
Interactive Designer Developer at I.W. Group Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area

Interactive Designer Developer at I.W. Group Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
Currently completing a B.A. in Industrial Design with an emphasis in product design. working knowledge of a wide variety of design processes and forms. Including; print, graphic, web, modeling, product design and development.
Adobe CS - CS4; Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, Flash, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Distiller, Flash Video Encoder and ImageReady.
Web Design; CSS, HTML, XHTML, PHP & MySQL, SEO, Analytics and Javascript.
Design Tools & Methods; Sketching, Rendering, Model Making, Alias Studio Tools 13, AutoCAD 2006, Solid Works 2006 and Edrawings 2006.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Creation of a wide range of digital assets including; web-sites, micro-sites, promotional banners, staging and developments locations and management of server functionality.
Clients include FedEx, Walmart, McDonald's, PG&E, American Cancer Society.
(Design industry)
September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)
* Independent design of various projects, using a variety of mediums
* Including web-site design, logo design, dinning menus, product, graphic, and motion graphic design projects
(Design industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
* Independent design of various projects, using a variety of mediums
* Including web-site design, logo design, dinning menus, product, graphic, and motion graphic design projects
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 2007 — August 2008 (11 months)
* Produced marketing collateral used on site, partners sites and in collaboration with companies including Amazon, TiVo and Weather Channel
* Designed Flash animated holiday & promotional banners
* Produced and distributed branded teasers with 275,000+ views among popular social networking & video sites
* Implemented and managed 48TB storage, video encoding software, content management queue and uploads to streaming FLV server
* Provided in house technical support for installation and maintenance of hardware, software, networking and printing support
(Non-Profit; Myself Only; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2007 — February 2007 (1 month)
Audio/Video presentation of previous years event. In collaboration with Chairman Dwight Myllenbeck responsibilities included gathering of sponsors information, imagery and secondary material.
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Design industry)
October 2005 — January 2006 (4 months)
Full re-design of the Winships Restaurant web site. Including providing a fresh and updated logo and several animations for individual pages. Complete with a Guest book, Photos, Menu Contact pages and Google maps this was a much needed overhaul from the previous 1990 original design
B.A. , Industrial Design , 2000 — 2007
Automated Manufacturing Systems
Teaching Assistant | 08/06 - 12/06
Instruction of a class focused on 3-D Modeling and the use of a 3 axis CNC mill. Other responsibilities included; preparation of slide shows, class demos, process documentation, instruction of software and equipment used.
Metals Manufacturing
Teaching Assistant | 08/06 - 12/06
Responsibilities include preparation of materials, equipment and demonstrations. Often breaking the class into several smaller groups for equipment demonstrations.
Drafting and Sketching for Design
Teaching Assistant | 08/06 - 12/06
Responsibilities include preparation of materials & demonstrations. Often breaking the class into several smaller groups for small group and individual demonstrations of various techniques with both supplies and mediums.