
Web Designer and Developer
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Web Designer and Developer
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Web designer and developer who has constructed and implemented effective, usable, standards-compliant and visually appealing sites for Fortune 1000 companies as well as sites of modest scope for enterprising individuals. I’ve been both a vital part of a team as well as the person solely responsible for the design and implementation of entire projects.
ExpressionEngine, jQuery, User Interface (UI), Information Architecture (IA), Photoshop, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, PHP, mySQL, content management
(Internet industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
Masuga Design is a highly-skilled web design studio that develops useful and engaging websites with the ExpressionEngine CMS. I work hard to ensure that websites are lean, easily maintainable, user friendly, search-engine optimized, and adhere to web standards.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
August 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 8 months)
Work centered on concepting and creating mockups in Photoshop with the focus on understandable layouts, thoughtful interface design, and concern for color and brand. Also developed for the front-end with CSS, XHTML, and Javascript.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Goods industry)
November 2001 — August 2004 (2 years 10 months)
Created and maintained company website and partner sites. My work there covered all aspects of dynamic website creation: database creation and data manipulation (MS SQL Server), application building (ColdFusion), interface design and graphic treatment.
The position also entailed heavy use of Photoshop (for print) in the layout and design of greeting cards, gift wrap, tote bags, and other materials for the gift industry.
BFA, Cum Laude , Fine Arts (Painting & Drawing) , 1991 — 1995