
Web Developer at R2C Group
Portland, Oregon Area

Web Developer at R2C Group
Portland, Oregon Area
I am a CSS ninja from Portland, Oregon who has been making websites for over 13 years. Between my education in graphic design and my experience working alongside programmers, I specialize in bridging the gap between design and development.
Web standards, CSS, XHTML, jQuery, photoshop, fireworks, hand-coding, QA, communications, blogging.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
(coming soon)
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
February 2006 — October 2009 (3 years 9 months)
CSS and XHTML production of large-scale web sites. Work closely with designers and programmers, applying design comps to functionality. Advocate a web-standards approach to increase search engine optimization and accessibility. Working to promote blogging as a internal and external communication and promotional tool. Requires excellent communication skills, self-motivation and technical expertise.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
March 2005 — July 2005 (5 months)
Assisted in design and production of several large-scale luxury realty web sites. Primary duties included implementing design comps using standards-compliant XHTML and CSS. Personally led efforts to implement blog technology into standard design and hosting packages offered to clients. Job required creativity, speed, communication skills and initiative.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
November 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 2 months)
Worked closely with and coordinated programmers to design, develop, and test a complete suite of online registration programs. Responsible for overall interface design and usability of each program. Interacted directly with clients to install and customize products, as well as deliver training. Job required adaptability, thoroughness, and long-term thinking.
(Internet industry)
August 2004 — August 2004 (1 month)
I briefly contracted for Gen Con during their 2004 convention. They contracted me independently from Registration Resources, where I was working on the registration software they used for the convention. Please see Registration Resources for my position description. During the convention, I supported the programmers in the operation of the registration and POS software systems.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Printing industry)
November 2000 — June 2001 (8 months)
Produced camera-ready versions of customer-provided artwork for screen printing. Helped to develop and streamline the production process. Job required flexibility and speed while maintaining a high level of overall quality.
(Computer Games industry)
November 2000 — November 2000 (1 month)
Created the promotional desktop themes for the computer game Myst 3. Themes had to represent the feeling of the game, while retaining functionality on a wide variety of computers. At last count, the themes had been downloaded approximately 60,000 times, with an 83% approval rating from download.com.
(Educational Institution; Internet industry)
March 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 6 months)
Maintained and supported the hardware and software in general access computer labs and classrooms. Supported user base of 15,000 students on a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Responsible for quickly identifying problems and providing assistance. Job required a willingness to learn and strong problem-solving skills.
BS , Graphic Design , 1996 — 2000
css, xhtml, web standards, web design, web development, video games, science fiction