Levent Ozgur

Web Professional

Levent OzgurI'm a senior-level web professional with proven multi-faceted expertise in all areas of website design, development, and management.

Personal & Professional Profile

I have been designing, developing, managing, and marketing websites professionally since 2000. With experience as part of a web services company, as an independent freelancer, and as a long-term in-house webmaster, I have a unique and comprehensive approach to building beautiful, usable, and accessible websites.

I live in beautiful upstate New York with my wife and daughter. When not building websites, I create stop-motion animated films, write and record music, and cook gourmet meals.

Technical Skills

In addition to designing standards-friendly websites with a clean aesthetic, I am a highly skilled front and back end developer. I specialize in lean, standards-friendly HTML and CSS, and constantly seek to expand my skill-set with the very latest coding and software technologies.

HTML / CSS

Javascript/Jquery

PHP & MySQL

ASP

Work Experience

Web Design & Development Manager

Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort, LLC

  • Period: October 2010 - Present day
  • Job type: Full-Time
  • Reference: Kathy Bennett
  • Responsible for the design, development, management, and marketing of jiminypeak.com, cranmore.com, associated micro-sites, and e-commerce platforms..
  • Develop relevant and timely content.
  • Responsible for frequent, large-scale email marketing efforts.
  • Created and maintained resort presence on numerous social media platforms.

Freelance

  • Period: March 2006 - Present day
  • Job type: Contract
  • References: N/A
  • Established upwithit.com, an independent web design and development business.
  • Designed and developed websites for a vast cross-section of businesses and individuals, including real estate companies, hotels, musicians, video game companies, and many more.
  • Emphasized usability and interactivity in an effort to promote simplicity for both the end user and the site administrator.

Web Design & Development Manager

Booth Creek Ski Holdings

  • Period: September 2003 - September 2010
  • Job type: Full-time
  • References: Kathy Bennett, Susan Watson, Deb Moore
  • Primary duties included designing, coding, and structuring numerous web sites and microsites for ski resorts on the west and east coasts, including Northstar-at-Tahoe, Loon Mountain, Waterville Valley, Cranmore Mountain Resort, Sierra-at-Tahoe, and the Summit-at-Snoqualmie.
  • Other duties included writing and maintaining site content, designing web graphics, writing and designing targeted emails and associated landing pages, managing email database lists, maximizing cross-sell/up-sell opportunities and participating in special projects and advanced training.
  • Working with stakeholders, ensured content on website and in emails is pertinent, current, relevant and sales-centric.

Web Designer

Web Services Group

  • Period: September 2000 - August 2002
  • Job type: Full-time
  • References: Matt Bombard, Danielle McMahon, Ben Hewitt
  • Responsible for all phases of the web design and development process for an eclectic roster of clients, overseeing the completion of web sites from mock-up concept to launched completion.
  • Duties included site structure, graphic design, coding, integration of dynamic content, and post-launch maintenance.

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder

Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies. Class of 1999

New York University

Tisch School of the Arts. 1992-1994

Clients & Portfolio

Selected Clients

I have served as primary designer and/or developer for at least 50 large-scale web projects. Amongst the most recent are: