Utilizing creative, programming, web design, web development, and graphic design skills to develop projects and publish web sites for businesses & organizations that are not only functional and easy to use but also dynamic and visually pleasing.

Skills

• Experienced on Windows, Linux, and Apple
• Worked on large scale CMS content management systems, web applications and large company wide intranets
• Expert in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Homesite, Flash, Fireworks, Microsoft Office, Visio, and QuarkXpress
• Expert in XHTML, HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, jquery, Gif Animation and multimedia web design
• Experienced in working with PHP, MySQL, XML
• Internet advertising specialists working with search engines, Google Adwords, and Yahoo! search marketing. Managing Multiple pay-per-click keyword campaigns and online advertising accounts.
• Skilled in graphic design, layout, typography, drawing, logo/icon design, and cartooning
• Experienced in digital video capture, editing, and compression for the Internet
• Trained in traditional artistic mediums: watercolor, pen and ink, oil, and photography
• Search engine optimization expert (SEO)
• Experienced in the application of open source software: Drupal, Wordpress, and Magento Commerce for projects and small business ecommerce solutions.
• Sales and project management experience

Experience

User Interface Designer at Morgan Stanley
July 8 - August 17 2010
Project: User Interface Application Design
Location: Vernon Hills, IL

• Redesigned UI for their internal financial applicaion
• Created frontend code for new application interface

Customer Solutions and Experience at Hewitt Associates
January 12- April 11 2009
Project: User Experience Application Design
Location: Lincolnshire, IL

• Created demo application prototypes
• Designed Icons and documentation manuals
• Created wire frames and web applications schematics

Internet Marketing Strategy at Walgreens Health Services
April 26,2007 - July 18, 2007
Project: User Interface Design Contractor
Location: Deerfield, IL

• Designed web page layouts
• Created site maps and page flows for pharmacy and healthcare services, including PBM, mail service, home care, and specialty pharmacy.
• participated in application development and internet marketing team meetings

Drapery Connection 1999-Present Web Designer, Hinsdale, IL

• Designed Web site: www.DraperyConnection.com
• Prepared Layout and design print ads
• #1 site for the keyword “drapery” on most search engines
• Designed interface and Hand coded entire site in HTML
• Created original graphics with Photoshop and Illustrator

Motorola Sep. 3, 2005 - Dec. 16, 2005
Web Developer Contractor
Client: Vignette
Project: Motorola Global Human Resource Portal
Location: Schaumburg Illinois

• Migrate existing HR content from intranet
• Utilized Vignette CMS web portal software
• Built content modules displayed to specific countries and regions

Hartford Computer Group 2/14/05-3/30/05, Web Design Contractor
Inverness, IL

• Designed the website: 
• Site built with Dreamweaver and Fireworks
• Utilized DHTML, CSS, and Javascript

College of American Pathologists 9/8/03-12/31/03, 8/16/04-10/22/04 Web Design Contractor Northfield, IL

• Edited content of website www.cap.org
• Utilized Documentum content management system
• Created XML documents and templates

NEC Solutions 6/24/03-7/25/03 Web Design Contractor Arlington Heights, IL

• Designed and updated pages on www.necbigpicture.com
• Updated information in Mysql databases

Society of Actuaries
April 18th 2005 - August 12th, 2005
2/11/02-3/20/02,
2/16/04-4/1/04,
Web Design Contractor Schaumburg, IL

• Performed maintenance and updates to www.soa.org
• Creating web pages and graphics for the Society of Actuaries
• Utilized Dreamweaver, Homesite, Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop, HTML,CSS, and JavaScript

Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau 4/11/01-6/10/01 Web Design Contractor Chicago, IL

• Performed maintenance and updates to www.choosechicago.com
• Creating web pages and graphics for the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau
• Utilized Dreamweaver, Homesite, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, and JavaScript

Click Commerce 10/2/00-11/3/00 Web Design Contractor Chicago, IL

• Worked in the Design department
• Creating web pages and graphics for the Click Commerce demo application
• Utilized Dreamweaver, Homesite, Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, and JavaScript

Organic Online 8/21/00-9/21/00 Web Design Contractor Chicago, IL

• Worked in the Web Content Engineering department
• Built web pages for the Chrysler.com and Target.com web sites
• Utilized Macromedia Dreamweaver, JHTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Selling Dynamics 2000 Website Design Arlington Heights, IL

• Designed Web site: www.sellingdynamics.com
• Initiated project from concept to finished site
• Designed interface, links, text, images, HTML and JavaScript utilizing Illustrator, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver

Education

American Academy of Art 1995-1998 Chicago, IL

• Associate Degree in Illustration.
• Minor in Painting and Graphic Design.

College of DuPage 1998-1999 Glen Ellyn, IL

• Course work in Computer Graphics and Design: Computer Art I-III, Graphic Design, Computer Programming, Marketing, Advertising.

Conferences/Additional Training

1st Place Google Hackathon Chicago 8/3/2011

• Part of the HTML5 Web App competition for the Google Chrome Web Store.
• Team tied for 1st place. HTML5 API's included: Canvas, Web Sockets & Web Audio.

Word Camp Chicago 6/5/2010 Chicago, IL

• All day training sessions on Wordpress development

Drupal Camp Chicago 12/12/2009 Evanston, IL

• All day training sessions on Drupal CMS development

SXSWi 2008 Austin, TX

• Attended week long web design and development sessions
• Largest web developer conference in the US

Web Content 2007 Chicago, IL

• Attended this conference to learn the latest content technologies