employment history

Johns Hopkins University-Design and Publications
December 2006 – Present

Senior Designer
• Design and create web sites from concept to execution.

• CSS programming for layout and formatting web sites/web pages.

• Flash animations for interactive web sites, online web layouts, content and presentations.

• Compress multi-media, such as Flash Video, for online viewing, as well as for plasma screens/displays. Incorporate into web design/layout.

• Client meetings to gather information on projects, or to present concepts-requires design knowledge and experience, along with an understanding of the time/resources involved to complete the projects.

• Pricing/estimates for clients on most web projects.

• Project direction for web projects requiring back-end programming-requires an understanding of the time/resources involved to complete the projects, along with an understanding of how the web works. Broad understanding of how web servers work, and how they deliver content, what types of backend programming will work with which servers and how to administer them. Also, understand what types of settings/installations are needed to make them communicate with back-end programming, such as databases.

• Content Management Systems (CMS): design and create, as well as maintain sites within CMS software. Also, give in-house, as well as client support for CMS issues. Must have super-user knowledge of how the CMS operates.

• Software required to complete all above tasks: Adobe Flash, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver, Adobe Creative Suite4, Quicktime Pro, iMovie, PPT, MS Word, and Excel.

• Committee work including Accessibility and CMS Super Users Group.

United Equity                                                
October 2003 – December 2006

Art Director
Design, create web site content includes architecture of site, navigation, rollovers, animation and preparing images for the web. Flash presentations. Design various pieces such as logos, brochures, direct mail pieces, newspaper & magazine advertising, all of which involve document layout, photo manipulation, Illustration and pre-press production. Responsible for outsourcing printing and obtaining various print quotes from vendors.

OMAG Media, Inc.                                         
May 2002 - October 2003

Art Director
Design, create web site content includes architecture of site, navigation, rollovers, animation and preparing images for the web. Flash presentations. Design various pieces such as logos, brochures, direct mail pieces, newspaper & magazine advertising, all of which involve document layout, photo manipulation, Illustration and pre-press production. Responsible for outsourcing printing and obtaining various print quotes from vendors.

What A Concept!                                             
May 1999 - May 2002

Web Designer / Director

Design client web sites, which includes layout of site, navigation, rollovers, animation and preparing images for the web. Participate in client presentations. Design various printed pieces such as annual reports, brochures, direct mail pieces, newspaper & magazine advertising all of which involve document layout, photo manipulation, and illustration. Helped direct two junior web designers.

Air Jamaica Vacations                           
March 1997 - May 1999

Graphic Designer

Designed brochures, newspaper ads, and faxes for all Caribbean destinations which involved extensive photo-retouching, drum scanning, document layout, color correcting, illustrating, and logo creation. Ad coordinator for all newspaper ads sent to various publications. Attended and approved press checks for printed materials. Helped supervise two junior graphic designers.

Deneba Software                             
April 1996 - March 1997

Prepress Operator / Junior Designer
Designed magazine software ads, inducted new output jobs into in- house prepress, downloaded client files from the web, tested and used beta desktop publishing programs capabilities to print to imagesetter. Created page layouts, composed ads, typesetting, placement of scans, photo retouching, created logos, output film, paper and color proofs to postscript printers or imagesetter.

Lasertech October                               
1993 - April 1996

Prepress Operator
Created page layouts, composed ads, typeset documents, placed scans, photo retouched scans in ads, created logos, color separations, trapped documents, output film, paper and colorproofs to postscript printers or imagesetters. Worked with Fuji matchprints, color keys, bluelines, and made velox prints using imagesetter film.

Served in the US Navy from 1989-1992

PR3 (E-4) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman
Responsible for keeping parachutes, life rafts, personal flight gear, and other aviation survival gear in proper working condition.

The duties performed include:

* inspecting, maintaining and repairing survival equipment, flight gear and protective clothing (anti-gravity suits etc.)
* repairing, packing and rigging parachutes;
* inspecting and testing oxygen regulators, liquid oxygen converters and safety equipment;
* repairing, packing and rigging parachutes;
* equipping and packing life rafts;
* manufacturing various types of fabric work and webbing assemblies used in survival equipment.

Can supply DD214 (Honorable Discharge)

objective

To obtain a graphic/web designer position, which allows me to utilize my skills, talent, and expertise in the graphic/web design industry for an organization that offers a challenging and rewarding career opportunity.