Self-Employed
Web Developer, November 2007 – present
Utilizing skills refined for more than a decade, Robert currently works as a
freelance web developer and site builder for talented designers and esteemed local
agencies such as Josh Higgins, Justin Skeesuck, Buchanan Design, Departure, Fusion
Media, Hollis Business Communications, MeadsDurket, High Class Software, and
Miriello Grafico. He also blogs for The Unofficial Apple Weblog at tuaw.com.
Miriello Grafico
Production Artist, Web Architect, and Systems Administrator, June 2002 – November 2007
Supplied award-winning design and production support for client projects
of all kinds. Designed, produced, and managed hundreds of units of packaging
for Iomega Corporation in 13 different languages. Produced a series of
ball packages for TaylorMade-adidas Golf that used complex holographic printing
techniques and were manufactured in Asia. Produced large documents containing
hundreds of pages of content for clients as diverse as Hewlett Packard, the
Gemological Institute of America, and Bazaar Del Mundo. Planned, designed, and
built websites for Stratagene, Mondo USA, and AIGA San Diego. Created
television-ready images and animations for Barratt American. Managed a network
of 15 workstations, and migrated the company to Mac OS X in 2004. Administered
email, backup, storage, website hosting, as well as wired and wireless networking.
NextLeft
Flash Designer and Production Artist, May 2000 – April 2002
Provided assistance and guidance designing sales materials for use in
high-level meetings of all sizes. Facilitated the acquisition of millions of
dollars in business from companies such as Nestlé, Hilton Hotels,
Fox Sports, UPN, Gateway, Ziff-Davis, and Countrywide Home Loans. Also
provided critical Flash support for internal projects, as well as developed
a dynamic homepage system for Silicon Wave, Inc.
The Mesa Press
Design Editor, September 1999 – March 2000
Created and executed a completely new, far more polished layout for
the bi-weekly campus newspaper to represent a new administration. Went on to
regularly design and output mechanical art for printing. Also played the role
of advertising manager and copy editor.
The Daily of the University of Washington
Page Designer, October 1998 – June 1999
Using QuarkXPress, designed and output mechanical art for various sections
of the third-largest daily newspaper in the Puget Sound region. Regularly designed the
Sports section and many daily feature double-trucks. Managed the output of
the entire publication during occasional emergencies. Couriered mechanical art
nightly to an off-site printing plant. Single-handedly designed a handful of special
sections and editorial inserts.
Opto 22
Intern, August 1997 – August 1998
Assisted the webmaster in the day-to-day operations of the Opto 22 website.
Took a major part in completely redesigning a 385-page website in just over a
month, utilizing the latest technologies at that time. Created internal publications,
as well as proofread complex technical documentation.
Skills
Mastery
Adobe Creative Suite
QuarkXPress
Microsoft Office (for Mac)
CSS
standards-compliant XHTML 1.0
proofreading and editing
Proficiency
Adobe Flash
Microsoft Office (for Windows)
AppleScript automation
WordPress/WordPress MU
PHP 4.0 and above
Mac system administration
video authoring and format conversion
translation management for multi-language documents
image and animation preparation for television
solving a Rubik's cube in two minutes
Competency
Help desk technical support
Microsoft Windows 2000/XP system administration
MySQL
MovableType
search engine optimization
barbecuing
speaking French
reciting π up to 30 digits or so
Education
1998 – 1999
Attended the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).
Also worked at on-campus newspaper, The Daily.
1994 – 1998
Graduated from Temecula Valley High School (Temecula, California)
with a 3.96 GPA. Scored 1350 on the College Board's Scholastic Achievement
Test, and passed three Advanced Placement tests.