Brian J Durkin

914-***-****

abqdl9@r.postjobfree.com

Creative Resume:

Summary

Accomplished IA/UX Designer, Web Designer, and Web Developer with over 14 years of technical experience and experience in all aspects of systems development life cycle from planning and analysis I have worked on everything from design to front and back-end development, to implementation and maintenance. Always having a passion for the user experience and having empathy for the user, recent years have been focused on designing systems from the ground up through the use of prototypes and wireframes among other things.

Expertise

Languages I know in order of use: HTML/XHTML, CSS, JS/jQuery, JSP/JSTL/Tiles, PHP, JHTML. Languages from my past: MySQL, SQL, .NET, C, Live Server Markup Language, Java.

Programs I use: Visio!, Textmate!, Photoshop!, Firefox/Firebug, SVN, CVS, Dreamweaver, FTP/SFTP, etc...

Being a creative thinker and being able to visualize a concept in my head then put it on paper.Being able to visualize code and what code will look like without having to look at it in a browser.Knowing the limitations of what can happen and what should happen because of my technical background and thinking about how to go past those boundaries because of my creativity. Knowing how to put technical jargon into English because of my teaching experience.Getting so excited about the possibilities of a project that it excites and motivates others.

Recent Work Experience

Foundry 9 April 2011 - PresentInformation Architect

I am currently working as an Information Architect/User Experience Designer on accounts like Chase and Lincoln Financial. I build systems from the ground up based on talking to business analysts and getting client feedback so I can get an understanding of the clients, companies, and users needs and come up with design patterns and create the experiences that best express those needs. My day-to-day activities include mostly creating sitemaps and wireframes in Visio although I do like to sketch and draw before I get into the process. I have been studying User Experience, Design, and Human Computer Interaction for 3 years before this position and so with my experience, my tech knowledge, my art background and creativity, and now my IA experience, I have the knowledge, understanding and tools to help build systems for any company.

Roundarch April 2010 - PresentInteractive DeveloperI am a interactive developer consultant for Roundarch and have been working out of the A&E/Lifetime office so far.The code base is JSTL and front-end technologies like HTML, CSS, JS/jQuery and cutting up assets in Photoshop. Majority of my time is spent fixing bugs and creating new functionality mostly using JavaScript yet I am now the "go to" man for CSS related issues.It is a waterfall method of working with some aspects of Agile(SCRUM) like the 2 week sprints and status meetings.

HUGE January 2010 - April 2010Client-Side DeveloperI worked at Huge for a few months contract working on the NBC website iVillage.com.It was all front-end work which consisted of HAML, CSS, JS/jQuery and a PHP back-end.Although it was a short time, I learned a great deal through picking up new languages in learning HAML and also focused on web standards and honed my jQuery skills.

Nickelodeon January 2007 - January 2010Front-End Web DeveloperStarted as a contract employee and hired as a salaried employee.Developed the Parents Picks 2009 website.Worked on 2 new redesigns for the social networking website ParentsConnect.com.I was working on developing new functionality, new tools, and features using JHTML, JSP, and dynamo as well as utilizing my skills in XHTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript and DOM manipulation as well as AJAX, XML, Flash and enhancing my web 2.0 standards. I learned about many other company tools like the CMS, Generic Data Collector, and Teamsite for version control and Open Deploy.Worked as team lead on specific tasks and projects.

The Designory Inc. February 2007 - May 2007Sr. Front-End Web DeveloperWorked on Shopping Cart tool enhancements for a global Nissan redesign on the nissanusa.com website.Responsible for redesigning old tools and in some cases developing new tools all within a Java environment.Coming from a different background, I had to learn a new development environment which included different JREs. I learned and utilized the Tapestry Java Framework and integrated it into many front end tools including JSP, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, AJAX, JavaScript and JavaScript libraries like Dojo. Implementing the environment on my local machine I was in charge of maintenance and doing builds to make sure the environment was accurate and up to date. All the Tapestry framework elements where utilizing CVS for version control.The other half of the shopping cart tools did not use the Tapestry framework but utilized its own MVC setup which forced me to learn JSP. I wrote JSP pages and used many of the same front end technologies as the other projects but these pages where all utilizing SVN for version control.

Live Nation June 2006 - February 2007PHP/MySQL DeveloperWorked on the corporate intranet using XHTML, DHTML, CSS, Object-Oriented PHP/MySQL, JavaScript as well as project planning.Built a project management tool using Object-Oriented PHP and utilizing a MySQL database, DHTML, CSS, Object-Oriented PHP/MySQL, and JavaScript to have marketing employees be able to make creative requests and then track the progress of those requests.I built a HR management tool to help HR manage new employees and where they go in the building and what they need to start. In this project I had to transform an existing tool from ASP and MSSQL to using PHP to connect to a Microsoft SQL DB. I built a tool to help marketing track click-throughs from email advertisements. I used XHTML, DHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Object-Oriented PHP/MySQL to develop the system.I worked as the development lead and project manager on a VIP site manager system designed and developed by myself. I used DHTML, XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Object-Oriented PHP/MySQL to develop the system. I was the only person to work on this tool and build it from project plan and design comps to rollout.

Santa Barbara City College October 2004 - June 2006Information Systems Specialist II Update and maintain public facing website and online college.Develop custom web applications including a 3-tier faculty professional development management system, a housing website, a content management system for departmental websites, a campus job system for supervisors and students, and many other web tools developed in PHP/MySQL as well as DHTML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I developed all systems from front end design to database optimization and continue to research and develop in current and new technologies.

Before 2004my various web jobs...Live Technology - Web Designer and Web Developer1998 - BestWeb Internet - Phone Tech Support and Freelance Web Designer

Faculty Positions

Fall 2008Westchester Community College - Faculty ART177 Advanced Web Techniques

Teaching a Web Design class in XHTML, CSS, table-less layouts, Flash and User Interface ideas and concepts from branding and stickiness to color theory and best practices.

Summer 2005Santa Barbara City College - Faculty - MAT108 Web Design Tools

Professor of a web design class where I taught 30 students who did not have any web design experience how to make a website using Photoshop and HTML and eventually CSS.

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