JD Hancock

Husband. Father. Web-slinger. Cyborg. Photographer.
Location: Austin, TX
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Building stuff online professionally since 1995 using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Photoshop, and many other buzzwords. I'm currently focused on front-end UI development but have also done product marketing and development.

Experience
Demand Media
Senior UI Engineer
Dates:
Mar. 2008 - Present
Location:
Austin, TX
Pluck
User Experience Engineer
Dates:
Feb. 2007 - Mar. 2008
Location:
Austin, TX
TG
Web Team Lead / Web Site Content Director
Managed five-person team responsible for three web sites: organizational Web site (www.tgslc.org), public benefit site (www.AIE.org), and intranet site. Championed, developed, and maintained Adventures In Education (www.AIE.org) web site (ColdFusion, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL). Reported to AVP of Communications.
Dates:
Oct. 2005 - Feb. 2007
TG
Web Site Content Director
Championed, developed, and maintained Adventures In Education (www.AIE.org) web site (ColdFusion, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL).
Dates:
Oct. 2004 - Oct. 2005
Atomic Moose
Owner / Web Designer / Web Developer
Designed, built, and maintained web sites and web-based products (Dreamweaver, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL). Worked directly with clients for requirements gathering, design review, launch co-ordination, etc. Other projects included corporate identity and presentation work (Photoshop, PowerPoint).
Dates:
Jan. 2002 - Oct. 2004
traq-wireless
Product Manager
Product Manager for the largest and most successful web-based wireless management application used by wide range of clients including Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Dr. Pepper, GMAC, mp3.com, and Kinko’s. Guided activities for multiple projects on cross-functional teams. Wrote detailed product specifications for major enhancements (MS Word, Visio). Worked closely with graphic designers to develop mockups/prototypes (Dreamweaver, Photoshop). Developed documents to communicate technical information to management, including sales team (PowerPoint). Tracked c
Dates:
Aug. 2000 - Aug. 2002
DC Comics
Remote Staffer
Part-time position. Created animated advertisements for comic books such as Batman and Wonder Woman (Flash). Answered user emails, moderated message boards, wrote email scripts (MS Word Visual Basic).
Dates:
Feb. 1995 - Jul. 2002
traq-wireless
Web Product Architect
Wrote product specifications for early releases of company's core web-based wireless management reporting and purchasing application (MS Word, Visio). Managed UI designer; helped to develop look-and-feel (Dreamweaver, Photoshop). Provided direction to development team. Managed QA staff. Performed limited bug fixes during programming "emergencies" (HTML, Visual Basic, Javascript, ASP, SourceSafe, IIS). Worked with marketing team to develop product collateral, including sales flipbook (Powerpoint). Managed development, implementation, and production of web
Dates:
Dec. 1999 - Aug. 2000
QuestLink Technology
Product Architect
Designed products and features for the start-up's web site, a database-driven information and ecommerce resource, the largest and most-used resource of its kind. Responsibilities included providing leadership on cross-functional teams, understanding target audience, designing site features, developing prototypes (HTML), writing specifications for site features (MS Word), and quality control. Reported to VP of Product Development.
Dates:
Nov. 1997 - Nov. 1999
QuestLink Technology
Web Developer
Developed products and features for the QuestLink web site. Acted as the entire product development staff in company's early days: responsibilities included day-to-day site administration (WebSTAR) and development (Tango, Oracle PL-SQL). Responsible for development of all major site features and improvements for time period noted, including a database port to Oracle, a from-scratch content management system using Oracle stored procedures, and the company's initial ecommerce solution. Reported to VP of Product Development.
Dates:
Aug. 1996 - Nov. 1997
Motorola
External Webmaster, DSP Division
Designed and developed the Motorola DSP web site from inception (HTML, Hot Metal). Responsibilities included day-to-day operations of web site: maintaining links to library of technical documentation, adding press releases, coordinating promotional activities with marketing, working closely with graphic designer to develop look-and-feel, and converting documents into PDF (Acrobat). Reported to Strategic Marketing Manager.
Dates:
Sep. 1995 - Jul. 1996
Motorola
Technical Writer
Wrote technical documentation for DSP division (FrameMaker). Managed project schedule (MS Project). Participated in committee responsible for creating standard documentation style sheet. Achievements include the first family manual in the division's history completed before the product's announcement. Won several peer awards.
Dates:
Sep. 1995 - Feb. 1996
Info Now
Software Designer / Technical Writer
Created and administered the graphical user interface standards (MS Word). Helped design retail database system (PowerBuilder). Wrote system design/programming guides and online help systems (RoboHelp).
Dates:
Jun. 1994 - Sep. 1995
Production Languages Corporation
Programmer / Tech Writer / Tech Support
Managed support questions for core product: cross-platform development tool suite. Coded assembly "helper" routines for cross-compiler (Assembly). Wrote and edited user manuals and online help (MS Word, RoboHelp).
Dates:
Jul. 1993 - Jun. 1994
Education
University of North Texas
Fields:
Computer Science
Dates:
1989 - 1993
Victoria High School
Dates:
1984 - 1988