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Sales Design

Location:
Moorpark, CA, 93021
Posted:
November 09, 2010

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DARRYL BUTMAN

Summary: Highly experienced UI Front-End Developer, Web Designer, and Graphic

Designer. Educated as a Designer with hand-coded XHTML/CSS following WC3

standards. Extensive experience analyzing user and business requirements

to provide quality designs. Experience working closely with back-end

development team and sales staff. Responsibilities include production of

sales materials, Flash product demo, corporate Web site, and maintaining

design consistency in ASP back-end application.

Education: California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA

B.F.A., Illustration

Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA

A.S., Electronics Engineering

Hardware/ Hand-Coding Skills: XHTML, DHTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, JavaScript,

Software: ActionScript, XML.

Graphic Tools: Adobe CS3 Suite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash,

Dreamweaver and MS Design Studio.

Operating System and Hardware: MS Windows, OS X, PC, and MAC.

Experience:

Independent Consultant, Moorpark, CA

Nov. 2008 FREELANCE DESIGNER

to Present

Piece-work Web design for SOLA Web Design, Costa Mesa, CA

Web Design and Development for various companies including:

Emerging Media Group, Inc. - PHP Website: http://www.emerging.tv.

Actress Helene Yorke - PHP Website: http://www.heleneyorke.com.

AmuseMatte Inc. - PHP Website (current project):

http://www.darwebdesign.com/amusematte/.

ClickConnect, Inc. - PHP Website: http://www.clickconnect.net.

MiliTel Calling Services - ASP Website: http://www.militel.com.

SUKUT Construction, Inc. - Intranet layout:

http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/sukut.pdf.

Synergy Actors Studio - Logo design:

http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/synergy.pdf.

DAR Design - ASP Website: http://www.darwebdesign.com

Aug. 1997 NXTV Inc., Woodland Hills, CA

to Nov 2008 WEB DEVELOPER, WEB DESIGNER, IN-HOUSE MEDIA ARTIST

Developer of Video-on-Demand/Internet-TV set-top-box and interface

system. The "Guest Interface" system, know as the GI, was installed at

5-star hotels worldwide. The GI was controlled by an ASP application

named NXTVue.

Monthly responsibilities/accomplishments:

Built, maintained and updated content/graphics for two hand-coded

corporate websites. Earliest site built is Flash-based

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvflash/. Replaced PHP/CSS site years

later http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvkey/.

Creation of movie poster (TV-compliant) artwork for constantly growing

VOD content http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/onesheet.pdf.

Created and updated monthly "New Hollywood Movies" sheet.

Built/coded and update content of Flash AS2 Sales Demo (CDR),

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvdemo/nxtvdemo_sm.html. Kept demo

synchronized with GI development. Demo designed to be easily customized

for each sales presentation.

Edited images sent by hotels for inclusion in GI's "Hotel Services"

area.

Created Sales Promotional Kit. Responsible for kit's growing content of

news stories, product reviews etc. Inside each kit, the Sales Proposal

is customized with Hotel's branding,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/nxtvproposal.pdf.

DARRYL BUTMAN

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Built in-house layouts for development projects. Created graphics for

software design document, such as schematics, proposed interface

changes, requirement flowcharts, etc.

Responsible for the layout of NXTVue app based on software requirements,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/nxtvue.pdf. Keeper of layout

requirements document and produced mockups of new pages. Hand coded

front-end of application. Built ASP templates for back-end developers.

Coded JavaScript layout functions for constancy of borders, tables.

Coded JavaScript form validation functions and assigned to resolve code

bugs.

2008 to 2007 - NXTV platform changes from C# to ASPX. Look can be themed

each for individual hotel.

Created visual mock-ups/layouts and final graphics for hotels such as

The Hard Rock, San Diego, http://www.darwebdesign.com/ The Atlantis,

Bahamas, The Peninsula, Beverly Hills.

Responsible for replicating SVG images in C# version into browser

compliant images for ASPX GI version.

Responsible for designing and updating CSS for custom GI builds in

hotels.

Created visual mock-ups/layouts and final GI graphics for hotels such as

The Hard Rock, San Diego,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvdemo/welcome_hd_web.html, The Atlantis,

Bahamas, http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvdemo/welcome_atlantis_web.html,

The Calamos Hotel,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvdemo/welcome_calamos_web.html

2007 to 2006 - "World Radio" (categorized music via Internet) is added

as a new free service to NXTV subscription.

Obtained or recreated over 150 Internet radio station logos for World

Radio development under tight development schedule.

World Radio feature launched successfully.

2006 to 2004 - NXTV platform changes from Flash to C#. New GI

development cycle begins. Assigned to Sales and Marketing department

after re-organization.

Responsible for the conversion of Flash GI graphics into SVG (Scalable

Vector Graphics).

Behavior of newest GI required Sales CD Demo rebuild. Created new Flash

AS2 demo. Salespersons successfully used demo securing sales contracts.

Rebuilt corporate Website coding in PHP/XHTML/CSS,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvkey, replacing earlier Flash site

http://www.darwebdesign.com/nxtvflash.

2000 to 2004 - Member of 3 person design team created core system

components; Guest Interface (Flash-based) and NXTVue (ASP/SQL). First

installation premieres at The Peninsula, Beverly Hills, CA. Other 5-star

hotels followed. Addition projects included company Website, sales

materials and sales demo.

Sole graphic designer and front-end coded NXTVue's front-end,

http://www.darwebdesign.com/download/nxtvue.pdf. Responsible for

establishing, regulating and documenting design standards. Assigned to

work with development department to solve front-end related issues and

attended all development meetings.

3 member design team successfully delivered Flash Web site using both

MAC and PC. Assigned responsible for monthly Top-Ten Movie list site

updates.

Layout and maintain in-house monthly movie content sheet sent to all

hotels, http://www.darwebdesign/download/movies.pdf.

3 member design team delivered Flash-based "NXTV Sales CD Demo".

Responsible for monthly movie-list updates, keeping all content on demo

current and consistent with "GI" developmental changes.

1997 to 2000 - Designed graphics and other materials in order to acquire

investment capitol to fund NXTV platform.

Created HTML pages and Photoshop mock-ups of GI for presentations to

possible investors. Demonstrated proposed VOD system and guest-room

services. Services included VOD, TV Internet, VoIP and Hotel Services

(customizable area reserved for hoteliers amenities).

Research and development begins following successfully securing two

round of financing;

Created logo designs and marketing materials for product release.

DARRYL BUTMAN

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Aug. 1997 Netway Communications, Chatsworth, CA

to Aug. WEB DESIGNER

1996

Web designer for ISP hosting and Design Company. Designed, updated and

maintained Web sites for many Netway clients including the LA Auto Show

(http://www.laautoshow.com).

Produced company's brochures and advertising materials in-house,

benefiting Netway by increasing their control throughout the creation

process and reduced contracting expenses.

Aug. 1996 United Media Productions, Canoga Park, CA

to Aug. ART PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

1992

Supervised layout, design and production lead for four tabloid newspaper

publications. Created cover art, designed publication and set

advertisements for four affirmative action newspapers under tight

deadlines.

Implemented indexing strategy to organize digital editorial library and

client artwork increasing efficiency of art production.

Supervised two production artists from paste up to print-house.

Responsibilities also included progress reviews.

Credited as PC system and maintenance troubleshooter for workgroups.



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