Louis Raphael
4630 Balboa Street, Apt. 5 | San Francisco, CA 94121
415-448-6865 | louisraphael@google.com

Qualifications Profile
Highly creative and multitalented Web Producer/Front-End Web Developer with solid expertise in producing and editing engaging content, images and presentations to create visibility and enhance communication. Strength in partnering with customers and internal teams to identify needs, conceive designs, and ensure the on-time delivery of projects. Organized, take-charge professional with exceptional follow-through ability and detail orientation; able to plan and oversee projects from conception to successful conclusions. Thrive in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on designing and developing standards compliant table-less W3C websites. Fluent in French.

Core Competencies include:

Technical Proficiency
Platforms: MS Windows and MacOS Operating Systems
Web Design: Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML (hand code), Javascript (hand code), CSS (hand code), Fireworks, Teamsite, ImageReady, PHP, MySQL, WordPress integration, JQuery
Graphic Design: Photoshop, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Quark Xpress
Software Tools: MS Office Suite, Urchin, Project, Visio

Professional Experience
Franklin Templeton Investments — Jan 2008 to June 2009
Business Analyst (consultant)
Act as a liaison between marketing and the internet team to update and create new sections/content for www.franklintempleton.com using Teamsite and internal resources.
Manage and assist in the development of numerous email campaigns aimed at increasing sales for this Fortune 500 financial firm.

American Media, Inc. — March 2005 to December 2008
Web Producer/Webmaster
Recruited and acted as part of team to oversee the design and development of new magazine Web sites and continuously enhance and support existing Web sites for this publisher of entertainment and fitness publications.
Collaborated extensively with graphic, Web development and editorial teams to conceive design/development, and meet all deadlines and requirements. Collaborated with team in full project life cycle production and integration of new elements, content and features to increase subscription revenue. Planned and coordinated new media strategies, including audio/video content, Webcasts and chats, newsletters and advertising campaigns across all Sites. Contributed to all aspects of web development for multiple, simultaneous projects; and delivered status reports to team members and management.

Key Achievements:
- Spearheaded the design and launch of 2006olympia.com Website to showcase the organization’s yearly fitness competition. Site was created to allow consumers to purchase tickets on-line for event.
- Directed the creation and launch of sfsassociation.com, a non-profit agency created to defend supplement use by athletes.
- Full accountability for overseeing the maintenance and enhancement of flexonline.com, muscleandfitness.com, muscleandfitnesshers.com, 2006olympia.com and sfsassociation.com, to improve navigation and usability and enhance the management of content. Solutions resulted in increasing number of users and page views.
- Planned and led the incorporation of Webchats with athletes across all Sites.
- Chosen to coordinate the execution of live coverage for the 2005 Olympia across the Web sites.

The Walt Disney Company — 2004 to 2005
Web Communication Specialist
Chosen to produce and integrate news, events and business features into internal Portal to enhance communication of corporate initiatives across 120,000 employees.
Researched, wrote, edited, produced and integrated features and stories onto Portal, utilizing Go-Publish content management software as well as hard coding of html and css. Collaborated with stakeholders to appropriately produce and upload business news for dissemination to all employees throughout ESPN, ABC, Disney Consumer Products, Studios, Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, and EuroDisney. Analyzed and resolved all Portal issues.

Key Achievements:
- Wrote and coded the daily Top Feature story and Meet the Disney Team.
- Updated Portal with human interest stories, including lifestyle, money and finance, health tips, and activities using HTML and CSS.

WestWorld Production — 2002 to 2004
Webmaster
Originally recruited as Editorial Assistant and promoted to Online Editor to build and manage Web sites aimed to support print publications.
Designed, developed, launched and enhanced multiple Web sites used to promote each of the titles for this technology publisher. Created and edited all on-line content for the Breaking News / Lead Stories section.

Key Achievements:
- Worked alongside designer to slice photoshop comps and build websites for each of this publishers publications, aimed at increasing subscriptions.
- Wrote and coded the First In / First Out and Top Technology Showcase, monthly columns in Computer Technology Review.
- Contributed to writing content for Storage & Entertainment, Computer Technology Review and Storage Management Solutions

** Previous experience as Account Executive for E-Billboards, 2000 to 2002 **

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts in Communications; Concentration in New Media
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Certificate in Web Design / Graphic Design
Los Angeles Community College, Los Angeles, CA

Continuing Education
PHP/MySQL
Pierce College