PointLine Interactive Studio

                                             
                                             

Resumé

Available for freelance and contract projects.

Work Experience

• Web Designer and Programmer
• Creative Director
  
• Art Director
• Project Manager
  
• Interactive Marketing
  
• Graphic Designer/Illustrator
• Writing, editing and research

Skills and Responsibilities

• Creative and technically proficient web designer. Strong user Interface design skills. Solid XHTML and CSS experience. Strong commitment to web standards and to the end-user experience.
  
  
• Proven ability to successfully take a web site from design through launch. Manage and train teams of artists, content designers, animators and programmers in the development of interactive programs.
  
  
• Highly proficient in professional software such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator.
  
  
• Strong experience with social networking sites such as FaceBook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, blogs, and template-based software such as WordPress. Good working knowledge of JavaScript and server-side programming languages such as PHP and ASP.
  
  
• Proven ability to effectively communicate client goals and marketing messages in the interactive media. Hands-on design and production of client projects. Technology savvy and a quick study in any software application. Love of and desire to continue learning new technologies.

Career Highlights

• Co-Founder and Creative Director of Red Dot Interactive, a pioneering interactive multimedia company founded in 1991 in San Francisco, and one of the longest-established multimedia companies in the Bay Area. It was sold in 1998.
  
  
• Projects have ranged from web sites for high-profile educational, marketing and cultural agencies to laptop corporate training, trade-show presentations and kiosks. Clients have included Fortune 1000 companies such as NBC, IBM, Coca-Cola, Sprint, McDonald's, Scholastic Books, JC Penney, Pacific Bell, SAS Cargo, DHL, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, BMW, Discover Card, and many others.
  
  
• Projects have won important industry awards including: five INVISION awards, highlighted with the coveted "Award of Excellence," MACROMEDIA "Peoples Choice Award," MARCOM, NEW YORK Awards and the CINDY Awards.
  
  
• Featured as a top designer in Communication Arts, AdWeek, Interactive Week and Direct Marketing.

Education

• Graduated Cum Laude, Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Utah
  
  
• Graduate work in Art and Design at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, and Academy of Art University, San Francisco