Joseph Valdez
16112 Atkinson Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249

(310) 422-7517
email: joevland@yahoo.com

 

Summary of skills:

 

·         Graphic Design
Page layout, Typography, Illustration, Four color process, Color theory, Color separation Rendering, Inking, Advertising design, Roughs and comps, Logo design.

·         Print Design
Adobe Master Collection CS4 (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Logo Design, InDesign, QuarkXpress).

 

·         Web design, Development and SEO
Dreamweaver 8, CS2 to CS4 or hand code HTML 4 and 5, CSS 1 and 2, JavaScript 2.0, jQuery and Ajax. Cross Browser/Platform per W3C standards. Flash Design and Actionscript 2.0 and 3.0, OOP,Dynamic Text. PHP mySQL. Google Analytics. Fireworks, Flash Encoder for video.

 

·         eCommerce
Developed eCommerce stores from ground up to full completion (Shipping, products, SEO. I have worked with many shop cart softwares..

 

·         Graphics
PhotoShop 8, CS2 to  CS4 & ImageReady 8, CS2 to CS4 (Masking, channels, slices also Pen tool), Illustrator 8, CS2 to CS4, FreeHand 8, CS2 to CS4.

·         Desktop Publishing
QuarkXPress 6.0, Acrobat Pro, InDesign CS4, Page Maker 5.

·         Office Software?s
MS Office XP Pro Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, OutLook.

·         Content Management Systems
PHP mySQL write code using Dreamweaver CS2, Zend, PHP Designer, and Komodo for PHP modules, Upload and Configure mySQL databases on Apache severs. PHP 5.0.1. Set up virtual server to test modules
ASP SQL write code using MS Visual Studio 2005 to 2008 and Configure SQL databases.
HTML, CSS2, JavaScript 1.5, DHTML, XML with XSLT, AJAX (Hand code).

·         Web Design Programming
Courses completed online Lynda.com, appdev.com
JavaScript essential training 2002 and 2007.
PHP essential training, PHP with mySQL essential training.
Dynamic development Dreamweaver with ASP.
AJAX essential training.
Many more courses in PhotoShop CS2, CS4Flash 8, CS3, CS4.

·         Web Design and Development Courses:
Certificate Multi-media Graphic Design Platt College Cerittos 1999.

·         College level courses completed:
Problems solving and program design using C++.
Programming with ASP.NET and C# in web based applications.
Programming with Visual Basic.NET
Web programming.
Using database applications.
Programming in Java.
UNIX and Linux with shell scripting.
Online courses on Microsoft with Fritz Onion of Pluralsight.com.
6 months Computer Learning Center-Computer programming.
El Camino College 3 years major computer science.

·         Operating Systems
MAC, DOS, Win 3.1, Win 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP Pro, UNIX, and Linux.

 

 

Recent web sites:

 

            eCommerce:

 

Universal Plastic
6234 Bissell Place
Huntington Park, CA 90255
Nat Babaria (323) 585-1111
Nov.29, 1999-Current Web designer and developer, SEO Specialist ? Freelance
Develop ecommerce web site working with PHP 5, PhotoShop CS2, Illustrator CS2, HTML with embedded PHP and JavaScript, CSS. Design Navigation schema. Configure site category and product layout for SEO (This site since 2003 as been on top of all search engines for product searches), code pricing discounts, configure shipping and admin. Maintain site. I have done 4 redesigns.

2007 http://universalplastic.com

 

 

Flash CS2:

 

Dynamic Digital Pictures

P.O. Box 31
Placentia, CA 92871
Dan Griggs (714) 993-5300

1999-2006 Web designer and Flash developer, SEO Specialist ? Freelance
Develop web site using Flash 8 with ActionScript 2.0, dynamic text, masking, and encoded video. Implement SEO into flash site icanbe.com. PhotoShop, Illustrator, Design Navigation schema. Maintain site. I have done 3 redesigns.
2007 http://i-can-be.com/
2006 http://dynamicdigitalpictures.com (currently under redesign)

Test site for redesign http://mywebguru.net/dynamic/dynamic.html

 

Flash CS2, HTML:

 

Starlight Productions
16300 Crenshaw Blvd. Suite #202
Torrance, CA. 90504

Nancy Freytes-Gomez (310) 532-1890

2008 Web designer and Flash developer? Freelance
Develop web site using Flash 8with ActionScript 2.0, dynamic text, masking. PhotoShop, Illustrator, Design Navigation schema. Maintain site. This site is under construction.
2008 Flash site

http://mywebguru.net/resume/starlight/index01.htm (currently under construction)

2008 HTML site

http://mywebguru.net/resume/starlight/index.htm (currently under construction)

Education:

 

·         Attended Computer Learning Center-Computer Programming 6 months.

·         Graduate Platt College Cerritos Multimedia Graphic Design Certificate12-5-99.

·         Attending EL Camino College for Computer Science 3 years.

·         Attend many seminars and conferences on web development and graphic design.

Registered with Many online web educational services, appdev.com, lynda.com, w3schools.com, flashkit.com, macromedia, adobe.com, devzone.zend.com, asp101, sun.java, javaboutigue, devguru.

 

                Past web sites 1996-1999:

 

            Malibu Post, Runo

            29160 Heathercliff Rd.

            Malibu, CA

            Oct. 28, 1999-Dec. 20, 1999

            Arthur Coldwell (310) 589-1201

Web developer, Graphic designer ? Freelance

Develop ecommerce and animated web sites using PhotoShop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash 4, Fireworks, HTML and XML editors. Design Navigation schema as a team effort. This company was too far ahead of there time. They tried to promote flash web site business but the machines at that time could not support flash. We created the first coffeebean and Runo sites.
1999 http://coffebean.com
1999 http://runco.com

1999 http://malibupost.com (site is not available?) old site http://mywebguru.net/resume//tat.swf
1999 http://smalloffice.com (site is not available?)

           

            Wheel Chair Etc. 1998-2003

Hawthorne Bl.

Torrance, CA 90503

Ramin Barouhk (310) 542-6575

1998-2003

Web developer ? Freelance

Develop ecommerce web site using PhotoShop, Illustrator, HTML and XML editors, JavaScript. All graphics were done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Configure shop cart. Design Navigation schema. Maintain site. Create marketing plans. I have done 3 redesigns.

2002 http://mywebguru.net/resume/wheelchair/index01.htm

1999 http://mywebguru.net/resume/wheelchair01/index.htm

1997 http://mywebguru.net/resume/wheelchair_old/index_old.htm

 

D&D Baby Shops 1998-2003

Hawthorne Bl.
Torrance, CA 90503

1998-2003

Graphic designer ? Freelance
Robert Schatz (310) 214-4050
Duties: Develop ecommerce web site using PhotoShop, Illustrator, HTML and XML editors, JavaScript. Configure shop cart. Design Navigation schema. Maintain site. Create brochures and flyers or mailings. Create marketing plans. I have done 4 redesigns.

2002 http://mywebguru.net/resume/baby/index.htm (Site was not completed. Company went out of business from competition)

1998 http://mywebguru.net/resume/baby_old/index_01.htm

 

Antique Fashions 1998

1998 http://mywebguru.net/resume/fashions/index02.htm

 

Media Graphix  1998
1999 http://mywebguru.net/resume/mediagraphix/hosting.htm

 

Past sites available upon request
Long Roof Racers

Executive Housekeeping

 

Print work available upon request