Technical Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML, XHTML, DHTML, AJAX, jQuery, PHP, ASP, Miva Merchant, WordPress, Drupal, Magento

Work Experience

BeeSeen/iSynergy WebDesign – San Francisco, CA – Graphic/Web Designer – 10/07-Present

• Create high quality websites, landing pages, and e-commerce portals from initial design to final coding and production in PHP or ASP
• Implement CMS/E-commerce (Drupal, WordPress, Joomla, Miva, Magento) from installation to plug-in modifications to design templates
• Provide web marketing input for search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising
• Design premium static and animated flash web banners for web advertising campaigns

C&S Technologies – Milpitas, CA – Graphic Designer – 12/05-03/11

• Design web software user interfaces in an ASP environment while providing the most intuitive and appealing flow and structure for user navigation
• Create the company’s graphical and visual identity while implementing that into various print collateral such as brochures, posters, publications, and banners
• Perform research and implementation of search engine optimization for the company’s multiple software websites

Intuitive Industries LLC – San Jose, CA – VP of Design – 09/07-07/11

• Lead all design and creative direction for the company
• Create designs in a variety of media, including print-based collateral, CMS-based web design, web banners and landing pages, and clothing apparel design

Cubico – San Jose, CA – Graphic Designer – 03/04-01/09

• Create optimized web graphics and banners for presentation on media-themed websites
• Code and design the structure for interactive Macromedia Flash-based web galleries
• Perform web/database maintenance for a media news website and online clothing store

LogLogic – Sunnyvale/San Jose, CA – Graphic/UI Designer – 04/04-12/05

• Developed software user interfaces in a java environment using html/css while interacting with developers to create a robust and efficient web-based software
• Designed all aspects of an internal engineering web portal, including graphics and structure, using dhtml
• Created online web help graphics and documentation layouts using RoboHelp
• Produced web-optimized banners and graphics used in web and e-mail advertisements
• Worked as the lone visual designer in a development team while handling all aspects of visual design coding.

Contract Experience

Coulomb Technologies, Inc. – 06/08-Present – Provide all graphical and web design needs for company from website design/implementation to print collateral

Ontrack MC, LLC – 02/06-04/06 – Created corporate identity: logo, website & business cards

Synsnap – 05/03-07/04 – Designed graphics for online/printed horror-themed trading cards

Dimension Streetboards – 08/03-12/03 – Designed streetboard graphics for the Nomad model

Education

• BA Design Studies: Graphic Design – San Jose State University – San Jose, CA – 05/2004
• AA Graphic Design – De Anza College – Cupertino, CA – 06/2002

Achievements

The San Francisco Examiner Bay Area Collegiate Newspaper Award – Second Place Editorial Cartoons – De Anza College – 2001-2002