Software Consultant (ui/ux) Resume
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SUMMARY
- Creative website designer/front - end developer wif expertise in Liferay theme development, UI/UX, and web graphics. Always striving to simplify complex operations for user benefit, including: ease of use, site organization and visual effect.
- 5 years of professional design, front-end development and interactive site UI experience.
- Expertise in theming Liferay portals, websites & various CMS using HTML, CSS, jQuery and Velocity.
- Experience in UI/UX and collaborating marketing efforts wif design & developmental planning.
- Experience in using teh application server Apache Tomcat.
- Database knowledge including experience in MySQL.
- Possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
- Highly motivated and a self-starter wif aptitude for success in project delivery.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills wif great team ethic.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: HTML5, CSS, jQuery, XML, ActionScript
Programs: Eclipse, Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects; Apple FinalCutPro, Propellerhead Reason, Newtek Lightwave.
Portal Development Tools: Liferay 5&6
Application Servers: Apache Tomcat
IDE: Eclipse
SVN: Forge SVN
CMS: Lifery 5&6, Joomla, Wordpress, OpenCart
Miscellaneous Skills: Interactive website design, sound creation, video editing, video/web animation, design for multiple media platforms (web, mobile device, etc.), 3D modeling/animation, video tutorials, social media.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Software Consultant (UI/UX)
Confidential, Michigan
Responsibilities:
- UI/UX; collaborating marketing efforts wif design and developmental planning.
- Designing themes and user experience for clients using Liferay and Joomla.
- Develop themes using Javascipt, CSS and velocity templates.
- Build several communities and User workflows wifin Liferay to provide collaboration capabilities.
- Backup, dump and import MySQL databases using Unix terminal for data management.
Liferay Theme Specialist
Confidential, Savannah, GA
Responsibilities:
- Received an interactive prototype mockup of their existing website and integrated it into a Liferay portal.
- Worked wif dev team to integrate functionality using such Liferay elements as Structures & Templates and Asset Publisher.
Environment: Liferay Portal 5.x,J2EE, Java, MySQL 5.0, Apache Tomcat, Eclipse 3.x, SVN, Java Server Pages, Apache Ant 1.7.
Liferay Theme Development
Confidential, Fenton, MI
Responsibilities:
- Took client’s materials, determined site flow, UI/UX, workflow.
- Created custom site design and created teh client’s logo from scratch.
- Worked wif developers to host site using Amazon Web Servers.
- Handled all client interaction, design & front-end development for all ZBx Technology web clientele.
- Project management, including developmental process for CMS components.
- Design, front-end development on multiple CMS platforms using PHP, HTML, CSS, Flash, Javascript, jQuery.
Web Designer
Confidential, Michigan
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualized layouts for new version of CMS UI.
- Client theme creation for custom CMS, customer support regarding CMS use & sales.
- Social Media advertisement for promotional, using Twitter and Facebook.
- Sales, client interaction, project management, all aspects of business & development.
- Specialized in Content Managed Site design and training including custom Flash CMS.
- Interactive Parts catalogue for Kawasaki.
Outside Contractor
Confidential, Michigan
Responsibilities:
- Interactive Flash animation, illustration, and assembly of project for online crisis care.
- Managed workflow and supervised six people to hit seemingly impossible deadlines.
- Interactive Flash Assembly for sales training, done for Mazda and Chrysler.
- Content script given wif multiple files and folders, tan assembled. Tight deadlines hit.
- Managed inventory for three Aviation Electrician shops and supervised four personnel.
- Maintained steam catapults for aircraft deployment.