Joseph Bergantine

Joseph Bergantine

Designer at O'Berry | Cavanaugh

Great Falls, Montana Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Art Institute of Portland
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64 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
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Joseph Bergantine’s Summary

Consummate designer. Truly dull to be around if you don't care that the typeface on the sign over that building needs to be kerned differently or that the door handle you just pushed instead of pulled really shouldn't have been narrow enough to wrap your hand around. Learned HTML after trying to figure out why the WYSIWYG program he was using continuously didn't understand he was editing the text INSIDE the paragraph element. In a similar fashion learned PHP after changing the top nav language on a website for the 23rd time, in Photoshop, in 7 languages.

Joseph Bergantine’s Specialties:

Thorough understanding of the HTML and CSS rendering capabilities of browsers and email clients

Develop structured, semantic, Standards-compliant code using: HTML, XHTML, Microformats, CSS, JavaScript and PHP

Create comprehensive, production-ready layouts in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks, and Photoshop for print and web

Deploy and maintain SQL databases

Create and structure content using White Hat SEO techniques

Setup and customize Google Analytics for ROI and SEO metrics


Joseph Bergantine’s Experience

  • Designer

    O'Berry | Cavanaugh

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2007Present (2 years 4 months)

    As a designer at O’Berry | Cavanaugh, I work to carry a brand’s image and message through to the Web. An advocate for standards-based development, I keep an eye on the human factors of design while developing creative directions for electronically-presented media. Additionally, I work closely with the marketing team to create search engine friendly content and develop social media strategies that maximize the medium.

    In addition to web designer, I play the rolls of front end developer, interactive designer, information architect and sometimes even print designer—I find many of the same organizational and production challenges in print catalogs that I do on web sites and I have worked on a number of manufacturing books as well as national retail publications.

  • Designer

    Thibeault Studios

    (Graphic Design industry)

    February 2006April 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  • Freelance Production Designer

    Knowledge Learning Corporation

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Education Management industry)

    October 2005February 2006 (5 months)

    As an in-house designer, I worked within the established brand to create logos and print collateral for secondary projects and programs. It was here that I began my career as a Web standards advocate; while troubleshooting and re-coding their biweekly HTML email newsletter.

  • Design Intern

    ID Branding

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2005September 2005 (8 months)

    I completed two back-to-back but separate internships with ID Branding. During the first, I worked in the graphic design department under the direction of the senior designer on a variety of branding projects. As part of a large team I often was the last person to touch a job—getting files press-ready under tight deadlines. During the second semester I interned in the Studio (as the production department was named), primarily working in Photoshop to create graphics for mobile interfaces as part of a large intranet project.

  • Print Center

    The Art Institute of Portland

    (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)

    July 2004September 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  • Design Intern

    defacto Industries

    (Graphic Design industry)

    September 2004December 2004 (4 months)

    At defacto industries I worked with Todd Houlette, the principal and creative director, on a variety of projects for Nike, Students Run Portland, and the Portland International Film Festival in the areas of production and graphic design. On a week-to-week basis this meant that I might be hand sketching logos, setting the addresses of 40 different retail locations, developing a creative direction for a promotional slide series, illustrating the merchandising of a new clothing line, or optimizing graphics for output on a 30x10-foot triptych. All-in-all, this was one of the most diversely creative jobs I’ve ever had.


Joseph Bergantine’s Education

  • Art Institute of Portland

    BS , Graphic Design , 20022005

    I studied Graphic Design at The Art Institute of Portland in Portland, Oregon. The Art Institutes’ curriculum develops creative thinking through the study of the social sciences and fine art while working with current technologies and process in use in the field of study so that the production abilities of its graduates are generally top notch. While I was there I worked part time as a print production person in the school’s print-service center. I also served as President and Vice-President of the student AIGA chapter where my duties primarily involved serving as an ambassador between the school and city chapters, finding and bringing in guest speakers, promoting the club within the school and helping at city chapter events.

    Activities and Societies:
    AIPD AIGA

Additional Information

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Joseph Bergantine’s Groups:

AIGA, The Art Institute of Portland, Web Directions North, Off the Grid

  •    Boxes and Arrows
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    The Business of Design

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