Employment and Experience Summary

Secondary Education

I completed my Certificate of Secondary Education at Christ Church Grammar School WA in 1999, and also gained my Tertiary Entrance Admission at Christ Church Grammar School in the same year.

Scholastic Highlights

• 1999 Gained selection for the Quest for Excellence Art Exhibition
• 1999 First Prize in Christ Church Grammar School Year 12 for Painting
• 1998 First Prize in Christ Church Grammar School Year 11 for Painting
• 1997 St John's Ambulance Elementary First Aid Certificate
• 1997 Merit Prize for Academic Excellence, Christ Church Grammar School
• 1996 Certificate of Credit, Westpac Maths Competition
• 1995 Certificate of Credit, Westpac Maths Competition
• 1994 Certificate of Credit, Westpac Maths Competition

Tertiary Education

I am currently in the process of finishing off a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the field of Multimedia Design at Curtin University.

Employment

• 2000 - 2001 Survey Assistant and Computer technical assistance (casual) for Spectrum Survey and Mapping/
• 2000 - 2002 Computer technical assistant for Vinnicombe Property Group, Bill Dobby (Real Estate Agent), Kevin Graham (Wedding Consultant).
• 2002 - 2004 Graphic Designer, Print Productions Manager, Computer Administrator / Technician for Hollands Photographics.
• 2004 - 2007 Soul Web Designer, Multimedia Developer, Animator, Network Administrator / Technician and Creative Director for Freckle Creative
• 2007 - present Senior Web / Multimedia Designer for Creative Nature

Professional Achievements and Awards

During my employment at Freckle Creative, many of the sites I designed were featured in online style galleries such as CSS Remix, Web Creme, CSS Mania, CSS Blast, CSS Nightingale and Unmatched Style.

At the 2006 WA Web Awards, sites that I designed won 5 of the 13 available web awards. These awards included Best of Field - Business, Best Accessibility and Standards Compliant Website, Best Not For Profit or Charity Website, Best Media Website and Most Outstanding Website of 2006.

At the 2006 Mcfarlane Awards (Australia Wide), 2 websites that I designed were listed as finalists for the award. There were 6 finalists in total for this award.

Capabilities and Skillsets

Design and Development Capabilities

Through the last 6 years of my professional career and through my course work at Curtin University I can confidently say I have attained the following skill sets:

• Standards compliant and accessible web design
• Standards compliant and accessible web development using XHTML Transitional 1.0 and CSS 2.0
• Basic 3d Animation and rendering
• 2d Animation and motion graphics
• Network, hardware and software administration and tech assistance
• Friendly, supportive and productive client and prospect service skills
• Effective and efficient time management skills including working to tight deadlines

Software Knowledge and Expertise

Fluent in operation of the following OS and Admin software :

• Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Vista
• OSX 10 Tiger
• Microsoft Office
• MYOB

Intricate knowledge of the following design packages :

• Adobe Creative Suite CS 3.0 (Photoshop, After Effects, Encore, Illustrator, InDesign, Distiller and Flash)
• Quark Xpress
• Sony Vegas, DVD Architect and Sound Forge
• Maxon Cinema 4d, Autodesk Maya, Swift 3d, Poser

Hobbies and Interests

Recreational Hobbies

In my spare time I like to live an active lifestyle. I like all things to do with the water, such as boating, wakeboarding, diving and sailing. In summer I play cricket for Western Suburbs cricket club. I also like riding motorbikes, rollerblading and cycling. When I'm not out and about, I love to play computer games, watch arty movies, listening to music and just trawling through the internet for design inspiration, interesting information and technology development research.

For those of you interested in personal references, please contact me and I can supply several personal and professional references.