Coroflot

Resume

OBJECTIVE: Utilize my creative and technical expertise through effective presentation of information.

MEDIA/TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

* Websites with table-less, user-focused design maximizing cross-browser compatibility
* Interactive CD-ROMs and DVDs
* HTML/XHTML, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
* Video and audio recording and editing, including compressions for QuickTime and Flash streaming
* Graphics creation for websites and email
* Digital- imaging/compositing and photography
* Computer animation
* Macintosh and Windows- operating systems, software and peripherals, and maintenance
* Software: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Fireworks, Premiere, iMovie, Director, SoundEdit 16, GarageBand, SoundForge XP, Microsoft Office
* Technical documentation creation (hardware, software and procedures)
* Graphic design and page layout
* Oil painting; Mixed-media drawing techniques
* Excellent collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills
* Initiative and ability to learn software and processes quickly and efficiently

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Designer - Greenfield, IN | Madison, WI | Rochester, MN; Northfield, MN; May 1990 - Present

Technical/Creative-
> Design websites including: supporting photography/graphics, interface design, site architecture
> Author interactive audio-visual computer multimedia designs for instructional purposes
> Create website maintenance tutorials (video and other media) for website design services
> Create commissioned graphic designs for wearable-art and fiber-art
> Create works in oil on canvas, and wearable art

Administrative/Sales
Market and sell original and custom designs and paintings — see samples:
> http://dano-dna.com/portfolio.shtml
> http://dano-dna.spreadshirt.com/
> http://www.cafepress.com/dano_dna_tees/

Web Graphic Designer; Indiana Department of Education; Indianapolis, IN; September - December 2008

Technical/Creative-
> Web interaction\usability design – UI design and HTML implementation
> Integration of CSS and (X)HTML design layout with several small .Net applications
> Work collaboratively with Management, Developers, Content providers and Marketing/Communications
> Indiana Standards and Resources database styling:
http://dc.doe.in.gov/Standards/AcademicStandards/index.shtml
> Wire-framing administrative back-end of Indiana Standards and Resources database for a development team

User Interface Design (UI)“Bug Squasher”; Authorhouse/Inkubook via Beacon Hill Technologies Staffing; Indianapolis, IN; March 2008
Technical/Creative-
> Assisted in resolving UI defects, including but not limited to: Cross-browser issues, visual defects and bugs in the Inkubook.com website
> Worked quickly and independently with the Lead UI Designer to meet aggressive schedules

Visual Communications Program Chair/Associate Professor, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana; Indianapolis, IN; August 2001 - July 2007

Technical-
> Re-designed the departmental website from a framed site to an XHTML and CSS designed site. This site is viewable at:
> http://dano-dna.com/sample-viscomm.shtml
> Taught courses/topics:
> Web Design: accessibility, CSS, image slicing, information architecture, Internet graphics creation, interface design, HTML
> 2-Dimensional Design and Color Theory
> Digital -Imaging and -Photography
> Drawing
> Vector Illustration
> Typography
> Assisted program faculty and students to solve hardware, software and related technical issues
> Researched and specified appropriate software and hardware needs for the program
> Coordinated with and assisted the desktop administrators in lab hardware and software configurations, and trouble-shooting
Administrative-
> Managed and identified annual departmental budgetary needs and wrote necessary requisitions
> Planned course content and descriptions, revised current degrees and their requirements and planned for new degrees and their requirements as a member of the college statewide curriculum committee
> Supervised and mentored departmental faculty in curriculum and professional development
> Oversaw and guided part-time computer lab assistants and work-study students in lab maintenance and provided assistance to program students and faculty
> Provided student advising and career counseling
> Arranged and gave presentations on the Visual Communications Program's degree concentrations
> Developed dual-credit agreements with area high schools to allow college credit for specific high school courses

Information Processing Consultant, Center for Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC) - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI; December 1997- August 2001

Technical-
> Taught iMovie and Dreamweaver workshops to faculty and graduate students in the School of Education
> Trained and provided technical support for elementary and middle school teachers learning digital video editing and web development as part of an education grant, which was awarded to the CIMC
> Trained library staff in digital image and video editing and web page maintenance
> Provided consultation for faculty, staff and students on educational and professional multimedia projects, including websites
> Selected, purchased, set up, tested, did trouble-shooting, and updated hardware and software for CIMC- Computer Lab, Classrooms and Circulation-Media areas
> Wrote scripts for automatic computer software installation and maintenance
Administrative-
> Led the CIMC Web Team in website production and maintenance
> Hired, scheduled and trained CIMC student computer lab assistants
> Served on search committees for CIMC graduate program assistants and full-time library staff
> Authored annual Instructional Laboratory Modernization grants (1998- 2001)

Computing/Graphics Consultant, New Media Center (NMC) and Biology New Media Center (BNMC) - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI; January 1997 - November 1997 (overlapping part-time positions)

Technical-
> Presented Macromedia Director software during the Learning Technology and Distance Education Colloquium (BNMC)
> Provided consultation and assistance to enable university faculty, staff and students to learn the suite of available multimedia software and equipment (NMC/BNMC)
> Installed and did trouble-shooting of center's hardware, software and peripherals (NMC/BNMC)

Student Lab Assistant (part-time position), School of Education Computer Lab - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI; September 1996 - May 1997

Technical-
> Presented workshops on Adobe Illustrator Basics and Digital Video/Animated Gif's
> Assisted faculty, staff and students with hardware, software and printing tasks in the computer lab

Art Instructor, Display Advisor, and Sales Consultant, Southeastern Minnesota Visual Artists' (SEMVA) Gallery (a coop gallery); Rochester, MN; September 1992 - December 1994

Technical-
> Taught adult and teenage students fine art, including drawing, painting and mixed-media techniques
> Constructed and arranged the physical structure of the SEMVA Gallery and hung and took down shows and artwork for gallery members

Administrative/Sales-
> Collaborated with the gallery committee to plan exhibits in the SEMVA Gallery
> Acted as a gallery sales consultant for all gallery members

Art Instructor (part-time), Rochester Community Education (City of Rochester); Rochester, MN; September 1992 - February 1993

Technical-
> Taught adults color design and acrylic painting techniques

Art Apprentice (financial grant funded position), Saint Olaf College Art Department -Saint Olaf College; Northfield, MN; September 1990 - December 1990

Technical/Creative-
> Critiqued and gave technical advice to students in oil painting, drawing, sculpture and ceramics
> Planned and produced a new series of oil paintings for an exhibit, marketed and gave a public exhibition of these paintings

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI; Master of Fine Arts- Interactive Computer Media and Painting - January 1995 - May 1997

Saint Olaf College; Northfield, MN; Bachelor of Arts- Double-major in Art and German Language - September 1986 - May 1990

AWARDS/HONORS

Adobe Dream Team Digital Video Contest Second Prize Winner (Student Category)
Date: Spring 1997
Description: Free professional software of my choosing awarded
Provider: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Apprenticeship Financial Grant
Date: 1990
Description: Financial grant, art studio, supplies and exhibition provided
Provider: Saint Olaf College Art Department

Departmental Distinction in Studio Art
Date: 1990
Description: Award
Provider: Saint Olaf College Art Department

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Dreamweaver and Internet Accessibility training workshop series
Dates: 2000-2001
Where: Learning Technology and Distance Education - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI

Macromedia Dreamweaver: Intermediate/Advanced training
Dates: August and September 2000
Where: Division of Information Technology - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI

Macromedia Director: Beginner/Advanced training
Dates: May 1999
Where: Think Innovative Media- Milwaukee, WI

Macromedia Director: Beginner training
Dates: June 1997
Where: Division of Information Technology - University of Wisconsin; Madison, WI
Special Studies
Art Apprenticeship (painting) with Art Department Faculty- Professor Wendell Arneson
Dates: September - December 1990
Where: Saint Olaf College; Northfield, MN

Intensive German Language/Culture Study
Dates: February- April 1988
Where: University of Paderborn; Germany

German language studies with topics in Art History, History and Philosophy
Dates: April- August 1988
Where: University of Konstanz; Germany