Resume / Curriculum Vitae

Summary

  • Ten (10) years of professional experience with design concepts for both
    print and web design
     
  • Primary focus on web site design and development
     
  • Design and develop web sites from concept to completion, including post
    production site maintenance

Professional Experience

Owner / Web Designer
July 2001 - Present

  • Provide internet related services including web site design, front-end web development, domain name registration, web hosting, search engine optimization / submission
     
  • Handle all projects from start to finish, including administrative aspects
     
  • Communicate directly with clients to establish project parameters, write proposals for design work, analyze competitor web sites, determine web site content, produce site maps for client approval, and communicate progress with client throughout length of project
     
  • Design visual layouts and graphics for web sites, often including logo designs, flash animations and flash navigation
     
  • Design and develop web sites from start to finish, including standard, hybrid, flash and ecommerce sites
     
  • Specific aspects of the design process involve general planning, interface and navigational design, development of interactive forms

Web Designer / Developer
May 1999 - June 2008

  • Primary web designer / front-end web developer with advertising firm
     
  • Develop prototype designs into fully functional web sites
     
  • Design and develop prototype designs into fully functional, web sites (standard, hybrid, flash and ecommerce
     
  • Utilize expertise in front-end development technologies such as HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript and flash to enhance interactivity
     
  • Coordinate domain registrations, DNS changes and registrar transfers
  • Manage accounts on VPS server such as web hosting (FTP) and POP email accounts, setup virtmaps, aliases and Urchin stats
     
  • Provide troubleshooting and client support for email accounts
     
  • Create banner ads (static, animated, flash), email advertisements / newsletters, and flash animations
     
  • Graphic design skills include creating and modifying print pieces such as logos, corporate identity packages, advertisements, newsletters and brochures
     
  • Familiar with methods of preparing files for print, including knowledge of concepts such as resolution, pagination, trim, bleed and collecting for output

Graphic Designer
February 1999 - March 1999

  • Internship with advertising agency observing procedures and various stages of design processes from beginning to end
     
  • Created web banners, edited web sites in progress and modified existing print advertisements

Graphic Designer
June-August 1996-1998

  • As part of the Creative Services Department, created advertisements, spec ads and special section covers for the primary newspaper of the US Virgin Islands

Education

Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
May 1999

References

References and complete Professional Experience (including Company Names) available upon request.