Summary
Software Developer with a bit of background in sales and web design seeking to progress my career in the development field. Graduate of the Bloc.io Ruby on Rails online mentorship bootcamp. Armed with these new skills and a bit of experience in the field, along with a fair amount of web and graphic design fundamentals, I am seeking a Software or Web Development position in Indianapolis, IN.
Experience and Skills
Web Development
Some experience in: Ruby on Rails, Rspec TDD, Git, Heroku deployment, modern best practices. Familiarity with: JavaScript, JQuery, PHP/MySQL, APIs, Java, algorithms.
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Web Design
Extensive experience in: Web Standards, Compressing and optimizing and editing images for the web, usability, accessibility, and user interaction. HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver and hand-coding. Some experience in: stylesheets for various media, Javascript and jQuery, front-end styles and interfaces for database-driven websites using various backend frameworks.
Web Design samples
Graphic Design
Extensive experience in: Visual systems, branding, typography, design principles, color theory, layout, Photoshop. Some experience in: Illustrator, InDesign, 3D graphics.
Graphic Design samples
Work History
Earthwave Technologies
Web Developer / July 2016 – Present
Using Python and the Django framework on the back end, with JavaScript on the front end to create features to create features for Fleetwatcher, the company’s flagship app for large scale construction telematics, data visualizations based on GPS data.
- Wore many hats in a startup type environment, and picked up new skills as needed.
- Front End: Javascript, JQuery, responsive design, CSS3 & HTML5, UI Design
- Back End: Python 3 and Django, some database design
TeleUnique McQnications
Ticket Sales / Manager / Webmaster; 2005 – 2016
Selling custom ticket packages to the customer bases of various performing arts organizations nationwide. Upkeep of the company website, graphic design and data entry as necessary.
- One of the Top 10 ticket salespersons in the 25 year history of the company.
- Updated the company website to modern html/css, and the front page from Flash to jQuery, while still keeping the unique, fun flavor of the site.
- Promoted to management team in 2012.
- Key Skills: Photohop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, Excel, PHP, Javascript, sales, customer service.
Freelance Web and Graphic Design
various clients; 2005 – 2013
Produced Web and Print Design solutions from concept to execution. Mainly serving academic and local arts.
- Standards-compliant, easy to maintain websites.
- Unique flyers and promotional materials for local independent music and events.
- Work samples: Web Design and Event Flyers
- Key Skills: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, and some php/MySQL, client relations, billing and invoicing.
Education
Bloc.io – Rails Web Development
Online mentor-driven bootcamp. Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, JQuery, APIs, Rspec TDD, Git, Heroku deployment, best practices.
- Capstone Project: LeadSnap.
- More projects: Ruby on Rails.
Indiana University Bloomington
Bachelor of Art – Graphic Design
Minors in Computer Science and Information Technology. Visual design principles, Adobe Creative Suite, Java, PHP, Discrete math and structures, Liberal Arts.
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