Noah Coffey
Designer trapped inside a developer.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://NoahCoffey.com |
| Industries: | Computing, Information Technology, Internet, Media |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Graphic design, HTML / CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Groups: | Linking Indiana |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Getting press, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | api, blogging, designer, developer, entrepreneur, indiana, mysql, php, social media, twitter |
| Schools: | Indiana University System |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Conseco, Inc., Carmel, IN |
| Position: | Web Designer |
| Time period: | April 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Responsible for designing and maintaining a multitude of Conseco website areas.
• Perform light front-end programming to assist the development and implementation of website user interfaces (Javascript). • Create design prototypes, including wireframes, graphic design, site navigation, and content layout. • Design and implement email marketing campaigns to support marketing initiatives (ExactTarget). • Develop product/website demonstrations for use in corporate training materials (Adobe Captivate). |
| Employer: | Coffey Design (sole proprietorship), Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Web Developer |
| Time period: | January 2003 - Present |
| Description: | • Cofounded Blog Indiana LLC: a blogging & social media conference company. Successfully held our fi rst blogging conference in August 2008 with an attendance of 160, no start-up capital and profi table our fi rst year.
• Developed fund raising website for statewide charity walk Homeward Bound allowing walkers to register, donate, create teams, and use online fund raising tools. Signifi cantly reduced yearly costs and dependence on a larger, less attentive company (PHP/MySQL). • Design and develop custom websites and web applications for small to medium clients (PHP/MySQL). |
| Employer: | Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Electronic Communications Manager |
| Time period: | November 2004 - April 2008 |
| Description: | • Responsible for overseeing the electronic communications of the agency, including all division websites, online marketing programs, and fi nding new and effi cient ways of using the web to connect with our constituents.
• Developed and implemented best-practices, style and procedure guidelines for electronic communication standards. • Worked closely with developers to integrate tracking features in existing agency web applications to allow for vastly improved ROI reporting. • Improved productivity, project visibility, and reduced costs through the in-house development of an online project request system implemented by the entire department to manage the workfl ow of project requests and fulfi llment. • Promoted from Webmaster in 2007 and tasked with creating and managing the agency web team. |
| Employer: | Endress+Hauser, Inc., Greenwood, IN |
| Position: | Graphic Designer |
| Time period: | May 2003 - November 2004 |
| Description: | • Developed interactive, online brochures and presentations to advertise product lines in new ways.
• Conceptualized and developed company advertisements, trade show graphics, sales brochures, direct mail pieces, presentation materials, and web graphics. • Coordinated with outside vendors to create unique and effective print brochures. |
| Employer: | Undergraduate Student Assembly, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Webmaster |
| Time period: | January 2003 - May 2003 |
| Description: | • Developed dynamic, database-driven website for the Undergraduate Student Assembly of IUPUI.
• Increased Student Assembly communication through interactive and user-updated content management systems. |
| Employer: | Kinko’s, Inc., Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Page Layout Designer |
| Time period: | February 2001 - December 2001 |
| Description: | • Responsible for design and layout of custom print publication orders from Kinko’s store locations in the region.
• Developed skills in fi nding a balance between quality design and quick production time in this fast-paced environment. • Designed and proofed fl yers, brochures, invitations, business cards, resumes, charts, menus, etc. |
| Employer: | The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN |
| Position: | Site Administrator / Customer Service Rep |
| Time period: | December 1998 - July 2000 |
| Description: | • Developed online help section to aid the customer’s use of website and reduce customer service telephone support calls.
• Administered customer training and provided phone and email technical support for all WorkAvenue.com customers. • Assisted in systematic testing and debugging of new WorkAvenue web application. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indiana University System |
| Time period: | 2003 |
| Degree: | Media Arts & Science, BSc |
Noah's Startups (1)
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Blog Indiana
Bringing together the best and the brightest in blogging and social media to central Indiana every year with informative sessions, panel discussions, workshops and conversations.
Noah is Following (2)
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Professional Blog Service
We are a business blogging and social media management service that make it possible for busy CEOs, executives and thought leaders to speak directly to their market, without media filters.
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FormSpring
We make it easy to create powerful online interactive forms manage data without hassles of paper, faxes emails. No programming knowledge required. FormSpring is web-based software that gives you th...
