- Detail-oriented, self-motivated graphic designer/Web developer with over four years of professional experience
- Solid track record of delivering innovative ideas in print and interactive design
- Currently self-employed full-time
Technical Proficiency
Design Technology:
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
QuarkXPress
Flash
Dreamweaver
HTML/CSS
PHP/MySQL
JavaScript
MS Office
WordPress
Platforms:
Fluent in Macintosh OS and Windows
Colorado State University, cum laude (2005)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, double concentration in graphic design and drawing.
- Named to National Dean's list for consistently superior grades
- Completed a full semester of college work while in high school by participating in the Advanced Placement (AP) program
- Designed social poster featured in Art Department's biennial international exhibition
- Learned to use Flash without a formal course or instructor; independently conceived and developed online game
Sessions Online School of Design (2010)
Master Certificate in Web design, with concentrations in Flash, E-commerce and Web Coding.
- 4.0 GPA
- Earned induction into Delta Epsilon Tau honor society for outstanding achievement
- Work nominated three times for Student Gallery
Matt Weeden Design, LLC (2004 - present)
Independent Web Designer/Developer: Provide a wide array of design, development and printing services on a freelance basis.
Web work:
- Design Web sites from concept to final art
- Build sites based on provided design specs
- Develop Web sites, including contact forms, blogs, videos, e-commerce, databases, cookies, RSS feeds from external sites, forums and registration/login systems
- Build sites in both XHTML/PHP, and in Flash incorporating animations and sound effects
- Implement sites onto servers; transfer existing sites between servers as necessary
- Provide technical support to clients as needed after developing and implementing sites
Print work:
- Design magazine advertisements; provide print-ready files to publishers
- Design and print invitations and various promotional materials
- Design signage; provide files to printers
- Design and print business cards
- Design and print greeting cards
Misc. work:
- Design logos
- Perform photo retouching
Quality Gold (2006 - 2008) - Fairfield, OH
Production Artist: Designed and laid out numerous catalogs and supplements for nationwide jewelry wholesaler.
- Devised and implemented fresh ideas to enhance productivity for the entire team
- Increased department's graphics capabilities
- Created promotional HTML emails
- Performed photo retouching
- Provided leadership for newer team members
- Maintained established corporate branding while incorporating fresh designs
- Prepared files for printing
- Approved printing proofs, dyluxes and press checks
- Functioned as liaison with partner companies
- Handled imagery and data for more than 120,000 items in an organized fashion
Peak Creative (2004) - Colorado Springs, CO
Creative Intern: Provided design services to marketing group for worldwide publishing company
- Created advertisement pages for various magazines reaching diverse demographics
- Produced three-dimensional display posters
- Oversaw printing quality
- Performed color matching and document scans
- Archived files
