www.nationalflashback.com
gamecat2300@gmail.com
415.359.7606
OBJECTIVE: To join a
forward-thinking, creative, and inspiring team within a design, film or game
company. I seek a full-time creative position that encourages growth as well as
creative collaboration.
I am a very relaxed
individual, however I can manage several projects simultaneously with ease. My
attitudes combined with my vast knowledge of everything from conceptualization
to development make me an outstanding asset in many areas.
Adobe CS3 (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, After
Effects), mySQL, JSP, HTML, SGML, XML, CSS, PHP, ASP, ActionScript, JavaScript,
Flash, Maya, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Flint, Premier, PowerPoint, Wordpress,
Google Analytics,
1996-2000 B.F.A. Computer Arts, Academy of Art
University
1993-1995 Basic Studies, Design, University Of
Oregon
1990-1993 Basic Studies, Pre-Law, Portland State
University
2002- 2008 Developer, Nimblefish
www.nimblefish.com
Collaborated with the Creative Department and the
engineering department to develop compelling and dynamic content for the web
and email. Design work was developed in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Web and email content was created using hand-coding html, php, jsp, css,
javascript that references proprietary software. Responsibilities ranged from
creating html and email pieces from art directors comps, to modifying html for
web and email to reflect table driven variability projects. Campaigns have
included clients such as; Marriott, Sears, Pinnacle, Casual Male, AT&T and
Lowes Hardware.
2003-Current Art Director/ Developer,
MissingPiece
www.missingpiece-sf.com
Started as a freelance contractor to Art Direct
the development of missingpiece.com. With the success of this project permanent
position as Art Director was granted. In this role several b2c pieces for print
and email were created. The constant task at hand involves updating the company
website, pertaining to new artist profiles and events. As well as continual
updates of the Missingpiece web sites backend, Keeping it in synch with the
most current best practices for web standards.
2001-2003 Art Director/ Developer, PuzzleTheory
www.puzzletheory.net
Participated in the development of a long-term
strategy for the site design, maintenance, infrastructure and cross-platform
compatibility with Macintosh and Windows OS. Developed and managed sites design
and usability together with owners' vision implementation and storyboarding.
Created main-body and interfaces using Flash combined with hand-coded HTML.
Recompressed existing graphics to a higher quality using Fireworks. Set up mail
accounts using standard FTP software and host web-panel. Used PHP and hand
coding to set up data transfer for submission forms. Worked to develop uniform
collateral materials, which included videotape packaging, brochure content/
layout, as well as promotional fliers. Oversaw production from the rough draft
stage to preparing materials for print, and then helped choose a high quality
print shop with competitive pricing.
2001-2002 Designer/ Developer, Malik
www.malik.com
Responsible for the management of several
projects: Including the design and back-end programming of the company web
site, using Flash, Dreamweaver, Hand-coding,PHP, and standard FTP software.
Decision maker in everyday communication with outsourced design firm and
various print shops to achieve high-quality low-cost print runs. Responsible
for the development of the majority of the print materials: stickers, posters,
brochure and other promotional materials. Collection of images and content,
image adjustment to the image content, copy proofing the copy content, layout,
preparing for print. Best print shops for the various print jobs using quality
and price as initial criteria, then would prepare and deliver data for run.
Cari
Irwin, carii@nimblefish.com, (415) 572-1871
Howard Johnson, howardj@nimblefish.com, (415) 298-5714 Michael
Franks,
mfranks@gmail.com, (415) 341-6097