Hello!
Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the internet. Get comfortable, have a look around. Here you will find examples of projects I've done for fun, friends, and clients. I am a Seattle based graphic designer and web developer, a.k.a a Devsigner *. I've been working in the industry for the past 5 years now and have an educational background in graphics and animation as well as video production. I am also a web developer utilizing the languages of Javascript, Actionscript, CSS, PHP, and XHTML to meet the goals of any given task. Have a great day!
Thank you for stopping by my little corner of the internet. Get comfortable, have a look around. Here you will find examples of projects I've done for fun, friends, and clients. I am a Seattle based graphic designer and web developer, a.k.a a Devsigner *. I've been working in the industry for the past 5 years now and have an educational background in graphics and animation as well as video production. I am also a web developer utilizing the languages of Javascript, Actionscript, CSS, PHP, and XHTML to meet the goals of any given task. Have a great day!
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AmazonLocal.com
As one of two designers on the launch team for AmazonLocal.com I was given full ownership of the visual style and aesthetic of the customer facing site. During both pre-production and after launch I've taken responsibility designing multiple UX flows of different customer scenarios; taking individual projects from UX and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups; even producing presentation protoypes of my scenarios and designs using my skills in XHTML, CSS, and jQuery.
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WildTangent Re-Design
At WildTangent I was part of a small group dedicated to the complete re-design of the website and win32 application. I was personally responsible for high level concepts of functionality as it correlates to UX. As a graphic designer I created localized templates, buttons styles, mockups, and templated Photoshop documents. Once assets were created I was responsible in large part for the front end CSS, XHTML, and jQuery.
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Website Design / Development
I've been privileged to get numerous contacts for web design from my site. I have also done a number of projects for friends and through referrals. For each one of these examples, I have been solely responsible for client interaction, wireframe and mockup design, asset creation, and scripting (CSS, JS, Flash, XHTML). I also have several years of professional experience on teams creating corporate branding and websites.
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Flash
Most of my Flash work has been navigation elements, page headers, and image galleries. I am very comfortable drawing in flash and have a great understanding of the timeline and library. My ActionScript is focused primarily on UI manipulation.
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Design for Print
I have had the chance to do various print jobs over the years. I found the results of my work to be high quality. I make sure to use color and document settings correctly to get the best results; meeting my personal needs or the needs of the clients I work with. From wedding invites to cd inserts, marketing materials to simple fliers, from computer screen to press, printing is a skill I possess.
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Nike Dunks - Concepts
I am very interested in fashion design. I have done some t-shirt designs and other concepts but have never done it professionally. I find that designing concepts for the most popular shoe on earth is a fun and creative outlet. I've gotten a lot of requests to physically produce some of these concepts.
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Custom Video Game Box Art
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I have often been dissapointed in the quality and design of some of todays blockbuster video games. Being an avid gamer and graphic designer, I decided to do something about it, as have thousands of people on community sites dedicated to designing box art for various media. You can view my portfolio, comments, and feed back on my profile page at VGBoxArt.com.
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resume
Technical Skills:
Computer Operating Systems Experience (9 years):
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Macintosh OS 9 and 10, SME Server 7.0, Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Software Skills and Experience (9 years):
Photoshop, Image Ready, Illustrator, Acrobat, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro HD, After Effects, Flash, Dream Weaver, Adobe Audition, Cubase, Audacity, Reason, Recycle, Visual Studio, Microsoft Office Pro (97-2007), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Publisher, Tortoise SVN, WinCVS, MySQL, FTP, TCP/IP, DNS and DHCP, Rhinoceros, LightWave, Maya 3D, 3DS Max, AutoDesk, McAfee, Norton AnitVirus, Norton Ghost, MemTest, Winternals, DFT, Stellar, ERD Commander, Phoenix, Many Forensic, Diagnostic, Anti-Virus, and Spyware Utilities.
Programming Languages Experience (6-8 years):
JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, ActionScript, XHTML, and PHP (W3C Standards).
Hardware Skills (8 years):
Laptop / Desktop: Driver updating, troubleshooting, installations, data migration, and maintenance for PC and Mac.
Personal Skills (27 years):
I have great communication skills; excellent customer service; extensive research in and application of best practices; ability to adapt and keep up with changing technologies in software and hardware developments with the skills to apply them to my standards and practices; I work well in both team and independent work environments; experience teaching and assisting users of all skill levels. Work History:
Amazon - UI / UX Designer2011-Current
One of two Designers on the core launch team of AmazonLocal.com; complete ownership of visual style and aesthetic; responsible for user experience flows in concern to email campaigns and site subscription; manage production of art assets for ongoing region launches; oversee creation of marketing materials and miscellaneous in house graphics.
ArenaNet - UI Designer / Concept Artist2010-2011
Creative control over functionality of the user experience and style of the in-game user interface; Wireframing functional aspects of the user experience, applying our in-game style, and creating assets for implementation of the UI; Illustrating in-game icons, background textures, skill targets, and any other needed graphical assets.
WildTangent Inc. - Web GUI Developer2008-2010
Managing and overseeing projects and tasks related to UI design and implementation of designs into XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript; create wireframes, mockups, and storyboards for web, software, and animation; decide design choices and direction related to color palettes, layer styles, font selection, background imagery, and template creation; localization of graphical assets into 8 foreign languages and standardization of localization templates. Visible Technologies - Graphic Design Lead2006-2008
Created graphical assets for marketing documents and client documents; customized visuals to display statistical information; Web design and CSS; UX design and implementation; Flash development. Tech Savvy - Owner: Graphic and Web Design 2006-Current
Designed Website templates, user interface, development and search engine optimization; Graphic artist: brochures, flyers, business cards and logo design; Computer technician: PC and Mac diagnostics and repairs; casual game development; video and music production. Ace 1 Computers - M.O.D. – Computer Repair and Graphic Design2006
Greet customers, case follow up with clients, answer multi line phone system, and process work orders and billing; Technician: provide tech support and troubleshooting for PC and MAC, performed diagnostics and repairs, data recoveries/transfers, wireless, LAN and server setup; Graphic artist: website design, business cards, brochures, flyers, excel templates; and any other miscellaneous task that needed to be accomplished. Overall, provided excellent customer service and a more productive marketing campaign. Geek Squad, Best Buy - C.S.R. – Computer Repair, Customer Service and Sales 2005-2006
PC sales representative: provided customers with explanations of systems and software; Service Center representative: tested hardware; processed refunds, returns, and deliveries, provided tech support and troubleshooting; Instructor: conducted instructional courses for customers in Microsoft Media Center and Digital Image Pro 10; Pc and Mac technician: performed diagnostics, repairs, data recoveries, and processed work orders and billing forms. Overall, demonstrated an excellent work ethic and customer service. PC Doctor - Computer Technician 2004-2005
Managed help desk: provided tech support and troubleshooting with clients, create work orders, processed billing for cliental; Technician: provide tech support and troubleshooting for PC and MAC, performed diagnostics and repairs, performed onsite repairs, wireless, LAN and server setup, performed data recoveries and data transfers. Overall, exhibited excellent technical support and customer service. Education & Accolades:
International Academy of Design & Technology 2010
2010-2012 Program Advisory Committee member - Game Production ONLC Traning Centers 2009
Javascript Fundamentals Certificate OceanSoft Technologies LLC - Graphic Lead / Web Developer (Internship)2007
Art Director; Lead Graphic designer; Programmer/Developer: XHTML, JavaScript, Flash, Web 2.0, component development, Google map API’s, database (ColdFusion) integration, admin consoles; Graphic Design: Web layout, User interface, logo/branding. Bellevue Community College 2001-2007
A.A. Graphics & Animation; A.A. Video Production. Juanita High School (NEVAC)2000
Architectural and Structural Design (AutoDesk AutoCAD and Rhinoceros 3D) 