Web Designer / Developer
Greater Seattle Area
- Current
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- Web Designer / Developer at Cockrumville
- Past
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- Creative Director at Peak Systems
- Flash Developer at Cockrumville
- Senior Producer of Multimedia at Peak Systems
- Game Developer at Cockrumville
- Web/Multimedia Producer at Agency.com
- Game Developer at Cockrumville
- Production Artist at Cockrumville
- Education
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- Brian Utting School of Massage
- School of Visual Arts
- Hunter College
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Ivan Cockrum’s Summary
You've met many web specialists. Think of me as a web generalist. My focus is on helping small- to mid-sized businesses establish a solid, reliable front-end web presence that is attractive, informative, easy to use, and search engine friendly. My services include website design, logo design, copywriting, illustration, animation, and HTML / CSS / JavaScript development. With my wide range of skills, I can manage your entire project, or jump in as a member of your team.
Ivan Cockrum’s Specialties:
Website design, logo design, copywriting, illustration, Flash animation and development, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe DreamWeaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash
Ivan Cockrum’s Experience
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Web Designer / Developer
Cockrumville
(Graphic Design industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
I'm a rare combination of designer and developer, with a good amount of project management experience thrown in for good measure. These, combined with my time as an entrepreneur and my experience as a non-profit community organizer, have given me exceptional communication skills. I can design and I can develop, but just as importantly, I can talk to people at all points of a project.
If you need your entire site designed and developed from start to finish, I can help. If you already have a designer and need someone with a good eye to faithfully convert her designs to code, I'm your man. If you're a hot-shot coder looking for a designer who understands the limitations of HTML and CSS, you've found one. I am well experienced in site design, logo design, copywriting, illustration, Flash animation, and front-end site development, and I can manage your entire project, or jump in as a member of your team. -
Creative Director
Peak Systems
(Graphic Design industry)
July 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 7 months)
After an absence of 6 years (see below), I returned to Peak Systems as their Creative Director. Peak had become primarily a development shop, and I had hopes of reinvigorating their defunct creative department. I developed interactive projects for Qwest, and designed websites for clients including social networking site Skillshow, clothing wholesaler SanMar, and several high-rated Sotheby's realtors.
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Flash Developer
Cockrumville
(Graphic Design industry)
September 2001 — June 2007 (5 years 10 months)
After the dotcom bubble burst, I returned to freelance work in between travel, owning a restaurant, and earning a massage license. I maintained a warm relationship with my previous employer Peak Systems and also subcontracted for agencies including Saltmine and Filter, while I developed interactive projects for clients including Microsoft, Starbucks, and Qwest. I also maintained a few personal clients including Design Energy, Streambox, and the Brian Utting School of Massage.
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Senior Producer of Multimedia
Peak Systems
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1997 — April 2001 (3 years 7 months)
My Peak Systems story is a complicated one. Peak started life as a division of US West (now Qwest), was spun off into a separate company, and then spun itself away again. I was there for iterations 2 and 3 and became a junior partner in the newest entity. As Peak's Senior Producer of Multimedia, I developed interactive projects including a public kiosk system for Denver’s Pepsi Center arena; presentations and on-site support for US West CEO Sol Trujillo; screensavers and games for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics; and assorted websites, CD-ROMs and kiosks for US West / Qwest.
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Game Developer
Cockrumville
(Graphic Design industry)
November 1996 — September 1997 (11 months)
I took a year off to travel across country. While I was traveling, I wrote a couple of award winning interactive fiction (aka text adventure) games. “Sunset Over Savannah” won the 1997 XYZZY Award for Best Writing, and “Foggywood Hijinx” became a featured item on CNET’s Download.com.
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Web/Multimedia Producer
Agency.com
(Public Company; OMC; Marketing and Advertising industry)
March 1996 — October 1996 (8 months)
It was the dawn of the dotcom era, and giants strode across the new media landscape. I was employee number 25 at Agency.com, one of the first mythic web agencies. I managed corporate and editorial web sites and developed multimedia for entertainment and presentations. As the producer of Lucent Technology’s first website, I helped define Lucent's initial web presence after their split from AT&T. I also produced several installments of GTE's Evolutions, an educational magazine, and Urban Desires, Agency.com's award-winning style magazine.
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Game Developer
Cockrumville
(Graphic Design industry)
November 1994 — March 1996 (1 year 5 months)
After being profoundly inspired by Cyan's game "Myst", I struck out on my own and formed a company to create multimedia games. I got one commercial product to market before the business went bust. I learned a lot about producing multimedia, and even more about how not to run a business. Projects included an multimedia CD-ROM called "Calliope", several shareware games, portions of an adventure game by US Gold called "Touche", and a hint application for Headbone Interactive's "Elroy Hits the Pavement".
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Production Artist
Cockrumville
(Graphic Design industry)
January 1988 — November 1994 (6 years 11 months)
As a computer savvy subcontractor in the early days of desktop publishing, I learned design by doing other designers' production work on B2B print ads, brochures, and catalogs in hometown NYC. My clients' clients included AAA/MCI, AT&T, Avis, GE, Exxon, W Magazine, NYNEX, CBS, and Condé Nast.
Ivan Cockrum’s Education
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Brian Utting School of Massage
LMP , Massage , 2003 — 2005
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School of Visual Arts
Graphic Design, Animation 1989 — 1990
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Hunter College
English, Art 1985 — 1989
- Activities and Societies:
- Zeta Beta Tau
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