Chad Allen

Current

Freelance Web Professional at Chad Allen Digital

Past

Web Developer at Whitney Advertising
Web Developer/Designer at Podfitness.com
Web Development & UI Design Consultant at Software Technology Group

Creative Director at Thompson's Computer Warehouse

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Education

Hillsborough Community College

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Industry

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Chad Allen’s Summary

"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler."
-- Albert Einstein

Chad Allen is an interactive designer and developer currently residing in beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of the other ‘web guys’ focus exclusively on the creative side or the technical side, but I pride myself on excelling at both. I specialize in simple, clean, professional, and creative website designs and web development that makes your business not only look better on the web but ultimatley increase your bottom line.

Design is more than just choosing colors, typefaces, shapes, and images. I believe that great website design is in the details. I believe that design must support the functionality, and vice versa. Good website design results in a positive experience for your customers. I create user experiences that reflect positivley on my clients brand and company.

+ Concepting and storyboarding ideas based around thematic messages

+ Designing interactive websites and applications from rough to polish

+ Developing visual aspects of client brands

+ Maintaining an ongoing understanding of design trends

+ Versatile UI designer & web technologist with 8 years experience in user-interface design, user-experience design, prototyping and front-end development.

+ Extensive involvement in high-traffic web development cycles and projects

+ Strong background in cross-browser/-platform development, W3C web standards, CSS development, as well as optimization and accessibility.

+ Excels in agile development environments.

Chad Allen’s Specialties:

Web standards, CSS, accessibility, semantic SEO, user-centered design, user experience design & philosophies

Chad Allen’s Experience

Freelance Web Professional

Chad Allen Digital

(Online Media industry)

September 2008 — Present (11 months)

I design and develop web sites and web applications for small to medium sized businesses.
Web Developer

Whitney Advertising

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Web Developer/Designer

Podfitness.com

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

March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Web Development & UI Design Consultant

Software Technology Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2005 — March 2006 (8 months)

Adhering to less than creative nor exciting goverment standards, I designed and developed an internal PHP application for the Department of Facilities and Construction Management. After the launching the application, the department saw a 500% speed improvement.
Creative Director

Thompson's Computer Warehouse

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

April 1998 — October 2003 (5 years 7 months)