Clarity of PurposeRanking professional skills by roles and length of experience.
Graphic Design and Illustration
Pre-Web
Graphic Design
- 20+ years Experience
- Digital Prepress
- Editorial Illustration
- Photo-retouching
Good
UI/UX Design
- Ten years Experience
- eCommerce Launches
- Full-service Creative
- Available for Contracts
Better
Web Designer
- Twelve years Experience
- Digital Agency Pro
- Corporate-level Manager
- Mentoring to Others
Best
UI Developer
- Sematic Web Development
- HTML5/CSS3/javascript
- Supports Creatives
- JSP, LAMP & WebSphere
Graphic Artist and Designer
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Retail Display Layout
Floor Displays, Aisle Planning and Signage. Architectural plans and floor projections to show merchandise in active use. -
Retail Products
Hard-line pen, air-brush, color watercolor and digital illustrations for various clients. Content for retail display, packaging, advertising and presentations using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and FreeHand. -
Instruction Manuals
Design and illustration of instruction manuals for Revell-Monogram and other clients. Assembly diagrams, product demonstrations and other technical elements contents. -
Editorial
Two- and four-color Illustrations for Lakeland Boating Magazine, Great Lakes Boating and spot illustrations. -
Advertising and Commissions
Color Illustrations of active scenes, including military aircraft, sporting events, advertising content and conceptual layouts.
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Quark XPress Digital Production
Seven years of professional experience with four-color press production and spot-color trapping. Media includes print catalog page layout, advertising flats and beverage packaging. -
Packaging Production
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator Production. Eight years of professional experience with four-color press production and spot-color trapping. Media includes print catalog page layout, national ads, beverage packaging and retail labels. -
Photo-retouching and Separations
14 years of four-color and spot-color image manipulation, including color correction, content replacement and separations for prepress production. -
High-Resolution Scans
10 years of high-resolution film scanning with wet drum-scanners and flat-plane scanners for prepress production.
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Creative Ad Design
Concept sketches, rough layout and high-quality imagery for presentation and photography direction. Typography specification, grid-based templates and brand identity. -
Instruction Manual Design
Technical manuals and assembly instructions design, including extracting engineering details and assembly procedures for consumer usage. Icon and symbol system creation, usage and modification. -
Corporate Branding Standards
Interpretation, modification and enforcement of corporate branding standards. Redesign of existing content to meet corporate standards, including master pages, new designs and data checking for clients at ThermoScientific, Grainger, Methode and others. -
Packaging and Ad Design
Creating advertising and retail packaging content for multiple clients, including Beam-Suntory, Methode, Other World Computing, newertechnology and Motorola.
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Creative Design of MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Image Library Management
Management of assets and imagery for multiple clients, including adverting agencies, manufacturing, distribution and eCommerce concerns. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.
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Art Director for MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new concepts of coordinated advertising ad banners and national print campaigns. -
Packaging Concepts Development for newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Relaunch of Methode.com
Stakeholder contact, planning and strategic concepts initiative for relaunch of Web 2.0 site, completed in 1999. -
HELP System for TIMS VA Project
Development of application-wide concepts for Help System and documentation for Department of Defense client presentation. Evaluation and consultation on procedures and User Experience framework for same.
User Interface Designer
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TIM User Interface Elements
Creative Cloud Design Design User Interface Mock-ups Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for icons and Screen Mock-ups -
Bootstrap 3.3 and 4.1.3 Frameworks UI Development
HTML5/CSS/AJAX markup, modifying UI to Lead Developer and Stakeholder specifications. Creating new elements and providing content support. -
Java Server Pages (JSP) HTML Markup
JSP markup using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in Java Virtual Machine Development Framework. Synchronizing local VM to common Development Server and posting changes for review. -
AxureRP UI Prototype and Mockup Presentations
Using Creative Cloud applications and AxureRP to develop functional mock-ups to demonstrate new UI functionality. Create A-B testing scenarios for User Experience schema, testing and review. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and checking for guidance from Department of Defense Veteran Affairs Rules and Regulations.
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myCatamaranRx Portal User Experience Study
Phase One: Three month project to examine customer service calls and server statistics to focus developers efforts on adding or modifying features to increase new memberships, click-through, time onsite and return visits. -
PortalRx Updates
Phase Two: Design new elements to improve experience and update client portal sites based on PMB competitor research and user modeling. HTML5/CSS/AJAX markup, modifying UI to Lead Developer and Stakeholder specifications. Creating new elements and providing content support. -
WebSphere and Java Server Pages (JSP)
JSP markup in Application Portal settings, often using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in WebSphere Portal Application. HTML/CSS markup for UI modifications. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
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LAMP-Based HTML/CSS/AJAX in Agile Development Scheme
Working with Lead Developer using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and javascript to effect developer modifications and meet Art Director requirements for clients, including Citibank, Federal Express and Conagra Foods. -
Conagra Foods Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign
Now called "Feeding America", this was a public-relations campaign to provide donations of nutritional food to children and adults across the US. Completed MP3 give-away sections, social media plugins and Spanish language versions of full site to Conagra for deployment to the non-profit website developers. -
FedEx and Citibank Kiosk Applications
HTML Markup and javascript modifications to support deployment of Kiosk-based web applications for corporate clients. Secure forms pages and testing in .Net Dev Server environment using Visual Studio and scfript-based post-processing system for deployment. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
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Relaunch MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Relaunch of newertechnology Product Information site at newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.
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Web Development Concepts
Working with several small clients, launched several small informational sites from 1993 to 1997. -
Launch of Lone Wolf Studio
Promotional Web Site for Web Design promotion, including design and development of Flash animations, HTML/CSS and other web content -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers
Web Designer Roles Since 2000
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Frameworks for Mobile Development
Front-End Development using HTML5/CSS/AJAX markup, JSP, jQuery UI, and SpringIO Framework for a portal application called TIMS. -
Consumer-facing Applications
Front End Development for WebSphere Application Server, Oracle and SAP Enterprise Systems in LAMP, JVM and .Net Development Environments. -
Java Server Pages (JSP) HTML Markup
JSP markup using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in Java Virtual Machine Development Framework. Synchronizing local VM to common Development Server and posting changes for review. -
AxureRP UI Prototype and Mockup Presentations
Using Creative Cloud applications and AxureRP to develop functional mock-ups to demonstrate new UI functionality. Create A-B testing scenarios for User Experience schema, testing and review. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and checking for guidance from Department of Defense Veteran Affairs Rules and Regulations.
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myCatamaranRx Portal User Experience Study
Phase One: Three month project to examine customer service calls and server statistics to focus developers efforts on adding or modifying features to increase new memberships, click-through, time onsite and return visits. -
PortalRx Updates
Phase Two: Design new elements to improve experience and update client portal sites based on PMB competitor research and user modeling. HTML5/CSS/AJAX markup, modifying UI to Lead Developer and Stakeholder specifications. Creating new elements and providing content support. -
WebSphere and Java Server Pages (JSP)
JSP markup in Application Portal settings, often using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in WebSphere Portal Application. HTML/CSS markup for UI modifications. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
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LAMP-Based HTML/CSS/AJAX in Agile Development Scheme
Working with Lead Developer using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and javascript to effect developer modifications and meet Art Director requirements for clients, including Citibank, Federal Express and Conagra Foods. -
Conagra Foods Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign
Now called "Feeding America", this was a public-relations campaign to provide donations of nutritional food to children and adults across the US. Completed MP3 give-away sections, social media plugins and Spanish language versions of full site to Conagra for deployment to the non-profit website developers. -
FedEx and Citibank Kiosk Applications
HTML Markup and javascript modifications to support deployment of Kiosk-based web applications for corporate clients. Secure forms pages and testing in .Net Dev Server environment using Visual Studio and scfript-based post-processing system for deployment. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
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Relaunch MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Relaunch of newertechnology Product Information site at newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.
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Relaunch MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Relaunch of newertechnology Product Information site at newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.
Web Development Roles since 2003
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TIMS HELP System Deployment
Adobe RoboHelp Application depoloyed in HTML5 as sidecar to TIMS deployment. Linked at Categories, with keyword search and tooltips directory. -
CatamaranRx Customer Portal Upgrades
User Interface modifications deployed under the direction of project managers and stakeholders and within HIPPA guidelines. -
Java Server Pages (JSP) HTML Markup
JSP markup using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in Java Virtual Machine Development Framework. Synchronizing local VM to common Development Server and posting changes for review. -
AxureRP UI Prototype and Mockup Presentations
Using Creative Cloud applications and AxureRP to develop functional mock-ups to demonstrate new UI functionality. Create A-B testing scenarios for User Experience schema, testing and review. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and checking for guidance from Department of Defense Veteran Affairs Rules and Regulations.
-
myCatamaranRx Portal User Experience Study
Phase One: Three month project to examine customer service calls and server statistics to focus developers efforts on adding or modifying features to increase new memberships, click-through, time onsite and return visits. -
PortalRx Updates
Phase Two: Design new elements to improve experience and update client portal sites based on PMB competitor research and user modeling. HTML5/CSS/AJAX markup, modifying UI to Lead Developer and Stakeholder specifications. Creating new elements and providing content support. -
WebSphere and Java Server Pages (JSP)
JSP markup in Application Portal settings, often using jquery and javascript for AJAX calls in WebSphere Portal Application. HTML/CSS markup for UI modifications. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
-
LAMP-Based HTML/CSS/AJAX in Agile Development Scheme
Working with Lead Developer using HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and javascript to effect developer modifications and meet Art Director requirements for clients, including Citibank, Federal Express and Conagra Foods. -
Conagra Foods Child Hunger Ends Here Campaign
Now called "Feeding America", this was a public-relations campaign to provide donations of nutritional food to children and adults across the US. Completed MP3 give-away sections, social media plugins and Spanish language versions of full site to Conagra for deployment to the non-profit website developers. -
FedEx and Citibank Kiosk Applications
HTML Markup and javascript modifications to support deployment of Kiosk-based web applications for corporate clients. Secure forms pages and testing in .Net Dev Server environment using Visual Studio and scfript-based post-processing system for deployment. -
HIPPA and ADA Compliance
Creating and maintaining WAI-ARIA and Section 501C markup for portal application. Reviewing and flagging code for HIPPA Compliance and safeguarding members personal data.
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Relaunch MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Relaunch of newertechnology Product Information site at newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.
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Relaunch MacSales.com
Working with the owner of Other World Computing, as well as the Website Administrators and the eCommerce Developer, created new User Interface elements, Landing Pages and Product Category headers. Created HTML4/CSS2 to enable cross-platform/cross-browser functionality and tested -
Relaunch of newertechnology Product Information site at newertech.com
Art Direction and User Interface Development of 2005 relaunch of the defunct OEM site for the new owner, Other World Computing. Extended advertising support and created consistent messages for promoting computer upgrades, laptop batteries and Apple® iPod™ accessories. -
Web Banner and Print Ad Campaigns
Design and modifications for coordinated ad campaigns that included web banners, spot-ads in multi-media and full-page advertising of computer upgrades, musical instruments and personal music devices. -
Website design for digital agency clients
Creating and maintaining web sites for customers using Fastermac.com or other web-hosting services through Other World Computing. Also, media development and content management for not-for-profit organizations such as Adult & Child Therapy Services of McHenry County, commercial clients and private customers.