About
I worked for several years at a niche direct interactive marketing agency, helping to generate leads for national and international companies such as Consumer Reports, AARP and Barrons.
I now work as an independent makeover specialist,
plugging myself into existing marketing teams so you get better results.
My skills include
- Direct Online Marketing
- Information Architecture
- Interactive Design
- ActionScript / XHTML / CSS
- Branding
- Illustration
Testimonials
“As the Executive Director of Success in Mind, an educational nonprofit, I never spent much time thinking about how to advertise our assessment services thanks to a steady stream of clients during our start-up phase. However, as the economy worsened in late 2008, we realized we needed to reach out to more people in order to stay in business. Matthew was recommended to help us create a strategic online marketing plan.
His creative energy and great instincts reinvigorated our team. After three months of implementing his suggestions, our website traffic grew from an average of 600 visits per month to over 2,500! His strategy allowed us to lessen our dependence on referring websites and instead enabled new prospects to find us on their own. Now, most of our prospects (over 70%) find us via search engines—not through our affiliated organizations. Matthew is an all in one package.
Not only can he create a marketing strategy to fit a nonprofit budget, but he can also deliver beautiful, strategic design. We consistently receive praise for our eye-catching emails, banner ads, and web pages. We feel fortunate to have Matthew’s expertise and enthusiasm working for Success in Mind.”
Beth Briere, M.D.
Executive Director of Success in Mind and Neurodevelopmentalist
“We hired Matthew to help us with direct online marketing design. Although we ultimately had to postpone the project his make over proposal for us was excellent. When we pick this up again we will return to him.”
Pam McLaughlin
Founder of Parents Digest
“Matthew had the ability to listen to what my company and I were presenting to the market and translate it into a very attractive, professional appropriate website. He also helped in designing other things that are a part of our marketing efforts. He was such a pleasure to work with. Very flexible, bright, helpful. I would look forward to working with him again . . . and I will.”
Joanne Giudicelli
Founder Cornerstone Search
Recommendations
“Every time I saw creative from Matthew I saw something I had never seen before. Not only by him, but by anyone. His design sense his top-notch. His drive to constantly evolve his design sensibilities is unreal. And his ability to craft even the seemingly mundane project into a beautiful creative piece is inspiring. But it is his ability to allow the marketing strategy of the project drive that creative that makes Matthew a valuable asset to any creative team.”
Gregory Ng,
VP, Creative Director, Brooks Bell Interactive
“I feel that one of the marks of a great designer is someone who gets home from a long day at work, and continues to design. Whether through his print web site www.thepintseries.com, his design blog octobermigration.com or his regular emails touting the latest trends in design and design technology.
Matthew’s passion for his work really shows. Matthew is also a very thoughtful designer. He’s got a reason behind every font choice, every color, every detail in his work. But, being a perpetual student of design, he’s not afraid to take criticism and learn from other people. Matthew would make a great addition to a design team that is looking for a seasoned expert with an open mind.”
Benjamin Harris
Associate Creative Director,
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