Nathan Sumner

Execute all visual design stages from concept to delivery; Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas; Communicate and present design solutions to peers; Conduct user research and evaluate user feedback; Work with the UX design team to establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards; Develop prototypes in HTML/CSS/JS and work closely with Ul Developers from engineering;

Created Professional, cutting-edge websites from scratch using responsive, dynamic code, including HTML5, CSS3, PHP, Javascript, JQuery; Extensive experience with frameworks Twitter Bootstrap, Zurb Foundation and Google Materialize; Wrote web content including Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies.

Developed functional and appealing web and mobile-based applications based on usability; Provided website maintenance and enhancements; Used a combination of markup languages to write web pages; Wrote functional requirement documents and specifications; Created quality mockups and prototypes on tight timelines; Assisted back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting.

Designed, developed and supervised all aspects of the development of creative concepts with the creative department, providing guidance and collaborating on revisions through execution; Created new website design and development for parent and all subsidiary companies; Reponsible for all branding and marketing campaigns.

Responsible for creating and maintaining websites for various franchise-owned hotel chains, including Hilton, Marriott, Wyndham, and Choice Hotels; Directed marketing and SEO strategies for hotel websites within the Hilton and Choice Hotels brands; Designed and developed (including video) of HotelSeoPros.com.