SUMMARY:

• I will move anywhere to work for you - Have truck will pack and be there by Monday.
• I'm a highly motivated, creative and intuitive multimedia specialist with sixteen years of experience in graphic design, web development, flash design, desktop publishing and computers.
• Energetic self-starter with excellent analytical, organizational and creative skills seeking a challenging multimedia/computer position in the multimedia/computer field.
• Designing exciting innovative web pages and creating unique professional images has always been a passion of mine.
• I take my creative skills and mix them with my technical skills using CSS in all of my web pages and Photoshop and Illustrator for all of my images.

SKILL:

• Responsive Designs
• Hand code HTML/XHTML
• Hand code CSS1, CSS2, CSS3
• CSS Optimization
• ADA Compliance
• Semantic HTML / XHTML
• Bootstrap
• LESS
• Foundation
• SASS
• HTML 5
• Material Design
• Sublime Text 2
• Dreamweaver
• Visual Studio
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe XD
• Adobe Illustrator
• Color Analyser

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead UI Designer

Confidential, McHenry, IL

Environment: Win 7, 10

Tools: Illustrator, Photoshop

Responsibilities:

• Confidential brought me on as their Lead UI/UX Designer to turn around the UI front-end of their application and work with the UX designers to help improve usability.
• My daily duties include working with the UX team to help them improve the visual layout and usability of the application.
• Guide the developers to make sure standards are in place for the HTML and CSS.
• I pair with the developers to show them the best practices when working with Bootstrap, Foundation, Material Design, LESS/SCSS and CSS.
• I also guide the BA’s and the QA team in the best practices for ADA Compliance.

UI Web Consultant

Confidential, Gainesville, FL

Environment: Win 7

Tools: Visual Studio, Sublime Text 2, Photoshop

Responsibilities:

• Confidential brought me on to turn around the UI front-end of their application for the Confidential .
• My daily duties include working on the visual layout of the application and to make the application more user friendly through the use of different levels of CSS, Bootstrap and Less.
• I worked closely with the developers, BA’s and the QA team throughout the process in this agile environment.

Web Consultant

Confidential, Appleton, WI

Environment: Win 7

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Responsibilities:

• Confidential hired me design their website and to set it up for mobile devices.
• Creating mobile query’s for the different mobile devices for IOS and Android’s.
• Testing the site in the different desktop browsers were another big part of this project.
• I also added a JavaScript weather widget throughout the website and a JavaScript date picker for the contact page.

Web Consultant

Confidential, Lincolnshire, IL

Environment: Win XP, ASP.Net

Tools: Visual Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator

Responsibilities:

• Confidential hired me to design their new website through my CSS skills.
• Once the pages were created, it was my job to make sure the CSS and the ASPX pages were optimized.
• I worked closely with the QA team to test the pages across multiple browsers (IE6, 7, 8, 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) and to make sure the pages were consistent throughout the website.
• I also designed many of the graphics on the website and used sprite techniques to keep them organized, which helped keep the website optimized.
• After the website was completed, I worked closely with business to help develop new pages or to help rework pages for the website through Photoshop comps, wireframes or static webpages.

Web Consultant

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Environment: Win XP, ASP.Net

Tools: Visual Studio, Photoshop, Illustrator

Responsibilities:

• I was brought into Confidential to turnaround the visual look of their banking software for their various clients.
• I reworked and optimized most of their CSS and ASPX pages to give it a more consistent look and feel.
• Once completed, I worked closely with their business and QA teams to help test the application across multiple browsers.
• After one month, my PM extended my job duties to include being in charge of the frontend and to overlook the CSS before developers checked in their work.

Web Consultant

Confidential, O’Fallon, MO

Environment: Win XP, Java

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

Responsibilities:

• I was brought in to help develop static webpages of the new functionality of their application.
• I would be given Use Cases from the BA’s and would design static pages based on the requirements.
• I would then create wireframes for the BA’s to guide them through the whole process.

Web Consultant

Confidential, Columbia, SC

Environment: Win XP, ASP.Net

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop

Responsibilities:

• I was hired to help with the frontend of their new application through my CSS and XHTML skills.
• I reworked and optimized their CSS and XHTML pages and tested my pages across multiple browsers.
• After the pages were done, I would then create wireframes to guide the BA’s through the work flow.

Multimedia Consultant

Confidential, Green Bay, WI

Environment: MAC

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash

Responsibilities:

• I was brought in to rework one of their clients website and help develop a flash movie for their clients website.

Web Designer

Confidential, Carson City, NV

Environment: Win XP

Tools: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

Responsibilities:

• I was hired to be the new Web Master and redesign their website.
• After the new site was completed, it was my job to do day-to-day maintenance and to design any new web pages through the Marketing departments wireframes.