Software Packages
The New York Sun, Assistant Photo Editor, Freelance Photographer
October 2005 - ongoing
Extensive research of relevant photojournalism using wire service subscriptions. Retouching and image processing for newsprint reproduction. Photographing assigned news events.
Digital Media Services, Photography and Image Processing
July 2005 - ongoing
Photographing and documenting real estate listings in New York City for large agencies, including Elliman and the corcoran group. Post-process and retouch digital images for web and print presentation.
NYC & Co., Production and Design
April 2005
Managed and updated content for New York City tourism site using in-house content management system. Created "Summer Breaks" subsite based on existing templates. Consulted on usability issues for the content management system.
OpSound, Production and Design
May 2004 - ongoing
Manage and update content for complex dynamic site. Researched Flash and other technologies for OpRadio. Continue to support the rapidly expanding site for the open sound pool, which collects user submissions for a copyleft, opensource record label. Extensive usability testing in conjunction with the creator and developer.
Glowlab, Designer
February 2004 - ongoing
Managed and updated content for complex Moveable Type site. Consulted on usability and design issues. Contributed to full redesign for artists' collective website, in which artists manage and upload content to magazine-style site. Continue to work closely with engineers and developers to implement design templates.
Sarkana Online, Designer, Owner
January 2000 – December 2003
Took over existing storefront business and created a successful online commerce site. Sarkana manufactured and sold specialty oil paints to artists worldwide.
http://store.yahoo.com/sarkana
Yahoo!, Design Lead
January 1998 – May 1999
Designed and assisted implementation for popular verticals such as Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! Maps, Yahoo! Yellow Pages, Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo! Classifieds. Responsibilities included integration of engineering limitations, assessment of user feedback, extensive mockup and schematic creation, and quality control testing design.
http://shopping.yahoo.com
http://maps.yahoo.com
http://yp.yahoo.com
http://personals.yahoo.com
http://classifieds.yahoo.com
BigBook, Inc., Designer
April - December 1997
Worked closely with graphic designers and programmers to implement innovative database-driven templates for 'yellow pages' directory website. Designed interactions for premium advertisers and end users. Streamlined usability for extremely dense content base.
Ikonic Interactive, Design Lead
November 1995 – April 1997
Designed and assisted implementation of web brands for high-profile clients such as The Gap, Virgin Records America, Procter & Gamble, and Disney Store. Responsibilities included client needs assessment, and extensive mockup and schematic creation. Created proposals and represented the design team in seeking new business. Additionally, assisted department leads in creating internal standards documents and templates.
example: designed the 'fit matrix' on the GAP website, still in use.
Interactive Digital Solutions at SGI, Designer
March 1995 – November 1995
Designed onscreen look and interactions for proposed interactive broadband television system to be implemented by NTT in Tokyo. Responsibilities included technical interpretation of art direction, extensive mockup creation in proprietary markup language, and needs assessment of Japanese user base.
Arnowitz Studios, Production Artist
September 1994 - January 1995
Assisted in design and art direction of popular CD-ROM titles such as Animals! 2.0. Responsibilities included detailed production work in Photoshop, and assisting interaction designers with mockups in Director.
Wayne Seminoff, Inc, Legal Research
September - November 2004
Researched foreclosure and probate cases in both Manhattan and Kings County Surrogate Courts. Created detailed case summaries and other documents.
Glowlab, Events Coordination
February 2004, ongoing
Planning and coordinating parties and meetings for an artists' collective in which I participate. Events include semi-annual psychogeography festival psy.geo.conflux, ongoing lecture series glowlounge, and other meetings and fundraising events.
Human Scale Chess Project, Design and Implementation
March 2002, ongoing
Created and organised a large-scale urban chess game using humans with cellphones as the pieces and a grid of city blocks as the chess board. Five games have taken place in North American cities and more games are planned in Texas and London for 2005.
Williamsburg Chess Club for Wayward Men and Ladies, Founder and Hostess
January 2000, ongoing
In the interest of meeting other chess players, I founded an informal group which continues to meet for friendly gaming each week in Brooklyn.
Mailing Address:
Sharilyn Neidhardt
14 Dunham Place, Suite 1L
Brooklyn NY 11211
415.305.8940
