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Sparklejet is Matt Jalbert is Sparklejet.
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Matt Jalbert
is in San Francisco, California — just a stone’s throw from world-famous Silicon Valley!
(415) 647-7275
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2008 // including works in progress
- California Health Advocates: integration of 2 websites (calmedicare.org and cahealthadvocates) for this Medicare-related non-profit organization. New site has over 270 pages.
- Bayshore Sanitary District: complete new site for a government agency.
- Just Art Pottery: complete redesign (in progress), re-architecting, improving CSS, search engine optimization, page load speed improvements.
- Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architects site redesign // old site
- San Francisco Human Services Agency site redesign // old site
- The Lew Edwards Group site redesign // old site
- Gray Brechin, author site redesign // old site
- The Gamble House Conservation Website complete new sub-site
2007
- Ongoing site work for current clients.
2006
- Christopher Lucas Photography: advised this professional photographer on search engine optimization; consequently, his Google ranking rose from fourth page to the #2 position.
- WhitMcLeod: total site redesign and e-commerce implementation.
- Keehn On Art: complete new site for a radio show with arts and culture invterviews.
- Narus:
complete site redesign implementation (again!). CSS/XHTML.
- Urban Bay Properties:
ongoing functional expansion for a San Francisco
Bay Area urban real estate company.
2005
- Glacier Home: small site for a Montana vacation rental home.
- Growing Image Landscape: complete new site for a Marin County landscaper.
- The Mescall Group: complete site redesign for a creative services agency.
- Webzine 2005: site design for an Internet publishing conference.
- Jonathan Swain: complete new site for a freelance writer/editor.
- Urban Bay Properties:
site redesign and expanded functionality for a San Francisco
Bay Area real estate broker.
- Aschbacher & Frager:
complete new site design for a Portland, Oregon real estate
brokerage.
- Workshare: animated GIF ad banners.
- Rocket-Hire
Buyer’s Guide: complete new design for subscription-based
web information service.
- The Gamble House: complete site redesign
for this historic home museum in Pasadena, California.
- Emerge Records:
complete new site design for an independent record label.
2004
- NetInfomer: complete site redesign.
- Narus:
complete site redesign.
- McLeod Chairs:
complete new site design, including much of the photography,
for Whit McLeod Furniture.
- Happy Nihilist:
complete new site design for a journalist and author.
- Urban Bay Properties:
complete new database-driven dynamic web site for a San Francisco
Bay Area real estate broker.
- CashNet: complete site redesign, including dynamic back-end.
- Lofts Unlimited:
site redesign and search engine optimization
for a realtor.
- Pacific Interment:
search engine optimization, marketing strategy.
- nCircle Network
Security: interim site redesign and re-architecture;
search engine optimization.
- Orion BanCorp: site redesign for a mortgage
broker.
2003
- CalMedicare.org:
developed entire site for a non-profit agency, providing Medicare
information to consumers.
- Authentic Enneagram: complete site redesign
for this Enneagram instructor and author.
- Hamm Glass Studios:
developed entire site for a leaded art glass craftsman.
- QS Technologies:
developed entire site for a health care software developer.
- Just For You Cafe:
developed entire site for a restaurant, based on menu design.
- Peterson Economics:
developed entire site for a real estate economics consultancy.
- McKinsey Consulting: developed visual designs and
CSS for The McKinsey Quarterly publication site.
- The Jet Charter
Group: developed entire site for a jet charter
booking agent.
- SwellTek: developed
site architecture and look-and-feel.
2002
- SecuraTrak: developed HTML mock-ups to work out functionality
and user interface questions in this Web application used to
track locations and functions of mobile devices.
- Beutler Corporation: developed new site architecture
for an HVAC supplier.
- Artistic License:
developing entire site for a guild of home design and remodeling
craftspeople.
- Electric
Bike Network: developed entire site for a marketer
of electric bicycles.
- SurhLuchtel: developed site designs for a
California wine maker.
- Dr. Wheelie:
developed web site for a visual artist.
2001
- Cryptography Research
Inc.: developed entire site for a cryptography
software company.
- Rynerson & OBrien
Architects: developed entire site for an architecture
firm.
- Sierra Club Yodeler: (pro bono) site redesign
and Dreamweaver template development.
- Antique Design Wicker: developed entire Yahoo! Store
for this furniture retailer.
- eOne Global: developed web user interfaces for a financial
services conglomerate.
- Skateboard
Directory: developed site designs for this directory
site.
- Rocket-Hire:
developed entire site for a human resources consultant.
- Holton Frame-Makers:
developed 320 page site for this maker of hand-crafted frames
and mirrors.
2000
- Charles Schwab & Co. (1999present)
- developed page designs for a wide variety of nationwide
marketing promotions.
- developed page designs for new functionality, including
audio, video, and interactive forums.
- developed mock-ups for a Schwab.com home page redesign.
- developed highly optimized designs of top-level pages,
including the home page.
- assisted with migration of documents into a dynamic
page publishing system.
- GigaPlan: developed
site for this vendor of web-based project management software.
- FlightTime.com:
- developed site for this online broker of chartered
air flights, including extensive development of their
highly complex air charter booking interface.
- developed and administered user tests; wrote summation
of results; developed "needed changes" guide.
- collaborated extensively with their programmer to improve
the information design and user experience (notably,
this site has been extensively copied by competitors
in the airline charter industry).
- Goodshark.com:
developed site designs and information architecture for this
employment site.
- FamilyWonder.com:
developed site pages for use in conjunction with off-line marketing
campaigns; developed an HTML newsletter template; developed
ad banners.
- Whit McLeod:
developed entire site for this hand-crafted furniture maker.
- The Arts & Crafts Press:
developed entire site for this printer of books and cards.
- Flaregun: developed
page mock-ups of Foodscape.com for this design studio.
- Gary Brickman:
designed this memorial web site for a noted Internet pioneer
and good friend.
- Created ad banners for clients including McCann Erikson;
Butler, Shine and Stern; eGain; FamilyWonder.com; and WhoWhere?.
See my ad banner portfolio.
1999
- MasonHQ: developed site
designs for an open-source software package.
- The Gamble House:
developed entire site (pro bono) for this historic home
in Pasadena, Calif.
- The Craftsman Home:
developed a large showcase site for a retail antiques and home
furnishings shop.
- Purchase.com: developed
site designs for a business-to-business commerce site.
- Kidflix.com: developed
site designs for an online retailer, including the e-commerce
flow.
1998
- TechWeb/CMP Media
- art directed this major online technology news site,
leading a team of five designers and eight producers.
- developed a massive network-wide site redesign, moving
over twenty independent sites into a common design template
while rebuilding the back-end delivery system in a new
dynamic publishing system.
- collaborated on the development of web-based internal
production tools.
- developed and administered user tests.
- Mojam: developed site
designs for this music-related site.
- eGain: key member
of the team that designed the user interface to their web-based
e-mail management software; designed corporate web site and
banner ads.
1997
- OnSale: developed site designs for this early online
auction site.
- WhoWhere? ConnectNow!:
developed site designs for this telephone directory lookup
service.
- MailCity: designed a web-based e-mail service; collaborated
on the user interface design.
- National Affinity Cards:
developed marketing web pages and banner ads.
1996
- OLiVR: executed site design based on a creative directors
mock-ups.
- Communications Week Interactive, Interactive Age Digital:
developed site designs for these computer industry publications.
- PC Expo: developed site designs for this computer
conference.
- NetExchange: developed entire site for this technology
service provider.
- Woodwind: developed entire site for this Internet
services company.
PROFICIENCIES
- Clear thought, seeing the big picture, recognizing what doesn’t work well.
- Extensive experience with large-scale site architecture,
e-commerce development, user interface design, usability, HTML
optimization, templating for large-scale dynamic sites, style
guide development, and dynamic page generation systems.
- Since January 1996, professionally involved in developing
web sites from conception to implementation.
- HTML expert capable of writing ultra-clean multi-platform
compatible code.
- CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
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