History
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September 2008 - Present
Web Developer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Worked as a part of a 4-member team responsible for the internal and external web sites for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, with a particularly close working relationship with Community Development and Media teams. Worked on redesign projects for both sites, including extensive work with IBM Websphere and Lotus Web Content Management; helped draft style guide and helped push for Web standards and progressive enhancement throughout the projects. Implemented several Ajax-based solutions for efficiently processing large amounts of data in an orderly fashion. Built several wikis using the Confluence engine.
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October 2003 - November 2007
Site Developer, QVC.com
Created and modified promotional Web pages for a number of 'meta' departments on www.qvc.com, including the home page, usually accounting for 30%-40% of site sales. Served as liaison between content producers and information services representatives. Authored a number of competitive analyses comparing the content and design aspects of various web sites to that of www.qvc.com. Extensive hand-coding of HTML; some JavaScript and CSS coding required.
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June 1999 - September 2003
Freelance Web Developer
Worked in a variety of settings, including design and production for the Web, as well as pre-press, production and design for print. Clients include (but are not limited to) GMAC Mortgage, LD&B, NAPCO, iFrontier, Digital Wave and IMS.
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August 1997 - September 2003
Graphic Artist/Web Designer, The Plantage
Designed and produced catalogues for wholesale perennial nursery. Created and maintained Web site www.plantage.com, utilizing XHTML, CSS and PHP/MySQL. Other duties included logo and corporate identity design.
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About
Why would I want to work for you? Why would you want to hire me?
These two questions lie at the heart of the selection process. You have a need — one I think I can fill better than anyone else who may apply. In the process, I look forward to realizing my own objective: to utilize and expand my current skills in the areas of Internet and media production.
I have been a Web developer (a lot of front-end, more than a little back-end, and the glue to hold it all together) since 1997 — a lifetime in Internet years — and a working artist in the field of graphic design for five years before that. Nowadays, a company's presence on screen is just as important as its presence on paper, and interactivity makes the relationship between publication and respondent much more exciting than it has been in years.
But good design is still good design.
Web or print, pixels or picas, you can count on me to utilize my skills to communicate your message and put your mark on the new world.
Contact
Christian Lepore
215 W. Tulpehocken St.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215.275.2031
chrislepore@voirdire.org