RORY BERNSTEIN & CO.

Rory Bernstein is a front-end web developer and web interface graphic designer with extensive experience in hand-coding standards-compliant HTML and CSS and web graphics production. Basic Javascript. Content Management System (CMS) integration using ExpressionEngine. SEO services for small business web sites.

Clients span many sectors: Media, Arts, Non-Profit, Technology, Politics, Medical, e-Commerce, Retail.

Sonnet Media, Director of Client Services and Project Management | 2010 – present
In addition to doing front-end web programming and ExpressionEngine integration, I also handle Client Services and Project Management for Sonnet Media, an amazing company that builds intelligent, effective, and user friendly web sites and products, primarily for the publishing industry.

Freelance Web Developer | 1998 – present
Complete web site service. For my private clients, I single-handedly manage the entire process of creating a web site from initial idea to finished site. This includes interface design, web programming (HTML and CSS), image production, quality testing, copy editing/writing, Content Management System (CMS) integration using ExpressionEngine, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and some marketing consulting. View portfolio.

The Indepedent Film Channel | 2008 – 2010
Front-end Web Developer. Worked as a subcontractor maintaining and creating new pages for IFC.com. IFC is owned by Rainbow Media.

The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC | 2007-2008
From June 2007 to October 2008, I was a part-time, volunteer producer on the Leonard Lopate Show, an interview/talk show on WNYC Radio, 93.9 FM (810 AM) in New York City. I wrote the introductory statement and the interview questions, and provided feedback to the show's host during the live recording. See a complete listing of the segments I helped produce.

Ultra 16 | 6/04 – 4/06
Front-end Web Developer. As a subcontractor, I worked as a front-end developer with Ultra 16's team to build sites for a variety of clients: Grassroots, Flirt!, Nightstalker, SC05 Supercomputing Conference, SC06 Supercomputing Conference, Fragments.

Circle.com | 2/99 – 7/01
Web Developer. Created web site prototypes, including all HTML, web graphics, quality checking, and occasionally design. Worked on a team with art directors and project managers to create finished sites that met quality and technical standards. Projects included: IBM's w3 Intranet, eSaludo, The Solomon Page Group, GuruNet, AOL At School.

Internet Technology. Significant experience in front-end programming (hand coded HTML and CSS). Basic Javascript and PHP. Extensive knowlege of ExpressionEngine (Content Management System). Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for small businesses.

Graphic Design. Web site interface design and web graphics production.

• Manage a process from initial idea to finished product
• Identify, supervise and collaborate with consultants
• Use creativity to present ideas on a range of topics
• Quickly learn the basics of a situation and assess the priorities
• Receive a directive from a supervisor or client, then transform it into a focused action plan
• Translate between media formats (e.g., print to web)

Visual Art. Extensive background in fine art, particularly painting, drawing and printmaking. Taught undergraduate level classes. Graphic design and typography for print and web media.

M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997
Degree in Fine Art. Two year concentration in painting, culminating in an exhibition. Coursework in contemporary theory. Received a Fellowship the first year, and a Teaching Assistantship the second. View paintings.

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. PA, 1994-1995
Completed first year of M.F.A. degree. Recipient of the Piero Dorazio Color Prize.

B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1992
Major in Fine Art. Thesis exhibition entitled "Past Times, Life Savings." Significant course work in Spanish.