A creative, team oriented individual with the confidence to work autonomously and a thorough understanding of design -- from idea building through development and implementation-- seeks a position as a web developer/graphic designer with a fast-paced and career oriented firm.
EDUCATION
James
Madison University May 1996 - BFA w/ Graphic Design Concentration
GPA: 3.6
* Advanced classes in Package Design, Page Layout, Corporate
Identity, and Computer
Graphics/Animation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
10/2000 - Present,
McDonald Bradley Inc. - Herndon, VA 1/2000 - 12/2000,
Freelance for Aardvark Swim & Sport - Herndon, VA 1/2000 - 9/2000, Weber
Associates Inc. - Chantilly, VA 6/1997 - 12/1999, Aardvark
Swim & Sport - Chantilly VA 5/1996 - 6/1997, Aardvark
Swim & Sport - Chantilly VA Mac and PC Platform Proficiency Knowledgeable with pre-press
setup, spot and process separations, and service bureau SECURITY I currently hold a
DEA secret clearance and have recently held DoJ and Treasury clearances Interactive resume/portfolio
available online at:
Software Engineer / Multimedia Designer
For the last 2-3 years my time has been shared primarily by three main tasks where my roles have ranged from requirements gathering to full scope including development. With the Fairfax County Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court, part of team to develop a management application in ASP to track juvenile court intakes. As part of a team at the Prince William County Sheriffs Office, I was tasked with requirements gathering and development documentation for a complete departmental information management system to be developed in ASP.Net. With the Fairfax County Office for Children, I am part of ongoing development of an online registration system in ASP for county childcare providers to take continuing education courses.
Other web support/redesign projects have included:
Graphic Designer
After having left Aardvark as a full-time employee, I continued to do design for them including
daily artwork and my third full-color product catalog published in September 1999.
Graphic Designer
As a designer in Creative Services, I was responsible for redesigning print
and online information for use by Fortune 500 telecommunications companies
and financial institutions. Creative Service's responsibilities included the creation of a wide variety of deliverables including: corporate needs assessment documentation, professionally printed customer facing pieces, intranet site development, and Flash based mini-movies. My client portfolio included: Sprint, Bell Atlantic/Verizon,
Global One, Cable & Wireless, ADC, Lucent and Bank One.
Creative Director
All aspects of graphic artist (below) including the management of 2-3 artists.
I acted as the frontline point of contact for all client interaction. Lead the
task of instituting the company's first website. Designed and implemented
the initial static pages, and ultimately worked in conjunction with an independent
internet firm to develop a database-driven e-commerce site.
Graphic Artist
Responsible for all steps in the production of art from initial client meeting
through output of art to be printed. Also responsible for all in-house corporate
promotions including two major catalog productions a year; as well as various
individual event promotions including local and national magazine advertisements
and coupon mailers.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe Streamline
ASP
ASP.Net
HTML Scripting
JavaScript
Macromedia ColdFusion
Macromedia Director
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Macromedia Flash
Macromedia Freehand
Microsoft Office
Quark Xpress
VBScript
preparation.
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