Ortali Michael

(San Francisco, California)

Wearing the cap of Community Manager and Editor, I created this little Mac community dedicated to sharing information and personal experiences. Simultaneously, I created its visual identity which was ported into a Wordpress environment.

• WORK: Community Manager, Content Creation, Developer, Designer
• SITE: http://macboy.fr
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#macboy

For more than 5 years, I have been maintaining Silent Strength. This site provides me a personal space in which I express my thoughts as well as my discoveries. It operates within a php framework that I developed in 2005 and deployed in July 2008. Whenever the desire strikes me, I like taking time to update its design.

• WORK: Content Creation, Developer, Designer, Visual Identity, SEO
• SITE: http://silent-strength.com
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#very...

For this multiple award-winning agency, I design and create web applications for various agency clients such as Bacardi and Grey Goose. My numerous skills are used on a daily basis to meet the requirements of different projects. Simultaneously, I submit articles to the agency’s blog, Anidea .com

• Work: Php Developer, Graphic Designer, Content Creation, W3C Standards, Accessibility, SEO
• links: http://agencynet.com

Augmented reality project created during my studies at Gobelins in the context of a specialized training program designed for our group. I participated in creating the storyboard, writing the scope statement, launching a publicity campaign and I programmed the final application with the support of Total Immersion.

• WORK: Conception, D'Fusion Programming (AR), Content Creation, Story Board, Flash, Design Creation
• SITE : http://mook-e.fr
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#mook-e
• AWARDS: Europrix Quality Seal, Best project Gobelins CDNL 2009

For this mobile content development firm, I played several key roles in the development of their products. I created graphic layouts for clients, produced shtml/css integration documents, wrote programs in php, and actively participated in meetings on user-accessibility.I also developed a Flash Lite tool that I trained 10 employees to use.

• WORK: Php developer, Design, W3C Standards, SEO, Flash Lite, Trainer
• Website: http://mediaplazza.com

For this film animation company, my work in the heart of the technical team often consisted of advising the head of external projects on the Quality Assurance and SEO of websites created by web agencies. In addition, I was responsible for creating graphic elements for numerous sites as well as goodies (games in Flash, screensavers), working closely with clients and other team members.

• WORK: Assistant Artistic Director, SEO, Quality Assurance, Php / standards, developer, Graphic designer
• LINK: http://www.marathon.fr

For 10 years, the IUT of Caen (Institute of Technology, University of Caen, France) had been wanting to hold a day-long open house. I was assigned responsibility for coordinating web information, including the design and development of the event website. Assisted by 4 editors, including Florent Pouliquen, we covered this event with two sites: an informational one and a summary report.

• WORK: Project Manager, Php Developer, Visual Identity

The most frequently viewed French website, with 200 million monthly visits. My role consisted of adding functions, creating tools to facilitate website administration, and conceiving new categories/sections.

• WORK: Php Developer, Designer, W3C Standards, SEO
• LINK: http://skyrock.com

The goal was the creation of an online art gallery collecting digital designs and graphic creations having a common style. Several editors, including Maurice Svay, joined this effort. In 2007, this community was closed due to the proliferation of "Mashup" sites.

• WORK: Community Manager, Content Creation, Developer, Designer
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#with...

Thiers Optique, an optician shop in Le Havre, wanted a website with a clean, sober interface to clearly put forth the store image: « Aller à l’essentiel » ("Getting Down to Basics"). For this project, I provided consulting, proposing several different solutions, several types of presentation. After having clearly defined their needs and wishes, I developed their first website.

• WORK: Php Developer, Design, Standards W3C, SEO, Accessibility, Visual Identity
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#thie...

The objective of Projet-City was to create an active community that shared articles, source code, tutorials, and files for anyone wanting to get into web programming. I created the website, wrote the articles, news items, scripts, applications and product comparison documents.

• WORK: Community Manager, Content Creation, Developer, Designer
• DEMO: http://labs.silent-strength.com/2001/Projet-City
• PORTFOLIO: http://silent-strength.com/about/portfolio#proj...

Like Tomb Raider Online, Roller Coaster Tycoon is a site with tips for playing a game with the same name. It had the primary goal of offering downloads of several levels of roller coasters and pointers on overcoming challenges.

• WORK: Webmaster, Content Creation, Developer, Designer

My very first website: a mutual aid site for advancing in the game Tomb Raider 2. Composed of detailed explanations and screen shots, its goal was to provide all the codes, tips and other information related to the game.

• WORK: Webmaster, Content Creation, Developer, Designer