Christian Williams
**** ********* *****, *** *****, CA 94404
*********@*********.***
http://www.framezero.com/christian/
Summary
Insanely creative and detail-oriented user interface designer/web developer with
extensive experience building consumer Internet applications and web sites that excel in
usability, speed, function, and viral growth. A master of table-less CSS layouts with key
technical strengths in cross-browser compatibility issues and W3C-validated hand
coding. Easygoing, yet decisive natural leader and an idea man who inspires others to
invent and outperform.
Technical Skills
Software
Photoshop CS2
Illustrator CS2
Flash 8
Zinc, mProjector and Northcode SWF2EXE applications
Camtasia
Vim and various code editors
CVS
Favorite Firefox extensions: Firebug, HTML Tidy, and Window Reisizer
Languages & Techniques
XHTML
CSS
PHP
Javascript
Flash Actionscript
dHTML
Ajax
Flapjax (Flash plus Javascript and XML for rich media experiences)
Christian Williams - *********@*********.*** - http://www.framezero.com/christian
Work Experience
Vendio Services, Inc.
San Mateo, CA - September 2003 to Present
Senior Web Producer
As a senior web producer, my job has been a blend of user interface design, client
and server-side coding, marketing design, and a sprinkle of user education. Major
accomplishments include:
Conceived and developed a community interaction platform similar to a
message board, but with the power of a wiki, called Stone Soup
Championed and led a sitewide redesign to consolidate navigation, increase
ease-of-use, and reduce subscription cancellation
Designed and developed a flash-based cross promotion tool - the most
quickly adopted tool in the company's history
Developed extremely creative marketing collateral
Was named The Voice of Vendio to voice the interactive marketing tours
Andale, Inc.
Mountain View, CA - October 2000 to July 2003
Senior User Interface Designer
While working as a senior UI designer, my responsibilities included both conceptual
design of the overall Andale site as well as the functional usability of the sales
automation web application. I worked within Product Management to design product
user flows, developed production-quality HTML mockups, and worked with
Engineering to ensure efficient page rendering.
Honesty.com
Northbrook, IL - April 1999 to October 2000
Founding Member
As with any start-up, I worked in all aspects of the company's operations. My
responsibilities included overall Honesty.com site design, web application design,
customer support, copywriting, promotional materials, etc.
Christian Williams - *********@*********.*** - http://www.framezero.com/christian
Free-lance Experience
Hans Design
Northbrook, IL - Spring 2000
Trained the company's top designers on the technical side of designing with Flash.
Assisted in creating a 5-minute product launch presentation with sound, video, and
animation.
Media Magic
Lansing, MI - Spring 1998
Created a 3D topographical map of the Antietam battlefield and animated historically
accurate battle sequences for the Civil War film, Antietam: A Documentary Drama.
The film has been aired on the History Channel and plays indefinitely at the Antietam
National Battlefield.
Collective Development
Lansing, MI - Spring 1998
Created animated intro titles for the movie Knight Chills. Knight Chills debuted at the
East Lansing Film Festival to a warm reception.
Education
Attended Flash Forward 2000 developers' conference in San Francisco, March, 2000
Attended Academy of Art College in San Francisco, spring, 1999
Attended Lansing Community College in Lansing, MI from spring, 1997 to winter, 1998
References
Rodrigo Sales
CEO, Vendio Services, Inc.
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Rodney Resella
Director of Web Production, Vendio Services, Inc.
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Tom Todaro
Former VP of Business Development, Andale
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Christian Williams - *********@*********.*** - http://www.framezero.com/christian