Online Media Consultant and Professional
Toronto, Canada Area
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- Web Developer at ByDomino
- Web Developer at Liquid Graphics
- Freelance / Contract at Self-employed
- Creative Director at Canadianweb Solutions
- Past
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- Software Engineer at Dragonfly.com
- Graphic Designer at The Studio Upstairs
- Education
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- self taught
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Steven Vachon’s Summary
Available for employment on a contract or freelance basis, I am proficient in handling all aspects of front-end development. Such includes UI programming and design, content organization, graphics/animation and search engine optimization.
I possess a strong programming and development background with the knowledge required to take a project from basic planning stages into final production.
Merging the above with experience in design and animation, I am skilled in creating online presences that are not only functional, but intuitive as well. Looking at Facebook or even LinkedIn, you'll understand just how much simplicity and good organization can improve user retention.
Quality, efficiency and commitment to on-time completion are of the highest priority. The importance of a night's rest is... sometimes of a lesser priority ;-)
Steven Vachon’s Specialties:
- ActionScript 1,2,3
- CSS 1,2 for screen, print, handheld
- DHTML, JavaScript, AJAX
- HTML, XHTML
- SEO, SEF
- Adobe AIR
- Adobe Dreamweaver 7,8,9
- Adobe Fireworks 7,8,9
- Adobe Flash 3,4,5,6,7,8,9
- Adobe Flash Media Server 3
- Adobe Flex SDK 2
- Adobe Illustrator 9,10,11,12
- Adobe Photoshop 5.5,6,7,8,9,10
- MDM Flash Studio Pro, Zinc 3.0
- PHP 4,5
- Red5
- XML, MXML, DTD
- XSLT 1,2
...allowing me to create:
- Games
- Microsites
- RIAs / RDAs
- Web 2.0 apps
Steven Vachon’s Experience
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Web Developer
ByDomino
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2004 — Present (4 years)
Working remotely with the staff accomplishing various programming, design and animation tasks involving CSS, Flash, XHTML, XML, XSLT and AJAX / DHTML / JavaScript. Work requests continue on an as-needed basis.
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Web Developer
Liquid Graphics
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
2001 — Present (7 years)
Working remotely with the staff accomplishing various programming, design and animation tasks involving CSS, Flash, XHTML, XML, XSLT and AJAX / DHTML / JavaScript. Work requests continue on an as-needed basis.
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Freelance / Contract
Self-employed
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Internet industry)
2000 — Present (8 years)
Work ranges from some of the most simple online projects to working with Hollywood celebrities on their endeavours.
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Creative Director
Canadianweb Solutions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
October 1999 — Present (9 years 1 month)
Working remotely with the staff accomplishing various programming, design and animation tasks involving CSS, Flash, XHTML, XML, XSLT, PHP and AJAX / DHTML / JavaScript. Work requests continue on an as-needed basis.
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Software Engineer
Dragonfly.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — February 2007 (2 years)
Working remotely with a NYC team of programmers, designers and marketing professionals, I was responsible for the creation of a media system utilizing ActionScript technology that ran through a custom created .NET architecture. LimeLight streaming servers fed external images, video, audio, animations and documents to a large-scale Flash application. File size was kept to an absolute minimum and all aspects of user streaming was thought out to ensure optimized wait times for the user.
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Graphic Designer
The Studio Upstairs
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
January 2001 — June 2001 (6 months)
Working on-site in downtown Toronto, I was responsible for various design projects and the production of composited art pieces for the Global [TV] News broadcast elements.
Steven Vachon’s Education
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self taught
Additional Information
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Steven Vachon’s Interests:
Music, composing, audio engineering, graphic design, programming, hiking, skiing, swimming, martial arts, mountain biking.
Steven Vachon’s Groups:
IRC #actionscript, IRC #facebook, IRC #flash, IRC #php
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Rich Internet Applications
Steven Vachon’s Contact Settings
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