Dave Brenner

Current

Designer and Web Administrator at University of Michigan School of Natural Resources

Past

Code Whisperer at Pure Visibility
Graphic Designer at Oneupweb
Graphic Designer at NOAA

Senior Graphic Artist at Michigan Sea Grant
Graphics Manager at Alaska Sea Grant
Graphic Designer at Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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Education

University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Michigan

Recommended

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Connections

163 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

Dave Brenner’s Summary

Professional training:
Drupal
PHP 2005
BizFlow 2005
Microsoft Access 2001-2003
Cold Fusion 2003
XML 2003
Thunder Lizard Productions- Web Design World 2002
Thunder Lizard Productions- Macromedia World 2000
Thunder Lizard Productions- Graphic Design World 1999 Thunder Lizard Productions- Photoshop 5.5 Conference 1999

Software:
Design & Illustration
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe InDesign CS3
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe DreamWeaver CS3
Adobe Flash CS3
Microsoft Office XP (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint)

Web Site Management:
Drupal
WordPress
Podcasting
XML
CSS
RSS
JavaScript
SQL
PHP
Oracle
WebTrends
Interface Development

Platforms:
Macintosh OSX
Windows XP

Dave Brenner’s Specialties:

Drupal, WordPress, CSS, WordPress & Drupal web development, Photoshop, Illustrator, Podcasting

Dave Brenner’s Experience

Code Whisperer

Pure Visibility

(Privately Held; Design industry)

2007 — 2008 (1 year )

Translate marketing objectives into creative strategies and manage creative projects from concept to completion. Build custom CSS Web designs, Word Press blogs, landing pages specific to content and keywords used to increase search engine optimization (SEO). Create unique graphic identities for branding of Pure Visibility.
Graphic Designer

Oneupweb

(Design industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Graphic Designer

NOAA

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Graphic Design industry)

October 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 6 months)

Graphic designer for the Office of the Under Secretary of NOAA. Webmaster and designer for the NOAA Executive Intranet web site. Chairperson of the NOAA Web Design group and representative on the NOAA Web Council.

Duties: Design and produce publications, program identity materials, including logo design and other unique artwork for education, public outreach and media briefings. Coordinate printing and distribution efforts with project managers and line offices. Project manager for online content management system. Create and implement workflow tracking intranet and database for NOAA Public Coordination Office. Design custom Microsoft Access and MySQL databases.
Senior Graphic Artist

Michigan Sea Grant

(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Graphic Design industry)

September 1999 — September 2004 (5 years 1 month)

Duties: Develop special program identity materials, including logo design and other unique artwork. Coordinate printing and distribution efforts with Editor and Publications Assistant. Prepare original graphics, illustrations or photographs. Devise visual aids to illustrate scientific research concepts. Advise clients on graphic content, media and file format specifications. Adapt content for graphic presentation, select materials and processes, and design format. Prepare complex drawings, maps, charts and graphs. Prepare exhibit materials, including posters and graphic presentations. Manage Web site development, including design, layout, templates, database architecture, assure compliance with affirmative action and safety programs (specifically 508a compliance with ADA guidelines related to Web design). Coordinate publication design and production projects with vendors (photographers and printers) and assist in preparing cost estimates.
Graphics Manager

Alaska Sea Grant

(Design industry)

1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Graphic Designer

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

(Public Company; Design industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )