Art Director and User Interface (UI) Designer with experience in all aspects of effective marketing, compelling graphic communication and user-friendly interface design.

Professional Experience

Art Director and Senior UI Design Consultant
MyTeamZone (2007 – Present)
MyTeamZone is a social networking site built from the ground up specifically for sports teams. It consists of many applications facilitating league, team and player communication, coordination and training.
Responsibilities included the establishment of the look-and-feel of the entire site and supporting marketing campaigns. I developed product prototypes, storyboards and communicated marketing, design, usability issues and development goals to a range of executives, designers and developers. Applications included are calendars, email, message boards and video clip management and purchasing.

Senior Graphic Designer and Web Designer
Florida Center for Community Design and Research (2007 – Present)
FCCDR is a Type II State University System research center affiliated with the School of Architecture and Community Design at the University of South Florida.
Responsibilities included the design and direction all front-end interface and administration areas of the web-based applications. I also produced print materials such as posters, brochures and business cards to support community-based mapping applications.

Senior Web and Graphic Designer
Fourth Door Creative (2005 – 2006)
Taking the lead on developing the web department, my responsibilities included conducting needs analysis meetings and determining project scope, site design & architecture, hosting & email account administration, managing client expectations, technical support and training. Additionally, my job was not limited to web; I was also directly involved with many award-winning corporate identity, print collateral and ad campaigns.

Senior Graphic Designer
Absher Design Group (2005 – 2006)
Responsibilities included all aspects of print design as well as web design. I directed and designed award-winning ad campaigns and photography shoots.

I am well versed in a host of graphic and interactive software
Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3, Photoshop CS3, InDesign CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3, Contribute CS3, Quark, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 & 2008, TextMate, Coda, etc.

I also work with many frameworks and languages
Microsoft AJAX Control Toolkit, .NET 2.0 & 3.5, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Prototype, script.aculo.us, etc.

2006 - As Senior Graphic Designer - Web for Fourthdoor Creative - 2 Silver Addy® Awards - Website Design and Self Promotion Categories (Tampa Bay Advertising Federation)

2005 - As Senior Graphic Designer for Absher Design Group - 1 Gold and 4 Silver Addy® Awards (Advertising Federation of Southwest Florida)