Launching a new brand to target wine enthusiasts, NapaValley.wine expanded the Napa Valley Vintners’ online presence for consumer-driven content.  The project was done in collaboration with in-house staff and contract designers to successfully bridge the space between luxury and brand accessibility.… [read more]

Client: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Strategic partner in developing project goals, requirements, wireframing, content outlines, design and brand approval.  Our contract design agency developed initial static pages which I then integrated into the Laravel backend.  Further design, development, and revisions were implemented as required.

Technology: AJAX, Bootstrap, Composer, CSS, Design, fancybox.js, Google Maps API, Google Recaptcha, HTML, jQuery, Laravel, masonry.js, npm, Photoshop, PHP, SASS, ScrollMagic.js, SQL Server, swiper.js, Twilio SDK, web accessibility

A custom auction bidding app that started out with native mobile and web versions, later pared down to a robust web application that served multiple audiences: bidders, administrators, volunteers, and staff.  The app was designed to pair with the Auction Napa Valley website and included functionality for guests to bid remotely on their own, early bidding for VIP guests, kiosk bidding on-site at the auction event, and bidding on behalf of others using an administrator’s PIN.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Project manager, UI/UX design and specifications, QA and testing, code review and strategist where necessary.

Technology: Angular, CSS, Design, HTML, Javascript, Photoshop, Responsive Web, SQL Server

Enhancing an in-house management tool used to process registrations and event details for an internationally renowned wine auction.  UI/UX improvements to the functionality were on-going.  Major development projects included: designing and developing an on-the-fly package builder for custom registrations, reprogramming registration interfaces, and improving reporting.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Project Manager, technical specifications, UI/UX design, QA, and development

Technology: AJAX, GIT, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, SQL Server

A custom tool built for in-house creation and cataloging of campaign and branded short links.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Concept, design, and execution

Technology: Bootstrap, CSS, Design, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, PHP, Rebrandly API

A custom email templating system, designed for integration with an in-house database.  The project included developing a data structure for the templates, as well as role-based editing for customizations.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Concept, design, and execution

Technology: AJAX, ASP, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, JSON, SQL Server, TinyMCE

A complete update of the event website for Auction Napa Valley, the website includes auction and non-profit funding information, event registration, an online lot catalog, and account information.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Web Manager, including all design and front-end development.  Backend development was done in collaboration with contract developers.

Technology: Adobe Acrobat, AJAX, Bootstrap, CSS, GIT, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, Photoshop, Responsive Web, Ruby on Rails, SASS, SQL Server

A complete update for the Napa Green program website which included moving from an ASP Classic codebase to a custom PHP framework.  The site integrates with data from an SQL Server on Azure as well as photo resources via the SmugMug API.

Highlights included producing a pattern library that adapted to a wide range of colors within the designed palette, developing custom CMS tools to publish calendar events and program stories, and an account area that processes certification submissions.… [read more]

Company: Napa Valley Vintners

Role: Web Manager, including all design and development

Technology: Adobe Acrobat, AJAX, Bootstrap, Bower, CSS, Design, Google Maps API, Grunt, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, Photoshop, PHP, Responsive Web, SASS, SmugMug API, SQL Server

Business website for the Tokyo Five clothing brand.  The website was built using Magento and flash components for the interactive style guide.

The Coming Soon Splash Page was developed completely in flash and featured a fullscreen video to introduce the brand.  Initial elements for the page included eyes that followed the mouse cursor on the website, as well as dynamically animated sequence for the kanji on the page (trigged by rolling over the boxed glyph on the screen).  … [read more]

A rich media flash ad to promote the newly launched Amsterdam Mobile Guide iPhone application.… [read more]

Rich media video banner ads distributed through Google AdWords to promote newly released DVDs.… [read more]

A rich media banner ad campaign developed for the tourism market… [read more]