Chad Tempest

Partnering with various internal stakeholders (business, product, technology) to conceptualize, prototype and test potential new sources of revenue growth for the greater organization in both mobile and web.

Landlord and Tenant CRM apps

Partial client list:
- Advanced Card Systems
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Bag the Habit
- Car Talk on NPR
- Dubworks Photography
- Echo Engineering
- Gaming Green Pages & New England Gaming News
- Gucci
- The Horn Group
- Launch Snowboards
- Peter Trumbull Crellin Fine Furniture
- Sara Wight Photography

• User Experience Lead for Winamp and AOL Video products. Senior UI / Visual Designer across various entertainment properties including Black Voices, Shoutcast, Moviefone and AOL Television.

• Translated complex technical, business and product requirements into new functionality, page layouts and user experiences.

• Refined existing and created new interaction models based on site metrics, audience testing and consumer feedback.

• Advised managerial teams on best practices to enhance product delivery methods and improve overall advertising display and revenue.

• Managed and directed vendors and internal design teams.

Redesign of Investment Advisor site

• Completely re-concepted, re-named and re-branded web services company with leadership team (formerly Xworld) to reflect overall directional shift.

• Oversaw, educated and art directed designers and producers in latest web / SEO standards, layout, CSS, javascript, Actionscript and HTML composition and techniques as well as project scheduling and estimating.

• Led expansion of company's capabilities into Flash Video, Actionscript development (server/client-side) and other web 2.0 RIA technologies, in addition to design requirements, specification and documentation services.

• Branding, UI and IA lead for numerous clients including:
- American Express
- AOL
- Chock full o'Nuts
- Diageo
- Erno Laszlo Cosmetics
- Goya Foods
- Harvey Electronics
- Larry King Access
- The New Yorker
- Schering-Plough
- United Jewish Communities
- World Trade Center Memorial

• Architected and developed custom PHP/MySQL CMS solutions and workflows for clients such as SMPS Boston, Downtown Women's Club and Metric Corp.

• Responsible for transforming and growing company's primarily print-based revenue sources to include front-end web design, email marketing and development services (HTML, CSS, JS, Flash) while enforcing web standards and QA best practices.

• Design, production, advertising and branding strategy lead for numerous clients including:
- American Bar Association
- Bridgeline Software
- CB Richard Ellis
- Ernst and Young
- Goulston & Storrs
- Metric Corporation
- Precise Software
- Primavera
- Progress Software
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Certificate in Flash Builder (Flex) Rich Client Applications

BFA in Communication Design

Personal Website

Society for Marketing Professional Services: Corporate Brochure Legal Marketing Association: Identity Package W³ Award for creativity and innovation in web design