Steven Colthorp

Current

• Principal at 3Cstudio (Self-employed)
• Web Designer / Developer at 3C Studio (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Graphic Artist at TDI Talking Directories (absorbed by Yellow Book)

Education

• Calvin College

Recommended

1 person has recommended Steven

Connections

35 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Steven Colthorp’s Summary

I d.b.a. as 3C Studio. 3C has been in place since 1997 when I left a menial design job with now-defunct TDI Talking Directories to begin to do outsourced work while looking for more challenging and dynamic projects in print design.

Gradually, in the following years, more and more clients began to inquire about the possibility of getting a website created. I would say, "Sure, I can do that," and then would proceed to figure out the best way to go about delivering on that promise.

Now, the design balance is probably 90/10 web design and development compared to design of print pieces and other materials. My focus is on custom created websites and on furthering my CSS/XHTML abilities, as well as adding proficiency in many of the expanding capabilities and great features of Web 2.0.

Steven Colthorp’s Specialties:

Clean site design that is code-lite and geared toward searchability / SEO cues for better search site results, possibly bypassing any need to bring promotion account fees into use.

Steven Colthorp’s Experience

• Principal

  3Cstudio (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

  Web presence development for small to medium organizations, using Web 2.0 features and maintaining the pulse of usability, accessibility, and search-ability trends, all while remaining clear, clean and concise.

• Web Designer / Developer

  3C Studio (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Design industry)

  1997 — Present (12 years )

• Graphic Artist

  TDI Talking Directories (absorbed by Yellow Book)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2005 — August 2007 (2 years )

  Ad layout and design for yellow pages based on customer roughs and desired content, cover ads in full color, map creation for parks & recreation.

Steven Colthorp’s Education

• Calvin College

  BA in Art Design , emphasis in computer-aided graphics , 1991 — 1995

  Transferred to Calvin after spending a year in the fledgling engineering department of Cedarville College in Cedarville, OH. As a sophomore, I began to resume engineering courses after nearly all credits transferred, but after two weeks I knew I wasn't long for that line of learning, so I switched all but general chemistry over to core credits. After more core and making up for a class that didn't transfer the next semester, I began a full load of art/design classes as a junior.

  Activities and Societies:

  youth soccer referee, gospel choir, church youth group volunteer, worked on children's unit as a mental health worker, and worked in the winters as an on-call snow removal for a service

Additional Information

Steven Colthorp’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Steven Colthorp’s Interests:

lawn and house projects, ultimate frisbee, 2-man beach volleyball, playing soprano sax, chasing my toddler

Steven Colthorp’s Groups:

•    eMarketing Association Network
•    eMail Marketing Group

Steven Colthorp’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch