Resume
Education
2003- 2004
Memorial University of Newfoundland - St. Johns, NL
Bachelor of Education conjoint w/ Diploma in Technology Education
1998-2001
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design – Halifax, NS
Bachelor of fine Arts – Major in Media Arts
1996-1998
College of the North Atlantic – Stephenville, NL
Diploma – Visual Arts
Work Experience
2010
Memorial University - St. John’s, NL
Multimedia Specialist – Maritime History Archive
- In house web site support
- Development & Design of “More than a List of Crew” , a web site which aims to aid researchers in the use of Ships Agreements.
2010
Pilot Marketing & Communications - St. John’s, NL
Web Developer / Designer
- In house web site support
- Development of web styles for major web campaigns
- Development of internet applications using php, mysql, css, jquery and the adobe creative suite of applications
- Development for Drupal and WordPress environments
- Web authoring for maketing campaigns
2007 – 2010
Memorial University - St. John’s, NL
Senior Programmer – CC WebWorks
- In house Content Management System Support (Site Builder)
- Development of web styles for major web campaigns
- Development of internet applications using php, mysql and the adobe creative suite of applications with an emphasis on Flash CS3 for Memorial University’s Department of Marketing and Communications
- Constructing CSS styles for the next generation of Content Management System being developed
- Development for Drupal and WordPress multi-user environments
- Web authoring for maketing campaigns
2004 – 2007
Memorial University – St. John’s, NL
Senior IT Consultant – The Commons / Digital Media Centre
- Maintenance of the Commons Website
- Coding web mysql and php applications
- Managing student staff
- Providing application and wireless internet support
- Performing administration of campus computing accounts and machines
- Multimedia support for the Digital Media Centre (a multimedia computing lab)
- Selecting and ordering software and hardware for both the Commons and Digital Media Centre
- Teaching supplementary courses in web and multimedia for faculty of Memorial University
- Creating and maintaining documentation for staff and student self service.
2003 – 2010
Freelance Designer - St. John’s, NL
- Designing graphics and coding web sites for clients
- Methods and technologies used were decided based clients needs, financial and technological resources
Summary of Skills
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS, PHP, Mysql and other web technologies for both production of media as well as teaching.
- Experienced in image editing, creation and manipulation using software such as the Adobe Creative Suite and the Macromedia suite of applications.
- Experienced in customer service in a post secondary learning environment.
- Experienced in creative troubleshooting in order to find solutions which are best suited to any particular problem.
- Knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of applications in both a production and teaching environment.
- Experienced in planning and writing for use in classrooms as well as technical documentation and “how to” articles for client self service.
- Experienced working with and coordinating different groups in order to meet a common goal.
- Experienced in finding ways to collect data from clients, analyze and then implement changes based on the data collected.
- Knowledge of several methods for multimedia production on different platforms.
- Knowledge of the MS Windows, Apple OSX, Linux and FreeBSD operating systems.
Volunteer experience
2009
Sci-Fi on the Rock Convention – St. John’s, NL
I serve on the organizing committee for Sci-fi on the rock. I am responsible for the development and maintenance of the Sci-Fi on the Rock website.
2006 – 2008
CHMR FM – St. John’s, NL
Here I volunteered as DJ for MUN Radio.
2001 – 2003
Rainbow Riders Inc. – St. John’s, NL
Here I aided in a therapeutic riding program for children with disabilities
2001
Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op. – Halifax, NS
Here I interned for four months and helped to co-ordinate a tour of short films across Nova Scotia