Resume

Project Objectives:

Web Graphics & Developement

Professional Experience:

2004-present — joerhoney.com: Freelance Web Designer and General Artist
Responsibilities: Illustration, graphics and web design/development
Skills/Tools: (X)HTML, CSS, javascript snippets & libraries (when necessary), some PHP, phpMyAdmin, WordPress, ZenCart (no longer recommended), Drupal, Mac, Windows, Safari, Internet Explorer, FireFox, CyberDuck, FileZilla, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, LiveMotion, pencil & paper, ink

12/2009-present — Hair Glove: Graphic Artist and Web Designer (employee)
Responsibilities: 
Working one on one with supervisor in designing graphics for hair products and laying out new catalogs. Soon to be managing all company websites as well.
Skills/Tools: Mac, Safari, CyberDuck, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, pencil & paper, Bamboo tablet

07/2009-12/2009 — Phase One, Inc.: Web Designer/Developer (on-site and at-home employee)
Responsibilities: Running the campaign to start a new set of networking websites (confidential at this time, thus nowhere to be found in my online portfolio). Building on an existing website with a new design, and implementing further functionality in a LAMP environment.
Skills/Tools: (X)HTML, CSS, javascript snippets & libraries, PHP, phpMyAdmin, WordPress, Drupal, Windows, Safari, Internet Explorer, FireFox, FileZilla, GIMP, Inkscape

10/2007-03/2009 — Entrepreneur Media: Internet Production Associate (employee)
Responsibilities: Web design and development for main site (entrepreneur.com) and sub sites including, womenentrepreneur.com, entrepreneurpress.com, smallbizbooks.com, thepegboard.com and others.
Skills/Tools: (X)HTML, CSS, javascript snippets, some Perl, Movable Type, Ektron, Windows, Safari, Internet Explorer, FireFox, FileZilla, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ImageReady

01/2006-03/2007 — Pro-Mart Industries: Layout/Graphic Artist (on-site freelancer, then employee)
Responsibilities: Creating new package layouts (and fixing old ones) for houseware products including all responsibilities from die-lines, dimensions, color designation and occasional photo shoots, to photo prep, type setting and mock-ups for approval.
Skills/Tools: Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, pencil & paper, ink, Xacto, cardboard (for packaging mockups), digital camera

04/2001-01/2007 — Pacifica T-shirts: Graphic Artist (employee, then on-site freelancer)
Responsibilities: Layout for shirts and other promotional items, graphic and logo clean-up/recreate, color-separated films for screen-printing, Illustration (drawing or piecing together scenes and other art renderings), customer service and multi-tasking.
Skills/Tools: Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, pencil & paper, ink, ruby tape (film splicing)

2005-2007 — So Cal Promo: Graphic Artist/Designer (at-home freelancer)
Responsibilities: Layout for shirts and other promotional items, graphic and logo clean-up/recreate, Illustration (drawing or piecing together scenes and other art renderings).
Skills/Tools: Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, pencil & paper, ink

03/2004-09/2005 — Youth Specialist Centers Inc.: Director of Promotion and Marketing (employee, then on-site freelancer)
Responsibilities: Full creation of promotional pieces from proof to product including brochures, pamphlets, presentation books, website (temporarily down, pending proofreading). Also nonprofessional pieces such as ID Cards.
Skills/Tools: Mac, Photoshop, Illustrator, pencil & paper, ink, Xacto, cardboard (for packaging mockups), digital camera

2002-2003 — Flawless Faces Caricatures: Caricature Artist (in-house freelancer)
Responsibilities: Flagged down foot traffic at the Irvine Spectrum Center to pose. Drew and sold caricatures.
Skills/Tools: Ink & paper, pastels, cash box, booth setup and tear down

1999 — Success Makers: Web Designer (employee)
Responsibilities: Design, graphics and HTML based websites, layout and HTML editing.
Skills/Tools: HTML, Internet Explorer, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ImageReady

Educational Experience:

1997 California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA): Student
Created animated shorts including story, design, layout, animation and editing bay. Learned the history, techniques and application of various types of animation including cut-out, stop-motion, traditional (cell) and other experimental and basic styles.

1997 “The Creative Spirit” Visual Arts Exhibition at the State Capital Governor’s Council Room: Participant
Entered life drawing and scene pieced together from cut-out animation done at CSSSA into visual arts exhibition.

Selected Specialized Skills:

Software:

  • Adobe Illustrator -expert
  • Adobe Photoshop -expert
  • Adobe Imageready -for animated web graphics
  • Adobe Indesign -some experience
  • Adobe Dreamweaver -well experienced
  • GIMP -well experienced
  • Inkscape -well experienced
  • 3D Studio Max -some experience
  • Quark -some experience
  • Word -well experienced
  • Excel -well experienced

Web Skills:

  • (X)HTML -expert
  • CSS -expert
  • Javascript -some experience
  • Javascript libraries -some experience
  • PHP -well experienced
  • Perl -some experience
  • MySQL -some experience
  • phpMyAdmin -well experienced
  • LAMP -well experienced
  • Working in/managing a CMS -well experienced
  • Debugging -well experienced

Art Forms:

  • Web graphics/design -expert
  • Web animation -expert
  • Video editing -some experience
  • Digital & manual photography -well experienced
  • Color design -well experienced
  • Character design -expert
  • Background design -well experienced
  • Illustrating -expert
  • Life drawing -well experienced
  • Caricatures -some experience

Other Media:

  • Ink -well experienced
  • Charcoal -expert
  • Colored pencils -expert
  • Graphite -expert

Honors and Awards:

2004 CCROP Certificate of Competencies: 3D Animation

1997 California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA) participant

California Arts Scholar Certificate of Recognition for Distinguished Achievement in the Visual Arts

California Arts Scholarship

California State Senate Certificate of Recognition, Animation Award issued at Irvine Fine Arts Center

California State Assembly Certificate of Recognition

California State Summer School for the Arts ”The Creative Spirit” Certificate of Recognition

Education:

Professional training: CSS, DHTML, CMS production, debugging web code: Entrepreneur Media

Instructional classes: 3D Studio Max: CCROP

College credits (3): Animation: California State Summer School for the Arts

Professional training: Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Photoshop: Pacifica T-shirts

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