Talitha Parker Professional Overview

AOL
Business Communications Manager, 2005 – Current
Technical Product Manager, 2004 – 2005

• Generated demand for AOL’s advertising offerings and improved efficiency for the advertising sales cycle through the development and implementation of strategic business communications.
• Determined requirements for the design and functionality of AOL’s trade marketing websites with a primary focus on securing resources for the online specs and guidelines product tool.
• Collaborated with IT production team to form an access and privileges database, integrating existing userids with a new, open-source, content management system.

Freddie Mac (client), CelerityIT
Production Team Lead July 2001 – December 2004

Applying broad technical knowledge and skills to help support homeownership, I analyzed, developed and implemented solutions for process improvements, trouble-shooting and production support for the corporate communications internal and external websites.

VIDAR Systems Corporation
Freelance Consultant, January 2003 – Current

As an independent contractor with over 9 years of website development and marketing communications experience, I use my project management skills to document technical issues and recommend solutions for diverse web entities.

Communications Consortium Media Center
Administrative Assistant, August 1999 – June 2001

Provided administrative support for print and online, non-profit campaign activities.

EDUCATION, TRAINING & SKILLS
2 years electrical engineering studies, The Ohio State University, 1994 - 1996

Programming Skills: HTML, PHP, MySQL, CSS and JavaScript
Software: Dreamweaver, Creative Suite; MS Office; Interwoven TeamSite; WebTrends; HitBox; Quark XPress; TYP03; SiteCatalyst Omniture; Drupal

Business/Marketing Communications Training: Brand Bootcamp, Communicating for Success, Exceeding with Others.

Programming/Web Development Courses: Omniture SiteCatalyst Basic US, Omniture SiteCatalyst Basic User Training – Regional, PHP and MySQL, PHP Programming, Programming Fundamentals.

For more information or a detailed resume highlighting my contributions to enterprise web solutions, please contact me.