Timothy Deegan

Interactive Art Director

TimothyDeegan

Washington DC

Forward thinking manager, mentor, designer, illustrator with twelve years experience providing strong design leadership, creating engaging, elegant solutions for large scale projects on the web, mobile and print.

Experience

  • Sr. Web Designer
    Alexandria, VA
    Apr 2010 - Present
    Forum One Commuications
  • Adjunct Faculty
    Sterling, VA
    Jan 2010 - Present
    NOVA Community College- Loudoun Campus

    Part time faculty member teaching Design for the Web.

  • Art Director
    Dulles, VA
    Aug 2007 - Jan 2010
    AOL

    ● Manage business client relationships setting expectations and delegating
    workflow to team of 4 designers in timely manner.
    ● Directed visual design team to create world class e-commerce user experiences for Shopping, Careers, Personals, and Mobile
    Desktop that continually increased uniques by 20% or more and made Commerce AOL’s #3 revenue generator.
    ● Explore ways to streamline the process by pulling front end CSS production into design as well as implement and suggest
    new design standards for AOL saving time by 33%.
    ● Provide a creative, inclusive work environment for my design team, through mentoring and setting clear career goals.
    ● Utilized process management tools such as Wiki and Rally to share design files with business and development.
    ● Transitioned all Commerce channels from Bigbowl CMS to Blogsmith / Dynapub creating flexibility and content scalability.
    ● Lead and managed multiple redesigns of all AOL Commerce channels cutting download times by 45% reducing bounce
    rates by 13%.

  • Sr. Designer
    Herndon , VA
    Dec 1999 - Jun 2007
    Time Warner Cable / Road Runner

    Lead Designer to manage direct and produce multiple web applications, partner integration and maintenance of award winning Road Runner portal.

  • Designer
    Alexandria, VA
    Jun 1998 - Dec 1999
    The Aaron Group

    Designed manuals, signage and convention booths for associations across the country including the Federal Office Systems Expositions (FOSE) 2000 in Washington D.C. and National Cable Television Association (NCTA) 1999 in New Orleans.

  • Web Designer
    Vienna, VA
    Feb 1997 - Jun 1998
    Computer Information Technology, Inc.

    Designed, coded HTML and managed the CITI corporate site, CITI internet provider site and multiple Department of Defense web sites including the U.S. Army equipment supplier, Army Materiel Command.

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts
    Bowling Green, OH
    Aug 1992 - Dec 1996
    Bowling Green State University

    2 Dimensional Studies with specialization in Computer Graphics

Awards


  • Road Runner Business Class

    JD Power & Associates “Highest in Customer Satisfaction” 2005


  • Road Runner Portal

    The FWA Site of the Year 2003


  • Road Runner

    JD Power & Associates "Highest In Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed Internet Service Providers" 2001 - 2002