Portfolio > Resume
ANDREW PORTER
Santa Cruz, CA
(831) 295-0642
Email
________________________________________________________________________
PRINT AND WEB EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer
Session Solar
Scotts Valley, CA
June 2010 – Present
Currently handling print, web, email marketing, video, and social media for a solar wholesale distributor and manufacturer. Position requires the ability to design for print and web. Projects include advertisements in national magazines, tradeshow graphics, corporate marketing collateral and website development.
Use of the following: Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign; Acrobat Professional; Dreamweaver; hand-coding HTML; modification of Javascript and PHP; Flash; email marketing systems (Constant Contact); WordPress; YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, PowerPoint; Quicktime; iMovie; and Microsoft Office.
Print and Web Designer/Production Artist
ElevationZero
Santa Cruz, CA
December 2006 – June 2010
Worked as a freelance contractor handling print, web, and email marketing for a variety of clients including Cisco, G2Planet, Kia, Medilinq, Mitsubishi, Monterey County, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Session Solar, Subura, and Zmak Creative.
Use of the following: hand-coding HTML; modification of Javascript, PHP, and XSL; Dreamweaver and DW templates; content management systems; email marketing systems (Constant Contact, GoDaddy, Neon); WordPress; Flash; Photoshop; Illustrator; InDesign; Acrobat Professional; PowerPoint; Quicktime; and Microsoft Office.
Print and Web Communications Specialist
California State University, Monterey Bay
Seaside, CA
October 2001 - December 2006
Position provided print and web support for the university’s Marketing & Publications Department. Responsible for designing and laying out a wide array of marketing pieces, including advertisements, brochures, catalogs, factsheets, newsletters, and presentations. Also handled production work and pre-pressing jobs. Designed, developed, and managed the university’s main website and several department websites. Published and modified both static and database driven websites.
Use of the following: hand-coding HTML; modification of Javascript, PHP, and XSL; Dreamweaver and DW templates, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress; Acrobat, PowerPoint, Quicktime, and Microsoft Office.
Web Developer
Greyzone, Inc.
Capitola, CA
June 2000 - October 2001
Worked on user interface and web design; converting HTML-based sites to database driven sites; updating content with database tools; and managing websites.
Print and Web Designer
Aquent Partners (formerly MacTemps)
Santa Clara, CA
January 1998 - June 2000
Worked on a wide-range of assignments throughout Silicon Valley for
this graphics contract agency. Projects were on-site at advertising agencies,
marketing companies, software companies, and internal marketing departments.
Provided the opportunity to hone creative, technical, and project management
skills within different corporate environments.
________________________________________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Presenter
American Marketing Association
Higher Education Symposium
San Diego, CA
November 15, 2004
Presented the paper Charlotte - Spin Your Own Web, on how CSU Monterey Bay implemented
an XML-based content management system.
________________________________________________________________________
EDUCATION
Photoshop Master Users Conference
CompuMaster
Monterey, CA
June 2005
Completion of a workshop on the secrets, techniques and methods for Photoshop pros using Adobe Photoshop CS.
Adobe InDesign and Mac OS X Training
California State University, Monterey Bay
December 2004
Completion of 5 day training session taught by Adobe Certified Trainers. Subjects
covered migrating from QuarkXpress to InDesign and Mac OS X and iLife applications.
XML Web Content Management Training
California State University, Monterey Bay
January 2004
Completion of a 5 day training session on implementing a large scale XML-based
web content management system for the university's website. Training started
with creating XSL stylesheets to handle the layout of the university's
website and XML schema files to handle the creation of distinct page types
(e.g., news releases, policy articles, etc.). Once the site was deployed
users and groups were set up to create and update their pages. Lastly,
assignments and workflow were created (e.g., authoring, editing, approval,
publishing, etc.).
Flash MX Intensive Workshop
Lynda Weinman (www.lynda.com)
Ojai, CA
June 2002
Completion of a 5 day intensive workshop in Intermediate Flash MX. This
workshop covered Flash MX scripting, animation, video, and sound to create
dynamic multimedia and Web content.
Springboard Web Training Program
Aquent Partners (formerly MacTemps)
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
January 2000
Selected from a national pool of print talent to attend this 2 week intensive technical and
professional training program. Subjects included advanced Web design and development, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Flash, databases and web graphics.
Digital Media Program
Cabrillo College
Aptos CA
1997
Studied graphic design, computer illustration, desktop
publishing, digital photography, GIS, the Internet, and Web design.
Bachelor of Arts in International Relations
San Francisco State University
1994
________________________________________________________________________
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Seakayak Guide and Instructor
Kayak Connection
Moss Landing and Santa Cruz, California
1996 - 1998
River Rafting Guide
OARS
California and Oregon
Summer 1995
________________________________________________________________________
HOBBIES
Graphic design, music, photography, mountain biking, surfing.
|
