Carlos Diaz

Technical Skills:

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver. Microsoft: PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Word, and FrontPage. 3-D design software: Rhino, 3D Studio Max, Maya, z-brush. Programming experience with: C++, Java, Visual Basic and SQL, Actionscript 2.0(advanced), Actionscript 3.0(intermediate), JavaScript. Intermediate ASP.NET and PHP experience. A+ certified and Net+ certified. Experienced with PC & Mac Platforms.

Education and other Skills:

Purdue University graduate with a major GPA of 3.4. Bachelor in fine arts with concentration on illustration, using digital media. Six years of graphic design and web design experience. Minors include Computer technology, computer graphics, English and psychology. French, Japanese, and Fluent Spanish speaker. Excellent group working skills, outstanding leadership and decision making abilities, creative, friendly and outgoing. Planning on continuing education.

Relevant Experience:

Kitchens.com (Oct 2010 to present) Web Developer/Designer consultant

Used Ektron (CMS tool) as developer and administrator to create page templates for editorial staff
Used JavaScript, XSLT and CSS among others to create layout templates
Created micro-sites for advertisement campaigns, using JavaScript, ActionScript 3.0 among others
Became CMS400.NET (Ektron) certified
Created email templates and artwork

Software used: Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Action Script 3.0, HTML, asp, ASP.NET, CSS. CMS400.NET

TranzAct Technologies (Feb. 2010 to Oct 2010) Web Developer/Designer

Replaced existing table based websites with table-less markup
In charge of several web projects from beginning to end
Used ASP.NET to create a password protected website for clients to upload files.

Software used: Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Action Script 3.0, HTML, asp, ASP.NET and CSS.

Fantasy Coverage (Jan. 2009 to Dec 2009) Flash Developer/Designer

Created a fantasy football draft flash interface
Assisted in designing new layouts and update old ones to table-less CSS designs
Helped in the implementation of HTML email campaigns.

Software used: Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, Action Script 2.0, HTML, asp, asp.net and CSS.

America’s Best Companies (Dec. 2006 to Sept 2008) Flash Developer/Designer:

Created several flash interfaces including one that allows members to create their own websites.
Developed several flash interfaces that communicate across servers, through XML.
Responsible for all phases of creative process from concept, (artistic and logistics) through execution

Software used: Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, and Alias Maya, Programming languages used: Action Script 2.0, HTML, asp, asp.net, CSS and XSL.

Buzz Telecom (Sept. 2005 to July 2006) Web Designer:

Produced/maintained close to 15 fully operational websites per week, in group environment, with tight deadlines
Closely interacting with staff and clients to meet their specific needs.
Supervised and trained 3 other Designers.

Software used: Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Flash.

Purdue Engineering Magazine. (08/03 to 7/05) Graphic Designer:

In charge of magazine layout, cover design, photo manipulation and text development.
Created comic strip.
Worked closely with writers and staff for best use of graphics and their relevance to articles.

Software used: Photoshop, PageMaker, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max.

Purpose Driven (cable television show). (Winter 2003 to 03/05) Graphic Illustrator:

In charge of creating comic book style cartoon, for broadcasting. Background images using 2-d and 3-d animations
generated ideas for show and interviewed possible sponsors and contributors for Christian activities.

Software used: Maya, Flash, Adobe After Effects.

Letter of recommendation available upon request

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