Resume

Work Experience

Senior UI Designer + Developer, AdBrite, 6/2008–10/2008
UI Designer + Developer, AdBrite, 5/2006–6/2008
Define and develop the user interaction of the publisher side of the AdBrite consumer site, including ad unit set up and editing and statistics reporting. Define and develop the interaction of our ad products, from text ads, to inline ads, to full page ads.

Associate Web Producer, Teachscape, 11/2005–5/2006
Collected, consolidated and organized content for e-learning courses. Conducted usability tests. Hand coded HTML/DHTML.

Web Design Instructor, iD Tech Camps, Summer 2005
Taught Dreamweaver and Flash at a summer tech camp to students age 10–17. Courses were one week long with 9–6 students per week.

Web Maintenance, Superior Internet Solutions, 9/2004–6/2005
Programmed HTML, manipulated images, developed content, optimized sites for search engine placement, provided customer support via email and phone.

Freelance Work, 2004–today
Currently working on the Plaidmaker. Designed and developed a “Make Your Own Pizza” Flash application, MYO pizza. Redesigned and developed michaelbeach.org. Redesigned and developed fullthrottlesportfishing.com. Please see portfolio for a full list.

Education

University of California, San Diego
B.S. Cognitive Science, June 2004
with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction
GPA 3.38 / 3.28

Skills

  • Interface Design
  • Web Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Information Architecture

Languages

  • XHTMLXHTML, accessible & semantic
  • CSSCSS
  • javascriptJavaScript (unobtrusive and not)
  • application_xp_terminal.gifUNIX (bash)
  • script gearprototype.js
  • script gearJSON
  • PHPPHP
  • MySQLMySQL
  • FlashActionScript

Programs & Applications

  • WordpressWordPress
  • PhotoshopPhotoshop
  • FirebugFirebug
  • DreamweaverDreamweaver
  • FlashFlash
  • WordWord
  • PowerpointPowerpoint
  • ExcelExcel
  • SVN, CVS, Trac