I have a wide computer and Internet background in UI design, German localization, and music. My strong preference is to work with creative people in a dynamic, multi-cultural or multi-lingual environment.
From 1995 to the present, my chief experience has been with small- to medium-sized businesses and non-profit organizations. At any one time, I have handled between 6 and 9 projects in progress while simultaneously keeping track of the various stages of the marketing and sales process.
What Sets Me Apart:
- Before starting a project, I take care to ensure that my clients thoroughly understand the purposes and objectives of their documents or websites within the context of their business.
- I develop content according to the needs and perceptions of a document's or website's target audience, taking care to ensure that my clients are not embarrassed by misspellings or awkward grammar, and that the content's tone is consistent throughout the document or website.
- I apply proven, common-sense user-interface principles to design sites based on how the average adult acquires and tracks information, and employ appropriate technology to achieve clear communication of a client's message.
- I am a creative thinker and disciplined manager who knows how to get the best out of my colleagues and subcontractors.
Business Skills and Experience:
- Web User-Interface Design: Assess target audience's response to a variety of layout scenarios, through either client interview or usability testing; lay out sites accordingly. The goal is to evoke the desired response from the target audience and facilitate intuitive navigation.
- Website Design and Maintenance: Create sites containing text, images, video, sound, interactive forms, and plug-ins; design Web site user interfaces for optimal simplicity and visual acuity; organize content; test and troubleshoot site features; publish online and maintain updates; track search-engine optimization and placement; provide technical support.
- Content Editing: Develop content for web, promotional, technical materials for public and corporate audiences, employing appropriate editorial techniques and communication styles; research, write, format, and edit content for web-based products, prototypes, and testing as well as for external and internal presentation materials; provide editorial review and writing support for end-user instructional materials, both printed and online; confer with team members, customers and technical experts to ensure completeness of content, technical accuracy, appropriate tone, and brand editorial style.
- Technical Communication: Turn descriptions of technical abstractions and complex systems into comprehensible language; ensure that business communications are clear and concise.
- Web Technical Production and Consulting: Develop technical specifications for websites; plan and review user interface design and navigation as well as site architecture for new products and features; coordinate among cross-functional groups to identify challenges; act as a liaison between creative staff, content editors, and technical teams; direct translation into foreign languages; oversee launch; manage online marketing (i.e. search-engine optimization and placement); arrange for technical support.
General Skills:
- German Translation and Software Localization: Translate technical bulletins and patent applications in both directions; localize and test German-language applications.
- Sales Consultation and Presentation: Assess clients' needs and those of their internal as well as external customers, and help organize content; track progress and maintain client communication.
I look forward to the opportunity for a personal interview.
Sincerely,
Stanislaw Chalicki
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