Professional/Personal Overview
I am a co-founder of FAR Creative, a Brooklyn-based web design and development agency. We're designers and builders of web sites and applications that enable organizations and individuals alike to reach, educate and connect with their customers, readers and peers. We believe that a straightforward and elegant interactive design creates a positive and lasting experience for the end-user. Equally, we strive to provide our clients with technologically-driven cost-effective solutions that streamline their daily operations. To learn more about us and see samples of our work, please visit: http://getfar.com
Work Info
Expertise
Art Director
7 Years
Web Developer
10 Years
Web Designer
14 Years
Specialty
No specialties specified
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Random House (11+), Hearst Television Inc. (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Consumer Reports (11+), Open Society Foundation (3-5), Stony Brook University (1-2), Verizon (1-2)
Computer Skills
CMS: Magento, Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla; Technologies/Languages: Mobile Development, HTML 5, CSS 3, Unix, AJAX, Javascript, PHP, LAMP, SEO; Programs/Applications: Adobe CS5, MS Office; Operating Systems: Mac OS 10, Windows XP/7;
Technical Skills
Art Direction and Visual Design Interactive Design Content Design CMS Development Front End Development Back End Development E-Mail Marketing Mobile Applications SEO
Foreign Language Skills
Fluent in Russian
Unions
Freelancer Union
References
Available upon request
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(Peter Bergen , 5/1/2012)
Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist and author; the director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C.; a research fellow at New York University's Center on Law and Security and CNN's national security analyst. We redesigned Peter's site
(Mostly Grace , 4/1/2012)
Founded in 2012, Mostly Grace launched a t-shirt line that rapidly gained loyal fans looking for a seamless blend of luxe and casual. To grow their business online, the company approached us to design and build a Magento-based e-commerce web site and blog. Having at our disposal gorgeous product pho
(Regional News Network , 3/28/2012)
A TV broadcaster whose programs and channels reach more than six million homes throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, RNN had asked us to re-organize and re-design its website, RNNtv.com. The main goal of the project was to focus the site's design on strengths of RNN's broadcasting capabil
(Roman Leonidov & Partners , 3/15/2012)
Design and development of Leonidov.com, web site of a prominent Russian architecture firm setting out on establishing a strong global presence. The project included building out English (pilot) version of the site, soon to be followed by Russian and Spanish sites. To meet these requirements, the sit
(Busted Halo , 2/1/2012)
Young Adult Ministry in a Box is a subsribers-only, paywall web site aimed at church and community activists seeking to establish young adult parishes. For this challenging and interesting project, we designed both web and mobile WordPress themes, e-mail communications, as well as provided all neces