Richard Gaffield-Knight

CAREER SUMMARY:  Four years experience in Website design and development and nine years experience as a computer graphics and desktop publishing specialist for Investment Banking firms.Ongoing and Recent ExperienceConfidential Contract––May 2001 to Present

Website Designer: Responsibility: Website marketing, design and development consultancies as needed. Duties: 1) Pre-production marketing strategy discussions of brand identity; 2) Develop and create original design and mock-up; 3) Build and evaluate prototype; 4) Gather and/or create assets including original graphics; 5) Programming of assets, testing, debugging and evaluation; 6) Launch and ongoing maintenance of new Website. Programming (scripting) languages and applications include: HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, CSS, ASP, JSP and JAVA.

CyberPage Design & Development, Inc. New York––August 1998 to Present
CEO/Design and Development Consultant: Responsibility: Internet marketing, sales, design and development for small businesses. (http://www.cyberpagedd.com). Scripting (programming) languages and applications include: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JAVA; Macromedia’s UltraDev Dreamweaver, ASP, Fireworks and Flash; Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, ImageReady, Corel Draw and others as needed.

Trading Technologies, Inc. New York––August 2000 to May 2001

Senior Website Developer: Responsibility: Develop, organize, and manage the creative development and overall content of TT internal and external web sites. Duties: 1) Content update, design and graphics of external Website (http://www.cyberpagedd.com/TT_www/index.html); 2) develop and build new Website from rebranding concept to fully functional Corporate site designed by David Uozumi; 3) refresh external Website content to ensure accuracy and timeliness of information and images; 4) analyze traffic to external Website and recommend any necessary programming changes; 5) monitor and report server traffic and trends; 6) answer or forward website-related e-mail questions from users; 7) provide Website technical support, if required; and 8) participate in TT employee Website training. Other accomplishments:Set-up of Linux 6.0 and Windows 2000 web servers running Apache and Internet Information Services (ISS), respectively

Lehman Brothers New York––January 1996 to August 2000

Creative Services Computer Graphics Specialist: Responsibility: Production of presentation graphics for investment banking purposes, working closely with analysts on time sensitive jobs. Applications included Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio on NT 4.0 system. Accomplishment: Assembled a 40-page flip book containing Lehman Brothers presentation template “company profile” formats and other tips to help train summer associates, first year analysts and others.

CS First Boston New York––April 1992 to January 1996

Presentation Technologies Center and Offsite: Applications as above.

Education
United Digital Artists / New York / Web Design Certificate / Spring-Summer 2000

State University of New York  /Binghamton, New York  / Master of Arts/Theater  / 1991 to 1994

Empire State College  /New York, New York  /Bachelor of Professional Studies / 1990 to 1991

American Academy of Art  /Chicago, Illinois /Courses: Advertising Art and Graphics / 1961 to 1962