SKILLS/OS/COMPUTER LANGUAGES
- 4 Color publishing
- Acrylic Painting
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Suite C3
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Image Ready
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- ASP.Net
- Conceptual Art
- CSS
- Desktop Publishing
- Flash
- HTML
- JAVA SCRIPT
- Layout Design
- LINUX
- Mac OS
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Marker Comps
- Microsoft Office Suite
- MySQL
- Paste Up Work
- Pen and Ink Illustration
- PHP
- Quark Xpress
- SEO
- Sequential Art
- Storyboard Art
- UNIX
- Windows Operation Systems
- XHTML
- XML
EDUCATION
- 1993-1995 Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Arts Dover, NJ Certificates of completion
- 1990-1992 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS
- Over twenty years of experience in graphic arts and web design
- Exceptionally broad technological background
- Extensive experience as a hands-on, collaborative leader
EXPERIENCE
2005-Present Lost Goblin Games/International Humongous Corp. NC Webmaster/Owner Raleigh, NC Founder/Owner
- Achieved and maintained a position in the top five listings on Google, Yahoo, and MSN search engines for searches of all major product lines and store category.
- Performed weekly content updates to highlight new products and scheduled in-store events.
- Generated HTML email blasts showcasing new products, events and pre-release reviews of new items.
- Conducted successful Google Ad campaigns, measured by a marked increases in web hits and store traffic.
2008 IT Maximum Selma, NC Website Designer
- Awarded contract to design and construct a unique functional website for the Johnston County Area Transit System (JCATS).
- Ensured site compliance with Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act.
- Archived an album of logos and photos for future marketing campaigns in both print and online formats.
2007 Qualitech Systems, Inc. Cary, NC Website Designer
- Designed and developed an economical "starter site" for CEO wishing to explore web presence options and response without high level of investment.
- Generated a new corporate logo for use in all marketing materials.
- Created custom graphics optimized for the internet, including a cartoon strip demonstrating how the company's product works.
2002-2005 Go-Go Video Carrboro, NC IT Management/Web Developer
- Responsible for website creation and maintenance from concept through execution.
- Performed updates and expansions to site and database as inventory grew from 1200 to 5000 titles.
- Designed all advertising material for print media.
- Managed remote servers for data storage and backups.
2001-2002 Federal Department of Public Health RTP, NC Dat abase Developer (Contract)
- Updated 5,000 web pages for submission to the department's national database as part of a major ColdFusion database redesign.
- Affixed CSS coding to the website and prepared the site for XML coding.
- Edited, resized, and reformatted 10,000 photographs.
1999-2000 UNC-TV Chapel Hill, NC Website Developer
- Contracted to design a new website for UNC-TV.
- Built a media server for testing of audio and video streaming.
- Experimented with early stage HD broadcasting for internet.
1994-2005 Freelance Illustrator Rockaway, NJ / Chapel Hill, NC Illustrator
- Freelance illustrator for Wizards of The Coast, West End Games, Pinnacle Entertainment, Hog's Head Publishing, Dragon Magazine, Inquest Magazine, Wizards Magazine, FASA, Dining Room Games, Mongoose Publishing, Hero Games and TSR.
1994-1997 Freelance Graphic Artist Dover, NJ Graphic Designer
- Layout artist for Car Trader Magazine in New Jersey.
- Freelance storyboard artist for various advertising companies.
- Freelance layout artist for Coupon Heaven.
1995-1996 Elfquest Comics Dover, NJ Color Assistant
- Part-time color assistant on the comic book Elfquest.