About Me

Visual designer-programmer skilled in both electronic and print media. Hard working, efficient, and excellent at juggling projects and roles. Well-versed in the design of web sites, kiosk interfaces, logos, identities, and illustrations - in addition to print production, web/interface programming, and principles of usability.

Work Experience

Sourcelight Technologies, Inc.

Interface Designer

July 1999 - June 2003

Responsibilities ranged from user-centered interface and web site design to collateral and general print design in addition to production and programming. Also responsible for prototyping and user experience testing/research.

• Clients included Blockbuster Inc., Visual Circuits, and Video Adventure.
• Worked with teams to design and develop "Sourcelight Movie Guide" for multiple generations and platforms:
• Blockbuster.com "Recommendations" used by over 150,000 Internet users.
• Touch-screen kiosks used by over 75 Blockbuster Video stores in Chicago and Dallas.
• Handheld devices (PDAs) used in Blockbuster Concept Store.
• Designed and executed first-generation corporate web site.
• Concepted new products and web sites.
• Formalized prototyping process.
• Created collateral and styleguide.
• Designed promotional pieces.

GenneX Healthcare Technologies, Inc.

Web Designer

September 1997 - January 1998

Provided and executed concepts and designs for web sites and print pieces.

• Designed and developed "A Forum for Women's Health" web site - adapted by AOL for women's channel, Electra.
• Developed articles database for "A Forum for Women's Health" using Access and ASP.
• Designed graphics and layouts for clients, promotional flyers, and mailings.

GE Information Services (now Global eXchange Services)

Designer/programmer, Sales and Services Department

January 1998 - March 1998, June 1998 - September 1998

Used creative and technical proficiency to support sales staff.

• Designed intranet pages for the Chicago office providing staff and clients with office and travel information.
• Redesigned demos targeting clients and improving salability.
• Implemented database conversion utility for client using Visual Basic.
• Performed network and laptop troubleshooting and administration.

ThisIsJoe.Creative

Contract Designer/Programmer

1998 - present

Consult businesses on company image and visual communications. Develop concepts and designs for identity/collateral for the following businesses:

• Marketing Works Unlimited Inc. - River Forest, IL.
• Cunngingham Group - Oak Park, IL.
• Coco Grill Asian Kitchen - Chicago, IL.
• Keller Williams Realty - Chicago, IL.
• Sigma Sigma Rho Sorority, Inc. - Manhattan, NY.
• Jim Chalil Landscape Design - Oak Park, IL.
• Golden Eagle Kung Fu - Chicago, IL.
• Jessie Kunnel DDS General Dentistry - Skokie, IL.

Skills

	Creative	Technical
	Concepting Icon Development Identity and Branding Illustration Information Architecture Information Graphics Print/Web Production Styleguides User-Centric Design	Access ASP C/C++ CGI Cold Fusion CSS DHTML/HTML XHTML/XML Java	JavaScript Oracle Perl PHP Python SQL Tcl/Tk Visual Basic

	Software
	Windows/Mac/Linux 3D Studio Max Adobe Acrobat Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Corel Painter Macromedia Director	Macromedia Fireworks Macromedia Flash Metacreations Bryce Metacreations Poser Metacreations Ray Dream Microsoft Office Microsoft Visio Quark Xpress

Education

Northwestern University

Bachelor of Science for Computer Science, Concentration in Computational Media

September 1995 - June 1999

GPA: 3.10/4.00, Major GPA: 3.28/4.00

References available upon request.