Why, hello there. I am a web/graphic designer located in the 'burbs' of Denver, CO. Web Design is my preferred medium, but I've also been known to kick it on paper every now and then. Fantastic design inspires me, but I also find beauty in well written HTML & CSS. Over the past few years I've become quite fascinated with how users interact with designs and interfaces. UI/UX design seems to be my design passion and where I am the happiest.
Optimism guides my life and I like to follow my instincts. My goal in life is to have enough stories to write a book, even if I never actually get around to writing it. In addition to web design, I've spent time as a white water guide, professional photographer, and ice hockey referee. I have lived in my tent/car for about 6 months and I have traveled quite a bit within the states. So I feel like I've got quite a few chapters written already.
I was born and raised in the steel town of Bethlehem, PA. After graduating from Kutztown University with a BFA in Communication Design, I packed up my car and moved to Colorado in search of high peaks, deep powder & raging rivers. Colorado has treated me well and I don't have any intentions of leaving.
During the week, if I'm not heads down in an Adobe product or writing code in Textmate, you can probably find me reading CSS-Tricks, or killing time on Twitter & Facebook. On the weekends, I like to disconnect through snowboarding, climbing, rafting, biking, & skateboarding. In addition, I'm an avid music lover/seeker and a craft beer snob who just started home brewing.
I also own over 250 Pez Dispensers... not sayin, just sayin.
Below is a sample of my work. It's not easy to whittle one's work down to a small enough set to share, but confidentiality agreements and other privacy contracts certainly help! Click on them to see a larger version; the bigger you make your window the bigger the larger version gets. Hope you enjoy!
An explorational & detail oriented approach to design. Strong leadership qualities, accompanied by an excellent work ethic. The ability to roll with the punches, and stay optimistic during a challenge.
Comprehensive knowledge and experience in the Adobe Creative Suite; black belt in HTML & CSS; working knowledge of Flash, jQuery Ruby on Rails, & HAML/SASS; experienced fan of the Scrum/Agile process; advocate of user testing; Apple junkie, but also comfortable on Windows operating systems.
Here is a comprehensive list of my education and work experience. Download a hard copy.
Graduated in December 2007 with a BFA in Communication Design
Concentrations in Interactive & Graphic Design.
Lafayette, CO | September 2008 - Present
Design, build & implementation of various apartment community website templates, both front-end and back-end interfaces, email campaigns, and print design for promotional materials. Day to day involvement with tasking and planning in order to help support R&D.
Boulder, CO | February 2008 - July 2008
Design, build & implementation of various websites, emails & other interactive materials; management, implementation & training of LivePerson Chat software; & basic IT support in Boulder, CO office.
Kutztown, PA | Fall 2007
Design of banner ads, flash ads, icon sets & web pages for Yahoo!, PAM Cooking Spray, Hyundai Motors & State Farm Insurance.
Jim Thorpe, PA | Spring - Summer 2007
Design, implementation & layout of various logos, web pages, banner ads, brochures, t-shirt & other merchandise.
Catasauqua, PA | Spring 2004 - Fall 2007
High paced and deadline oriented jobs that encompass graphic design, web design, digital photography, photo printing/processing, customer service & management.
Thank you for checking out my work. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions, need help, or just generally want to wax poetic about design. I'd love to hear from you.
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