Summary
I design and develop engaging interactive experiences for web and mobile. I have education, training and 5+ years work experience in both front-end design and back-end development. I have experience in all stages of the design process, from user flows and wireframing, to static layout design, to implementation and development.
I'm not a pure developer, more of a hacker. I can rapidly prototype products, design and develop them fast, and put them out there. My code isn't the prettiest to look at, but it gets the job done. Ideally, I think working at a R&D lab would be sweet.
Skeelz
APPLICATIONS
Flash, Flex, Eclipse, Photoshop, Illustrator, Xcode, Omnigraffle,
WordPress, Processing, Google App Inventor
PROGRAMMING
ActionScript, JavaScript, Java, XML, HTML5/CSS3, AJAX, PHP/mySQL, Objective C.
Experience
UX DESIGNER Funny Garbage :: Summer 2010
Create user flows, user profiles, user experience, information architecture and web wireframes for top level clients.
TEACHING FELLOW Parsons, The New School for Design :: Summer 2010
Develop web design curriculum and teach first year Parsons MFA Design & Technology candidates.
ART DIRECTOR petLab at Parsons, The New School for Design :: Present
Lead art direction and contribute to game and curriculum design for Games for Change curriculum funded by AMD and now being taught in Beijing.
DESIGN GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Parsons, The New School for Design :: Present
Designed, developed and implemented various Parsons sites
including School of Fashion, Transdisciplinary Design, School of Constructed
Environments and School of Design Strategies.
ASSOCIATE DESIGNER ESPN :: 2007-2009
Designed front-end ESPN.com portals including horseback racing, bullfighting, bullriding, lacrosse and espnrise.com.
WEB DESIGNER RISE Magazine :: 2006-2007
Designed, developed and implemented risemag.com, a high school sports social networking site that was later acquired by ESPN.
JR DESIGNER Velocity Advertising :: Summer 2004
Created and implemented advertising campaigns for corporate clients entailing original print design
layout and copywriting.
Honors
FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT 2010Parsons Summer Boot Camp Web instructor for incoming Parsons MFA Design & Technology candidates.
FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT 2010
Open Society Institute Public Health Program and Parsons The New School for Design Fellowships in Information Design.
GRADUATE DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP 2009
High Academic Standing by Parsons, The New School for Design.
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP 2009
High Academic Standing by Parsons, The New School for Design.
Education
MFA IN DESIGN CANDIDATE Parsons, The New School for Design :: 09/09 - 05/11
Design & Technology
BS IN COMMUNICATION Boston University :: 05/2005
Concentration in Advertising
Minor in History
President - "B-Line Hip Hop Club"
Volunteer Work
Tutored 5th grade students at Tobin Elementary School in Mission Hill.
Coached basketball at Brookline High School Recreation Department.
Overnight volunteer at Brooklyn Heights Homeless Shelter.
For Pleasure
Making my face sweat from hot sauce, bike rides that make my knees pop, sleeeep, learning how to pronounce krav maga, making wonderful gif animations