Web Designer, Flash Expert, Entrepreneur
Greater St. Louis Area
Web Designer, Flash Expert, Entrepreneur
Greater St. Louis Area
I make things you interact with.
Web systems, applications, animations, packages, advertisements, eLearning systems and content, infographics, illustrations, products, clothing, identities.
If you can see it, do something with it, experience it, I know how to build it.
My current focus is on doing amazing things with the web, Flash, backend systems, and other trendy words that mean computer stuff to help humans do things.
Flash, CSS, XML, Web services, .NET, PHP, Database integration, Usability, Section 508, branding and identity, illustration, eLearning
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year)
I deal with the experience side of our products. I lead our design efforts, craft our messaging, and oversee our usability. Day to day I am in the thick of things, hand coding CSS and building awesome Flash ActionScript 3 applications, while also project managing, supervising our creative staff and acting as coordinator between our creative and development teams.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
I am part of a fluid team of designers and programmers. I handle coordination and scheduling of the team, mentoring, technology research, design, Flash programming, and many client-facing tasks including discovery and project management.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)
June 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 8 months)
I ran a small design studio specializing in online media, web pages, Flash design and programming, eLearning and illustration/information graphics. I coordinated ad hoc teams of 2-10 contract designers and programmers as the need arose.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
2004 — June 2005 (1 year)
After 321 Studios closed, I returned to freelance work. During this time the companies I worked with included Monsanto, Elan Polo, and AG Edwards.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Graphic Design industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
I was part of a small team of designers responsible for all packaging, advertising, promotional materials, point of sale and website design. While there I designed ads that ran in several national and international magazines such as PC Week, created highly effective internet ads, and redesigned most of the packaging for their software product.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Graphic Design industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
During this period I worked as a freelance designer for many companies in St. Louis, including Adamson, Wave Technologies, eTab, and Ham on Rye.
(Graphic Design industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
(Graphic Design industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year)
Bachelor of Fine Art, Graphic Design, 1992 — 1997
Graphic design, marketing, advertising, new media, Flash, drawing, art, futurism, sociology, psychology, evolutionary psychology, geek stuff, computers, physics
St. Louis Graphic Design Meetup