Highly accomplished professional in the areas of effective content presentation, web design, graphic design, and photo selection. Accomplished at incorporating the needs of stakeholders with strong visual solutions while meeting deadlines and achieving goals. Demonstrated expertise in leading web projects.
Multiple roles and responsibilities on a wide range of communications projects for Global Technology Services (GTS): web, wiki, graphics, PowerPoint and photography.
Web and Wiki projects include: Instructional Technology Support, Global Technology Services, India Research, faculty
committees FTEE, LMI/iCMS and Teaching Technology, NYU Paris intranet, GTS intranet, IT PMO, and IT @ NYU Newsletter.
• Build multiple CMS, HTML and Wiki sites.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop content and present information.
• Research, select and edit photos.
• Produce videos.
• Create wireframes and mockups.
• Create information architecture.
• Design page layouts and graphics.
• Perform cross-platform quality assurance / test sites.
• Implement Twitter feed, Email Direct system and NYU’s Payment Gateway.
• Successfully increase web traffic.
Communications projects: Develop department branding and messaging.
Build standard reusable key message presentations for diverse audiences. Create graphics: charts, maps, and diagrams for white papers, flyers, and PowerPoints.
Photo projects: Research, edit photos, create photo collages and design print presentations.
Produce large wall-art prints for GTS offices.
Create photo archive and shared wiki-based photo libraries.
Redesign web site to update the look-and-feel, navigation and usability, Insideschools
Feature rich content: advice, videos, maps, news blogs and discussion forums on NYC public schools.
Lead NYUAD New York web team in support of NYU’s premiere initiative NYU Abu Dhabi.
• Project-manage the migration and launch of web site with a new design and new information architecture.
• Manage workflow, stakeholders requests, needs assessment, establish scope and schedule for projects.
• Work with NYUAD stakeholders, contractors and in-house developers.
• Maintain the integrity of the design, branding and visual agreement of all the site elements.
• Select photographs to convey the enthusiasm for the opening the new NYUAD campus.
• Review content to improve messaging, meet stakeholders’ goals and create a better user experience.
• Supervised web development work.
• Perform cross-platform quality assurance, testing new interactive site features.
Revise The Journalism School web site, Journalism School
• Relaunch site with improved information architecture, usability and new Content Management System.
• Select photos, build slide shows, populate the site with strong images.
• Perform cross-platform quality assurance, creating bug list, test functionality of CMS.
• Manage and train assistant web staff. Lead CMS training sessions for school staff.
• Successfully increase web traffic from search engines. SEO changes increase traffic from Google 110% in one year.
Successfully developed a new web site from design concept to launch, healthlessons.org.
• Designed branding and site graphics and interactive features including user profiles and ratings for lesson plans.
• Conducted usability tests to evaluate user needs and clarity of design.
Multiple roles and responsibilities on web projects including: design, troubleshooting and content migration for CMS launch.
• Design mini-sites for special programming on WNYC. Develop look and feel, logos, graphics and navigation.
• Supervise new content producers as staff increases.
• Create the online presentation for station fund raisers: edit copy, design animated banners, & secure membership form.
• Successfully increase online giving to surpass other public radio stations.
Exhibition Developer: Children’s Museum of Manhattan
• Project manage interactive exhibition, “Seuss!”
• Curate and produce photo gallery for “Just Off Broadway”
Exhibition Developer and Interpreter: Staten Island Children’s Museum
• Write teaching manual exploring photo journalism “It’s News To Me.”
• Project manage production of science-based interactive traveling exhibition“Wonder Water.”
Independent Film Production: “Miss Goldblum’s Gowns”
Project manage short narrative 16mm film from pre-production planning, story boarding to camera work.
• Public Radio Development Awards best practices in web design for Membership pages WNYC.org
• Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism, for distinguished coverage, WNYC Radio Rookies
• Artists Space Special Project Grant for web site art project
• Mid-Atlantic Art Foundation grant, artist residency at Kean College, Elizabeth, NJ
Photographer and photo collagist, exhibited nationally and internationally.
Bachelor of Arts:
Empire State College, SUNY. Majors in photography and archeology
Professional Training:
DreamWeaver, Podcasting and InDesign – Teachers College, Columbia University
Information Architecture and User Interface, and Photoshop – New School University
Presenting Information – Edward Tufte
Graphic Design – Parsons School of Design
Photoshop and HTML – School of Visual Arts
Photography – International Center of Photography
Documentary filmmaking – University of Paris at Nanterre, France
Jen Sloan Web Design : NYU / GTS : Graphic Design : NYU Abu Dhabi : Columbia J-School : Exhibitions : Jen Sloan Resume