About

Bio

I am a professional web designer and consultant located in the Boston area. I specialize in user interface design and front end coding. I am well versed in the entire Adobe Creative Suite, with an emphasis on Photoshop. I prefer clean, usable designs. I currently work as Digital Design Manager for the Council of Better Business Bureaus. I use Mac at home and a PC at work, and prefer writing my code in Coda, but will use BBEdit and Visual Studio when necessary.

When I'm not working on websites or for CBBB, I'm usually busy watching, playing or discussing sports. I watch everything (hoops to premier league to big mountain snowboarding) and try play just about as many.

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Galen Wilk

6 Adelaide Terrace, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
info@galenwilk.com | 617.942.0560 | http://galenwilk.com

Experience:

Web Designer, Council of Better Business Bureaus, Arlington, VA (August 2011 - Present)

  • Designed and built responsive, public facing, page templates for BBB’s custom CMS
    • Used fluid grids, media queries and flexible media for optimal layout on a range of devices
    • Leveraged SASS to build modular style library
  • Developed UI prototypes for BBB’s custom CMS administration
  • Oversaw more than 100% growth in monthly visits to BBB web properties since 2009
  • Administered CBBB’s project management system (Basecamp)

Digital Design Manager, Council of Better Business Bureaus, Arlington, VA (January 2009 - August 2011)

  • Designed BBB’s public facing web applications and pages including:
    • BBB online complaint system
    • BBB business and charity search application
    • Targeted segment pages (For Consumers, For Business, For Charities and Donors and About Us)
  • Developed functional specifications and leading design of BBB’s custom CMS
  • Designed BBB.org mobile website

User Experience Designer, Council of Better Business Bureaus, Arlington, VA (August 2007 - January 2009)

  • Led redesign of BBB’s public facing business and charity search application
  • Redesigned Brand Resource Center portion of company intranet
  • Designed and developed a series of Flash training videos about the company CMS
  • Developed various page templates and graphics in preparation for the launch of a new company website

Intern, Flyte New Media, Portland, ME (June 2007 - August 2007)

  • Updated clients’ web sites with new images, text, buttons, etc.
  • Created new pages that fit within the existing sites’ design framework
  • Incorporated web video into clients’ sites

Education:

Bachelor of Arts, Emerson College, Boston (2007)

  • Major: New Media
  • Minor: Photography

Skills:

Software

  • Proficient with Adobe CS4, Coda, BBEdit, Git, Subversion, Basecamp, WordPress, Codekit
  • Knowledgeable with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Captivate

Programming Languages and Frameworks

  • Proficient with HTML5, CSS3, SASS, jQuery, jQuery UI
  • Knowledgeable with Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, XML, ASP.Net, LESS

Photography

  • Digital, Color correction
  • Film, Darkroom

Activities:

Soccer

  • BSSL Men’s Soccer, Manager, Goalkeeper/Forward (2011 - Current)
  • NVSL Men’s Soccer, Goalkeeper (2008 - 2010)
  • Emerson Varsity Men’s Soccer, Goalkeeper (2003 - 2006)
    • All- Academic Team (2003 - 2006)