Hi! I'm Michael Loscalzo.

I am a passionate, award-winning digital leader with a multidisciplinary skill set. For more than two decades, I’ve had the privilege of driving impactful projects for some of the world’s most recognized brands.

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About me

I bring a unique mix of creative and technical know-how to digital marketing, with a strong track record of building optimized, engaging, and compliant experiences across healthcare, finance, and travel.

From leading CMS migrations and SEO initiatives to managing paid campaigns, I focus on driving measurable results and boosting brand presence. Skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud, HTML/CSS/jQuery, GA4, and enterprise CMS platforms, I thrive in fast-paced environments where innovation and precision matter.

Wait… Who the heck is Billy the Spacekid?

Billy is a character that I developed during my college years and this website is named after him. He even has his own comic!

My skills

My background spans visual design, front-end development, and analytics—helping me bridge the gap between aesthetics, functionality, and performance.

Data analytics

I thrive on exploring performance data to uncover insights and continuously refine strategies for optimal outcomes.

  • Data visualization tools:
    • Looker Studio
    • Tableau
  • Google Analytics 4 (GA4)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • T-SQL
Sample project: Superhero cinema data analysis

As both a lifelong comic book fan and a digital marketing professional, I developed this project as a true labor of love—collecting and analyzing decades of superhero film performance data. I gathered data, prepared an interactive dashboard, and created video content.

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Digital marketing disciplines

The impact of digital content goes far beyond aesthetics—it's about how users discover, engage, and interact with every asset. Effective strategies require balancing creativity with accessibility, usability, and performance.

  • ADA Compliance - Ensuring content meets accessibility standards for all users
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Driving visibility and organic traffic through best practices
  • User Experience (UX) - Designing intuitive, user-centered journeys
  • User Interface (UI) - Creating visually appealing and functional interfaces
Sample project: UX training at General Assembly

I completed General Assembly's Part-Time User Experience course in New York City, where I gained practical experience in research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing. To share my journey and showcase sample projects, I documented key learnings and work example on my blog.

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Email marketing

I design, build and deploy responsive email templates that follow industry best practices to maximize engagement and deliverability. I also incorporate personalized and dynamic content to curate messaging for each audience segment, driving relevance and performance.

  • Technical Skills:
    • CSS
    • HTML
  • Marketing Automation Platforms
    • Acoustic
    • Salesforce
Sample project: Email enhancement concept

Comixology was a digital platform for reading comic books online. I created a blog post analyzing their promotional email strategy and proposed targeted improvements to enhance user experience, deiverability, and engagement. My recommendations focused on optimizing design and incorporating personalization techniques to boost open rates, click-through rates, and ultimately drive sales.

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Front-end web development

I design and develop dynamic, responsive, and mobile-friendly website experiences that engage users and drive results.

  • Enterprise CMS platforms:
    • Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
    • Drupal
    • Sitecore
    • Wordpress
  • Technical Skills:
    • CSS
    • HTML
    • jQuery
Sample project: Interactive infographic

A global asset manager sought to transform large volumes of investment data into clear, at-a-glance insights. To support a campaign promoting clean water investment opportunities, I reviewed detailed investment materials to identify the most compelling data points, then organized, designed and developed an interactive infographic. This asset was repurposed across multiple digital channels, including social media posts and a promotional video, amplifying the campaign's reach and impact.

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My blog

I enjoy sharing my projects, knowledge, and enthusiasm for digital with others. My blog content has been featured on the front page of digital publications, including freeCodeCamp, designernews.co, Muzli, UX Collective, and webdesignernews.com.

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January 2, 2024

Rebrand concept: Lehigh Valley Phantoms

As a hockey fan and a marketer with a background in visual design, I had some fun creating visual elements for a mock rebrand of Allentown, Pennsylvania’s AHL hockey club.

Read on Medium

Bootcamp • December 6, 2020

UX at GA

In early 2020, I completed General Assembly’s Part-Time User Experience Design (UX) course in New York City. In this post, I will share details of my experience and some of the work that I created during my studies.

Read on Bootcamp

Muzli • November 11, 2020

My first “Inktober”

During the month of October, I completed 31 drawings in 31 days as part of the Inktober challenge — Here’s what I learned…

Read on Muzli

towards data science • December 2, 2018

Friends: The one where they said "Oh, my God"

After a recent binge of the iconic ‘90s TV show Friends, I theorized that the phrase “Oh my God” was uttered an absurd amount—And now I have the data to prove it.

Read on towards data science

July 9, 2018

Clean water infographic

A global asset manager sought to turn volumes of data into at-a-glance insights. This campaign helped to spread the word about clean water investment opportunities.

Read on Medium

June 20, 2018

2016 election infographic

A global asset manager predicted that infrastructure would likely be a winner, regardless of the final outcome of the 2016 US Presidential election—An infographic was developed to communicate the possibilities.

Read on Medium

freeCodeCamp • April 2, 2018

What I learned from a data-driven design approach

What happens when preconceived notions take a back seat to the lessons learned from metrics? We observed a 129% increase in conversion rate after taking a data-driven design approach to this website redesign.

Read on freeCodeCamp

February 5, 2018

That's NOT a logo

Art is always subjective. But when it comes to logo design, decisions should be made with more than aesthetics in mind.

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Noteworthy - The Journal Blog • November 4, 2017

Personal logo design

Periodically, I challenge myself to redesign the logo that appears on my portfolio website. Here are the details of my most recent revamp.

Read on Noteworthy

August 17, 2017

Mascot Animation using HTML + CSS

I created an animated version of phpbot.org’s mascot using only HTML and CSS. Wanna know how I did it?

Read on Medium

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