experience
my education
Northland College, Ashland, WI ‘01
One semester of environmental education, basis in mathematics. Course to become Frontpage certified.
GPA: 3.5
Brown College, Mendota Heights, MN ’02
Completed a 18 month Visual Communication course with an emphasis on Multimedia.
Graduated. GPA: 3.85
my skills
Software:
PhotoShop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere
Dreamweaver, Fireworks,
Flash, Director
Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
QuarkXPress
Languages:
HTML, XHTML, CSS, enough PHP & Javascript to tweak existing code.
Applications:
Shopping Carts: Zen Cart, Cube Cart, Miva
CMS Systems: Site Driver, CMS Made Simple,
Drupal
Miscellaneous: MySQL, WordPress, LifeType, PhpBB
my employment
Eastbay, WI - Phone Sales, ‘99 - ’01
Answering phones and placing orders for customers in their home looking at a
catalog. Assisting customers whose orders/experience were less then ideal.
Solving these cases in a way that appeased the company and the client.
Perkins, MN - Manager/Server, ‘02 - ’04
Taking and placing orders for customers coming in to eat. Managing several
tables at one time while keeping the eating environment clean. Managing the
restaurant’s daily activities. Assisting employees in maintaining a productive work
environment. Responsible for the necessary reports and money management for my shifts.
August Ash, MN - Web Developer/Designer, ‘04 - Current
I currently serve as designer/developer and project manager for various website projects for personal and small/large business
sites. Completed the full life cycle web design from requirements gathering and conceptualization through testing and
completion of sites. Responsible for layout, maintenance, updating, design and development of websites. Work on
basic 4-5 page sites to larger, more complex sites requiring e-commerce, blogs, cms systems, and forms. Working
along side other designers and programmers to come up with quotes, work plans, and eventually finish a project.