Web Design Specialist
Cincinnati Area
- Current
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- Digital Director at AIGA Cincinnati
- Author of CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition at O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- Creative Director at Heatvision.com
- Past
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- Conference Chair at AIGA In Control Web Design Workshop Conference
- Digital Communications Director at AIGA Cincinnati
- IT Project Manager at Senator Claude Pepper Foundation
- Author of Professional CSS at Wrox
- Author of Adobe Photoshop in 10 Simple Steps or Less at Wiley
- Author of Designing CSS Web Pages at New Riders
- Senior Design Technologist, Production Lead at MindComet
- Co-Author of XML, HTML, XHTML Magic at New Riders
- President at Media Collective, Inc.
- Education
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- Florida State University
- Florida State University
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Christopher Schmitt’s Summary
Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heatvision.com, Inc., a small new media publishing and design firm, based in Tallahassee, Florida.
An award-winning web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman in the mid 90s while he was an undergraduate at Florida State University working on a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on Graphic Design.
Afterwards, he earned a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in Project Management from FSU’s College of Communication.
At conferences such as Web Visions and SXSW, Christopher has given talks demonstrating the use and benefits of practical standards-based designs. He is the list moderator for Babble, a mailing list community devoted to advanced web design and development topics.
On his personal Web site, Christopher shows his true colors and most recent activities. He is 6’7” and doesn't play professional basketball but wouldn't mind a good game of chess.
Christopher Schmitt’s Specialties:
Interactive Project Management, Web Production Management, Web Development, Web design, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Cross-platform development, ColdFusion, PHP, Cross-browser Testing, Microsoft Access, MySQL, Information Architecture, Interface Design, Section 508/Accessibility Search Engine Optimization
Christopher Schmitt’s Experience
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Digital Director
AIGA Cincinnati
(Design industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Author of CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
(Internet industry)
January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
As the industry standard method for enriching the presentation of HTML-based web pages, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow you to give web pages more structure and a more sophisticated look. But first, you have to get past CSS theory and resolve real-world problem.
For those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project, CSS Cookbook provides hundreds of practical examples with CSS code recipes that you can use immediately to format your web pages. Arranged in a quick-lookup format for easy reference, the second edition has been updated to explain the unique behavior of the latest browsers: Microsoft's IE 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 2. Also, the book has been expanded to cover the interaction of CSS and images and now includes more recipes for beginning CSS users. -
Creative Director
Heatvision.com
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
December 2001 — Present (7 years 8 months)
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Conference Chair
AIGA In Control Web Design Workshop Conference
(Design industry)
December 2008 — June 2009 (7 months)
Designed and organized a unique, workshop-focused Web design conference.
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Digital Communications Director
AIGA Cincinnati
(Design industry)
May 2008 — September 2008 (5 months)
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IT Project Manager
Senator Claude Pepper Foundation
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Develop and oversee the digitization and migration of late Florida Senator Claude Pepper’s multi-million dollar collection.
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Author of Professional CSS
Wrox
(Internet industry)
November 2004 — July 2005 (9 months)
As the preferred technology for Web design, cascading style sheets (CSS) enable Web designers and developers to define consistent styles on multiple pages. Written by leading CSS authors who are also professional programmers and designers, this is the first book to showcase examples of high-profile, real-world Web sites created by world-famous designers using CSS.
Each chapter offers an exploratory look at each designer's process from start to finish and how he overcame each site's unique set of challenges. You'll learn what each designer would have done differently as well as various CSS tips and techniques that were used for each site. This is a resource to which you can turn regularly for more know-how and insights into designing large-scale, professional-level Web sites with CSS. -
Author of Adobe Photoshop in 10 Simple Steps or Less
Wiley
(Graphic Design industry)
June 2003 — January 2004 (8 months)
If you are looking to create exciting Web graphics and need to define and edit images quickly and easily, then this book is for you--whether you’re new to Adobe’s latest graphics editing software or you need a refresher on Photoshop’s wide range of resources. Open the book and you’ll discover clear, easy-to-follow instructions for more than 250 key Photoshop tasks, each presented in ten quick steps--or less. Easy - to - navigate pages, lots of screen shots, and to-the-point directions guide you through every common (and not so common) Photoshop challenge--and help you get more done in less time.
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Author of Designing CSS Web Pages
New Riders
(Internet industry)
November 2001 — September 2002 (11 months)
Go beyond the mechanics of CSS to how to think in the language of web design, and avoid the common pitfalls. Full of examples and deconstruction's to aid in understanding CSS and its application. The ability to use of Cascading Style Sheets is fast becoming a vital tool in the web professional's toolkit. But understanding how to use CSS is not intuitive--it requires a new way of thinking when it comes to building web pages. This book encourages web designers to look at the perceived limitations of the web as a new challenge to their design skills--without relying on HTML for presentation of pages.
The overall theme is to instruct readers to build pages by using relative design techniques: understanding the relationship within the dynamic space of the web rather than the fixed-design "old-school" notions that have been in use for so long. -
Senior Design Technologist, Production Lead
MindComet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
March 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 9 months)
Production manager of internal and client Web projects, search engine marketing, internal Web development education sessions, technical documentation and copy writing. Also researched technologies and refined processes in order to improve workflow.
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Co-Author of XML, HTML, XHTML Magic
New Riders
(Internet industry)
June 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 4 months)
XML, HTML, XHTML Magic is a set of short projects that demonstrate Web authoring techniques. Aimed at Web professionals, it is nicely laid out with an unusually wide page size, making it easier to display code samples and screen illustrations alongside the text.
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President
Media Collective, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
December 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 3 months)
Sales, managing client relationships, leading production duties, integrating Web design and IT development.
Christopher Schmitt’s Education
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Florida State University
Master of Science , Communication: Interactive and New Media Technologies , 2003 — 2005
Also earned Graduate Certificate in Project Management from the College of Communication.
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Florida State University
Bachelor of Science , Studio Art with Emphasis on Graphic Deisgn , 1993 — 1997
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Christopher Schmitt’s Websites:
Christopher Schmitt’s Honors:
Como Award
Cool Site in a Day
Cool Site of the Month
Gold Addy: Best of Interactive
High Five Award for Excellence in Site Design
