Aaron Salmon

Current

• Director of Design and Usability at mk2 development
• Sole Proprietor at Auraworks Ltd. (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Web Art Director at Tecture LLC
• Internet Designer/Developer at Quicksilver Associates
• Web Design Supervisor at Core Organization

• Creative Developer at Integrated Performance Systems
• Web Developer/Team Lead at Unety Systems

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Education

• Chippewa Valley Technical College
• College of DuPage

Recommended

9 people have recommended Aaron

Connections

97 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• auraworks.com
• aaronsalmon.com
• My OpenID

Aaron Salmon’s Summary

I'm a jovial lad who possesses passion for both technical growth and creative expression. I've been into Web Design & Development professionally since 1999 and my focus is on architecting, designing and building hand-crafted websites and applications.

My goal is to use my experience applying creativity, design principles, aesthetics and development skills to create professional and innovative products.

When not sitting in front of my Mac; my life in Chicago is an abundance of friends, culture, the arts and creative inspiration…I can often be found on my bike, or out enjoying music, frisbee, politics, pool, coffee, cheap beer and gin martinis.

Aaron Salmon’s Specialties:

• Website Design / Redesign
• Web Interface & Template Design
• Usability, IA & User Experience
• Art Direction & Creative Direction
• Logo Development, Branding & Identity
• CSS & XHTML / Front-End Development
• Social Marketing / Community Building
• Blog, CMS, eCommerce Setup & Styling
• Project Management & Client Communication
• Content Development & Strategy
• Search Engine Optimization & Strategy

Aaron Salmon’s Experience

• Director of Design and Usability

  mk2 development

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

• Sole Proprietor

  Auraworks Ltd. (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Internet industry)

  1998 — Present (11 years )

  Freelance and Personal Web initiatives

• Web Art Director

  Tecture LLC

  (Internet industry)

  March 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 5 months)

• Internet Designer/Developer

  Quicksilver Associates

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Web Design Supervisor

  Core Organization

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — 2005 (3 years )

• Creative Developer

  Integrated Performance Systems

  (E-Learning industry)

  2001 — 2002 (1 year )

• Web Developer/Team Lead

  Unety Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Aaron Salmon’s Education

• Chippewa Valley Technical College

  Web Authoring and Publishing Certificate

• College of DuPage

  Multimedia Arts Certificate Program

Additional Information

Aaron Salmon’s Websites:

• auraworks.com
• aaronsalmon.com
• My OpenID

Aaron Salmon’s Groups:

•    Social Media Marketing
•    Web Standards Design + Development
•    Chicago Front-End Web Developers

Aaron Salmon’s Honors:

• Judge for the 2008 ARTimation Awards
• 2nd Runner Up in the 2005 RailsDay Competition.
• 2003 CADM Award Internet Micro-site/Email Campaign.
• Volunteered to teach a web design class to grade schoolers
• Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Chicago.
• Volunteer at the McCormick Tribune YMCA.
• Worked as Production Assistant for an Independent film and PBS program.

Aaron Salmon’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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