George Weld

I'm looking for freelance and short- to mid-term contract work as a web developer, web designer, writer, or editor.

Work Experience

• Developer, Bolt Inc. November 2001-December 2002
• • Developed dynamic, data-driven front end for Bolt's subscription payment system.
  • Planned and developed features for Bolt's clients, including Procter & Gamble, Kodak, and the Partnership for a Drug Free America. Worked on tight timelines to create compelling interactive features.
• Product Architect, Bolt Inc. May 2000-November 2001
• • Determined functionality requirements, planned user interfaces, and specified interaction flow of Bolt's online features.
  • Worked extensively with design, development, sales, and marketing departments, and with Bolt's sponsors, to plan and design applications and features that met all their needs and remained interesting to Bolt's users.
• Associate Editor, Muze, Inc. September 1999-May 2000
• • wrote brief book synopses and author biographies for and edited excerpts of reviews of books of poetry, drama, literary criticism, critical theory, and short stories for Muze's clients, including Yahoo, Amazon, and others. Helped design and populate master category structure for all books.
• Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia
• • designed and taught Public Speaking and Oral Traditions to a class of 12 students from all years
  • taught a section of Academic and Professional writing to a section of 8 students from all years.
• Teaching Fellow, Boston University
• • designed and taught Introduction to Creative Writing to a class of 12 students from all years.

Education

• Ph.D. candidate, Department of English, University of Virginia. 1997-2000
• • Completed coursework for the Doctoral degree, focusing on 20th Century poetry, experimental writing, and critical theory.
• M.A., Creative Writing, Boston University. 1996
• • Studied, wrote, and taught poetry with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott and U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
  • University Teaching Fellowship
• A.B., English (High Honors), Davidson College. 1995
• • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Omicron Delta Kappa
  • Henry T. Lilly Award for Excellence in English

Publications

• 'Getting Closer', Fray.com
• Reviews for Bookpage
• • Lost, by Hans Treichel
  • Illustrated Letters: Artists and Writers Correspond, ed. Roselyne de Ayala and Jean Pierr Guéno
• Reviews for the Boston Book Review
• • The Figure Her poems Make: Maxine Kumin
  • Taking Things Seriously: CK Williams and Robert Hass
  • Light Motifs: Czeslaw Milosz
• Review for Agni
• • Two Seconds: David Rivard and Stuart Dischell

Skills

• XHTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, ASP (expert)
• XML, XSLT, SQL, MySQL (proficient)
• Photoshop/ImageReady, Visio
• Apache, Tomcat, IIS, Unix

Projects

• ArulBaskaran.com
• • Built site and content management system for a professional photographer
• Likeanorb.com
• • Designed, built, and maintain a personal site, which has been featured in the L.A. Times, the Dallas Morning-News, the Louisville Courier-Journal, and IBL Online