Matthew Fass

Web Content Specialist

Contact

Email: matthewfass@gmail.com

Phone: (917) 497-7852

Address: Kingston, NY, 12401

Career Objective

Website designer and developer with 20+ years of experience focused on building beautiful HTML and WordPress sites with proven knowledge of leadership, problem-solving, and workflow prioritization. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the Web Content Specialist role at your company.

Experience

Freelance Web Developer

Matthew Fass | WP Consultant, Kingston, New York / Jan 1997 – Present

• Develop custom websites to meet individual client needs.
• Leverage mastery of HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript and WordPress to build top-quality code for diverse projects.
• Maintain updated knowledge of industry techniques and technologies related to digital communication.
• Collaborate with web content editors to facilitate website maintenance.
• Coordinate workflows to optimize resources and prioritize high-volume workloads.
• Verify front-end code functionality across browsers and platforms.

Lead Developer

ThinkingPartners, Red Hook, NY / June 1994 – March 2020

• Developed custom websites to meet individual client needs.
• Collaborated with web content editors to facilitate website maintenance.
• Completed programming projects that complied with existing coding standards and design styles.
• Maintained updated knowledge of industry techniques and technologies related to digital communication.
• Leveraged mastery of HTML, CSS and JavaScript to build top-quality code for diverse projects.

Social Media Manager

NYC Village Halloween Parade, New York, NY / Jun 2018 – Present

• Maintain social media calendar and support brand identity by creating engaging social media content.
• Plan and execute social media vision, driving brand discovery and participant engagement.
• Develop social media strategy by measuring and reporting on key metrics.

Music Director

NYC Village Halloween Parade, New York, NY / Apr 2004 – Present

• Hire 30+ marching bands, steel pan bands, samba bands and other musical groups for the annual parade in NYC.
• Created and improve custom internal systems for parade staff using Airtable to coordinate over 250 groups of performers.
• Developed a credentialing system to allow 2000+ people access to the lineup area.
• Maintain a ticketing system using EventBrite in order to raise money for the event.
• Act as technical liaison to the artistic director and solve technical problems as they arise.

Videographer & Video Editor

KNY Productions / Jan 2022 – Present

• Capture visual content and edited general assignment stories for multiple platforms.
• Research and implement various editing techniques to enhance video stabilization, color correction and graphics
• Trim video segments to specified lengths, and reassemble segments in sequences that present performances with maximum effect.
• Edit audio to remove voiceover mistakes and verify consistent volume levels
• Manipulate and edit videos to upload and post to social media platforms and websites.

Skills

• Design Software: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch, Figma, Canva
• Front-End Skills: HTML, CSS, Javscript
• Non-linear Editing Software: Davinci Resolve
• Responsive Web Design
• Scripting Languages: PHP and JavaScript
• Search Engine Optimization
• Version Control Systems: Git, GitHub
• Web Analytics Tools
• Web Development Projects
• Website Best Practices

Education

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH

• BA Communications

Volunteer Experience

Founder & Producer

Brazzamatazz Brass Band Festival @ Seed Song Farm, Kingston, New York / Feb 2018 – Present

• Created event with co-producer and curated programming
• Designed and implemented efforts to publicize events and promote sponsorships.
• Organized registration of event participants.
• Hired, train and supervised volunteers and support staff required for events.
• Coordinated services for events, such as accommodation and transportation for participants, facilities, catering, signage, displays, special needs requirements, printing – and event security.
• Directed administrative details, such as financial operations, dissemination of promotional materials, and responses to inquiries.