Resume

EXPERIENCE

    Jewish National Fund New York, NY
    Web Developer November 2010 – Present
  • manage email campaigns
  • build/extend internal tools on top of existing software
  • update/maintain website and online fundraising campaigns
    NY Daily News New York, NY
    Online Producer February 2010 – May 2010
  • packaged stories for Web with photos, video, polls and SEO
    Connect Infinity, Gramercy Consultants & Patuto Press New York, NY
    Web Developer November 2009 – February 2010
  • integrated Twitter into proprietary social networking software
  • built e-commerce websites using Magento
  • built custom websites using WordPress
    VidSport.TV New York, NY
    Web Developer July 2009 – February 2010
  • managed email campaigns using open-source software
  • developed internal tools
    Stream57 New York, NY
    Intern December 2008 – May 2009
  • created branding for Web pages and the S57 Flash application
  • built standards-compliant Web pages for clients ranging from small production companies to Fortune 100 corporations
    Quinn & Co. Public Relations New York, NY
    Digital Media Intern October 2008 – February 2009
  • re-engineered the website for boutique public relations firm to follow modern Web standards
  • helped Digital Media Specialist create and made recommendations for the firm’s Digital Media Services
  • set up internal Wiki to cut down on company e-mail and increase communication
  • set up company blog using WordPress
    PBS MediaShift
    Blogger December 2008 – December 2009
  • responsible for regular columns on innovation in journalism and the programmer/journalist trend
    The Miami Herald Miami, FL
    Multimedia Intern June – October 2008
  • produced and packaged multimedia in HTML, CSS and Flash
  • built microsites for investigative stories and serial stories
  • collected data and worked with MySQL and PHP for investigative stories
  • collaborated on Flash AS3 XML-loading video player
    The Independent Florida Alligator Gainesville, FL
    Online Managing Editor May 2006 – May 2008
  • worked with a small team to redesign the website
  • lead implementation and management of the paper’s first content management system
  • collaborated with staff and managed stringers for multimedia and special reports
  • inspired print staff to think about the Web, taught video and audio collection
  • edited copy for spelling, grammar, AP Style and fact errors
    Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project Gainesville, FL
    Webmaster May 2007 – May 2008
  • updated and added content to the Citizen Access Project website
  • worked with a database programmer on redesign of the CAP site
    UF Computing Help Desk Gainesville, FL
    Consultant September 2005 – November 2007
  • technical troubleshooting (Web, operating systems, software, account services) in person and on the phone
    News Videographer
    Blogger
  • Online video journalism critiques, training, news and discussions.
    Destiny Condos Association Gainesville, FL
    President Spring 2006 – Summer 2007
    Coral Gables Fire Department Miami, FL
    Fire Rescue Explorer 2000 – 2004
  • First Responder certification

INFO

E-mail: mtaylor @ megantaylor.org

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SKILLS

  • HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS
  • audio and video production
  • Adobe applications
  • AP Style and news editing
  • Windows, Mac OS
  • Microsoft Office
  • content management
  • online community management
    Experience with:

  • Flash/ActionScript
  • GIS
  • Git/GitHub
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery
  • PHP
  • Python/Django
  • Ruby/Rails/Sinatra

 

EDUCATION

 

AWARDS

    UWIRE Top 100 Student Journalists Winner 2008
    UWire called me “passionate, irreverent and a multimedia maven.”

 

CONFERENCES

    Online News Association 2010
    Washington D.C. 2010
    IRE
    Miami, FL 2008
    The Next Newsroom Conference
    Duke University in Durham, N.C. 2008
    Society of News Design
    Boston, MA 2007
    National Writer’s Workshop
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2007

 

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