1999-Present

Flash, Web Design,, UI, Project Management and Production

To view samples of the work,
please visit:
www.riderstudios.com/samples.html

Main Programs:
Flash 8
Dreamweaver/Homesite
   HTML
   DHTML
   CSS
   Javascript
Contribute
Photoshop
ImageReady
Illustrator
Fireworks
DVD Studio Pro 
Swift 3D
MS Project
BBEdit
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
WebTrends
Quark
InDesign
VSS
FTP
Telnet
QuickBooks Pro

Some Experience:
ASP
Access
Director
Pro Tools
Final Cut Pro
Sorenson Squeeze
Java
JavaScript
UNIX

Freelance consultant (selected list of projects)

Selected Project List:
Fidelity/National Financial – Web Designer – Full time on-site.
Primary marketing department resource for interactive work. Email development and implementation as well as html edits and updates to multiple servers. Occasional microsite development. Strategy consultant.
OnSite Insight – Built website with web-based Contribute editing component. Iterative design from supplied home page. Search engine optimization – achieved first page Google results. Architecture consultation.
The United Nations – Flash presentation for anniversary of the agency about the 60 ways the UN makes a difference. Design and programming by Rider Studios working with Global Visions Inc.
Performix Technologies, Inc
– Graphic identity development including logos for full line of products, Flash product demos, and PowerPoint templates including library of icons for illustrations. Also worked on navigation elements for product and consultation on program layout.
Citrix Corporation, Inc.
- Developed Flash based product demos with embedded video for web delivery. Provided a look and feel with simple navigation structure following corporate creative guidelines. Produced with a four-company team in conjunction with Citrix marketing department. Rider Studios managed graphics and programming. Also created multimedia CD’s supplying look and feel and programming management.
Massachusetts Financial Services
– Multimedia CD presentation software. Rider Studios provided all creative and user interface work as well as project management for programming team.
www.dickinsonfilm.com
- Website for the documentary film “Loaded Gun – Life and Death and Dickinson”. All design and production by Rider Studios.
Security Integration Inc. – Corporate website. Rider Studios supplied all design, architecture and programming. Significant portion of the corporation’s products were acquired after site launch.
EMC2 - Built in collaboration with BigCity Interactive - Search tool for the sales force. I designed the UI, look and feel was designed in collaboration with a third party design firm (Flanders Associates-packaging design/logotype) with BigCity Interactive driving the project and building the programming side. Stepped in as project manager to cover for BigCity Interactive while on vacation in middle of project.
Putnam Investments Inc. - Interface and screen updates for CDRom sales tool.
www.edischarge.com - for Curaspan, Inc.- Web based application redesign- Ported a flash based application over to dhtml/ColdFusion. Designed new look and feel, some UI redesign as well as additional navigational elements. Produced all dhtml. Project completed in a two-week time frame.  
www.bu.bio.edu - for Boston University Biology Department - Site evaluation designed UI and look and feel, architecture consultation. Provided Dreamweaver and Fireworks tutorial to BU staff.
  Lehman Millet Inc., Boston MA

8/99-1/00

Interactive Director

Front end to back end. One person department in charge of coordinating resources from within the company and outside vendors as needed. Continued developer responsibilities. In-house technical education and evaluation/strategy resource. Fortune 500 clients.

3/98-8/99

Web Developer

10/96-2/98

Mac Production Artist

Rider Studios, Boston MA

Various-10/96 (3 Years Full time)

Freelance Design and Production

Arlington Lithograph, Arlington MA

8/88-2/93

Stripper, Assistant Supervisor

5/86-8/88

Layout and Paste-up

T.H.E. Printers, Medford MA

5/85-5/86

Pre-press Technician

Typotech, Cambridge MA

10/84-5/86

Multilith Press Operator

Stones/Charrette Corp., Cambridge MA

5/80-10/84

Diazo, Copier, Stat Camera Operator

EDUCATION

  Northeastern University, Boston MA Summer 2002 JAVA for Non-Programmers
  User Interface Engineering, Cambridge MA Spring 2001 Web Sites that Work
  The Interactive Factory, Boston MA

Winter 1998

Advanced HTML
  School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

Spring 1993

Computer Art
  New England School of Art and Design, Boston MA

Spring 1992

Quark
  Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA

1980-1984

BFA Sculpture

OTHER

  Graphic Designer Habitat for Humanity Newsletter design, production and staff training

References Available Upon Request