Nilsen Strandskov

Experience

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  S & D Associates

  Sept 2003 - Jul 2007

  Data Processor
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  Firmenich

  Aug 2007 - Sept 2007

  Lab Technician

  Followed chemical formulas to mix scents and flavors for oral hygiene products

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  Rutgers University

  Sept 2007 - Feb 2017

  Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences- Responsible for the design, production and maintenance of all Rutgers University Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences websites. Responsibilities include:• Technical lead for all HTML, CSS and JavaScript development.• Maintaining, updating and designing for content management systems such as Joomla and Wordpress.• Managed all website content updates including: news stories, scientific presentations and papers and status reports.• Managed all internal website content updates including: events, contact information and new job listings.• Developed and managed content campaigns for all department social media profiles. • Experience with Linux (Centos) Apache MySQL and PHP servers. Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System- Responsible for maintaining the web and social media presence of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARACOOS). Responsibilities include:• Redesigned the MARACOOS regional website to the standards set by the Board of Directors.• Migrated legacy websites and plugins from Drupal 6 to the latest releases.• Managed HTML Email Campaigns advertising the MARACOOS Annual Meeting.• Built MARACOOS resources pages to educate the general public on hurricanes, nor’easters and winter storms.• Developed internal resource pages to assist with the organization of group projects, proposals and meetings. Show less

  • Web Developer

    Dec 2012 - Feb 2017

  • Oceanographic Research Technician

    Jun 2011 - Feb 2017

  • Douglass Campus Center House Crew Manager

    Feb 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Cook Campus Center House Crew

    Sept 2007 - Nov 2011
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  Shop Rite

  May 2008 - Sept 2008

  Internet Order Processor
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  Coastal Ocean Observation Lab

  Oct 2008 - Aug 2012

  Lab Assistant/Research Intern

  •Appointed Lead Pilot of the international team of collaborators of the Challenger Glider Mission. Duties include piloting the growing fleet of Global Class Slocum Gliders along trans oceanic basin legs, analyzing data collected, looking at global and regional ocean model data.•Student Mentor: Prepare and deliver presentations describing studies/analyses being conducted globally by Rutgers researchers with marine science research students. •Assisted in piloting the Slocum Glider, RU27, across the Atlantic by using High Frequency Radar that derived surface currents maps and monitored weather conditions, wave heights, water temperature, salinity and density, and height of communication satellites during the 221 day voyage. Was selected to be part of the RU27 glider recovery crew sent to Baiona, Spain, in December 2009. •Demonstrated how the Glider RU27 worked with an exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC and the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ. •Appointed International Student Ambassador for Rutgers in the NORUS program, a collaborative effort among Rutgers, California Polytechnic State University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the University Centre in Svalbard to study the effects of the changing climate on the Arctic region. •Adjusted the scales on the L-Band and X-Band satellite sea surface temperature data for the spring warm-up through summer (Linux Machine)•Assisted in a number of deployments and recoveries of Slocum Gliders along the NJ, CA and Canary Island coasts.•Assisted in repairing CODAR sites at various stations along the east coast.•Visualized Radial data from a number of Sea Sonde CODAR sites from the Rutgers network Show less

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  Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers University

  Sept 2009 - May 2012

  Teaching Mentor

  Prepare and deliver presentations describing studies/analyses being conducted globally by Rutgers researchers to marine science research students.

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  ULPGC (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

  May 2011 - Dec 2013

  Robotic and Computational Oceanographic Technician

  •Remote collaboration with Dr. Antonio Ramos working with satellite data from the Survey of the Environment Assisted by Satellite Network (SEASnet).•May 2012 on location at ULPGC conducted research on the growth of Pollicipes pollicipes on the hulls of Slocum Gliders and the effects this growth has on the auvs movement.•June 2012 GUAYOTA 4 Research Cruise, deployment of a Remotely Operated Vehicle into the cone of the submarine volcano off of the island of El Hierro, Canary Islands, ES.

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  PLOCAN

  May 2012 - Jun 2012

  Research Intern

  Introduced the group there to the Challenger Glider Mission and continued my work with the Slocum Gliders from their facility. Received an introduction to the Liquid Robotics Wave Glider and iRobot Sea Glider and proceeded to write scripts to be used for data visualization of Sea Gliders, Wave Gliders, Slocum Gliders, Buoys and Drifters to be used by their group.

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  Achieve3000

  Dec 2016 - May 2018

  Front End Web Developer

  Web Designer- Responsible for the coding and design of landing pages and marketing emails in the Salesforce Pardot Platform. Responsibilities include:• Create and edit micro sites, landing pages, email blasts, marketing collateral (brochures, flyers, posters, direct mail), and templates for emails and landing pages.• Provide marketing deliverables for webinars, and regional events (trade shows, dinners, lunch and learns, conferences).• Create and update pages on the main corporate and related Wordpress websites. Show less

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  Travelers

  Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

  Email Developer

  Responsible for the design, production and optimization of marketing emails and landing pages for the marketing department and partnership programs. Responsibilities include:• Design responsive email layouts based on existing creative and company style and branding guidelines.• Code responsive "one-off" and email templates from PSDs and designs provided by graphic designers.• Troubleshoot and optimize layout and coding issues in legacy HTML emails.• QA test all emails across multiple browsers, clients, operating systems and email testing platforms.• Build out internal landing pages to support company newsletters. Show less

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  New Avon

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2019

  Email Developer

  Code, QA test, Segment and Deploy HTML marketing emails using the Experian Cheetah Digital Platform•Build responsive, HTML consumer facing emails from provided creative PSD's•QA test emails using the 250ok platform to test rendering across various email clients and ensure links are populated with the correct dynamic content•Set up the campaigns segmentation filters through Cheetah or Windsor Circle to ensure the campaigns are delivered to the proper audience•Manage email calendar and deploy campaigns to Avon's list of over 2 million active customers Show less

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  Wiley

  Mar 2020 - now

  Marketing Automation Developer