*******@*******.***
Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to express my interest in an employment position with your
organization. I am eager to work with a company striving for innovative
advancements and new marketing strategies. I hope to gain new insight
working in your program to further shape my craft in design. I believe I
have the skills and qualifications you seek in an employee.
I have a proven track record of going above and beyond with what I do. At
my recent hire, a digital software company, I was a Front-End Web Designer.
There, my efforts reached to improving the company's image through managing
and maintaining six corporate websites. Additionally, it was expected of me
to design and code custom email templates for weekly submissions to
Constant Contact, reaching out to 28,000 libraries worldwide.
I have a strong background in developing in CMS structures as Wordpress,
adopting and utilizing the bootstrap framework to support format layouts.
My experience is demonstrated in languages accompanying PHP as, jQuery,
HTML5/CSS3, and JavaScript. My coding proficiencies of each language are a
solid blend to coincide harmoniously to develop strong programming logic
ensuring the developed software functions. I habitually, grade code through
Mozilla's firebug and Chrome's Inspector testing against console for
erroneous elements. I have a premlinary working knowledge of OOP in PHP. I
develop all websites with cross-browser (W3C) compatibility, designing the
layouts responsively to support all devices.
Professionally, my daily workflow follows a hierarchically-organized
environment staging deployments from local to dev to test to production
using JIRA ensuring that content is accurate before exposing to the world.
Proficient understanding of tabular HTML layouts structured for Email
Marketing. I have strong design skills in Photoshop and Illustrator CC to
brand company image effectively and advertise products respectively with a
knowledgeable color theory.
I possess excellent communication skills and can liaise effectively with
both clients and work colleagues using version control programs as Git and
Mercurial, and share point for clients. I'm capable of self-work on
projects as well as disciplined and versatile enough to work as part of a
team. My acute sense of detail helps me meet deadlines under pressure and
sort through projects that are contingent upon others. I have demonstrated
my ability to meet with clients to build and document web site
requirements, plan mock-ups and storyboards, optimize content by means of
various graphics, database, animation and other software to create website
architecture and find out hardware and software requirements. Additionally,
I have worked extensively with Wordpress themes and maintaining multiple
sites and comprehend the capabilities of cross-browser responsiveness.
Furthermore, I am competent in building custom themes from scratch, wire
framing the initial stages with Balsamiq software.
I would appreciate the opportunity to be a part of an openly creative,
playful, and highly collaborative team. Should you need additional
information, please contact me by phone or e-mail me at the above address.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Dalian Banks
Dalian RE Banks
Objective: To secure a position with a stable, well-established
organization that will enable me to use my artistic skills combined with my
computer aptitude to drive digital services for the company's users.
Education, Honors and Awards
Miami University, College of Arts & Sciences, Oxford, OH
Graduation Fall 2015
Major: Interactive Media Studies
Cuyahoga Community College, Business College, Cleveland, OH
Graduation Fall 2014
Major: Marketing
Campus Leadership and Involvement
The Crucible, On-Campus Magazine, Miami University-Oxford, Ohio
August 2010 - 2012
Layout Editor
. Produced article publication layouts against a strict deadline.
. Devised and designed Crucible website.
Personal Achievement
OpenGym App
Co-Founder/Developer/Designer
Launched Mar 13, 2015
. Designed and developed iOS mobile app in the App Store
PopzTopz -http://www.popztopz.com
Launched Mar 23, 2015
PHP/MySQL Web Developer
. Developed and designed e-Commerce website for John Legend and his
father, Ronald Stephens. Core functionality tracks inventory, manages
products, optimized for search engines, and monitors security traffic
for merchandise.
Dragsquare - http://www.dragsquare.com
Designer/Developer
. Personal freelance website for developing digital services through web
and mobile applications for clients.
Work Experience
Pauler Communications, Inc.
May 2014 - Present
Lead Front-End Web Developer
. Developed CMS admin portal for public facing website from scratch with
cross-browser/device responsive design.
. Utilized MYSQLi, PHP, OOP patterns and AJAX to connect and service
CRUD requests for the admin.
. Implemented jQuery's dependency library to traverse the DOM for unique
animations providing for UI experience.
. Maintained/modified existing public website and admin portal.
OverDrive, Inc.
Jan 2013 - April 2014
Front-End Web Designer
. Developed and maintained six OverDrive company branded websites.
. Skilled in WordPress development, Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, HTML5,
CSS3 and PHP, designing and developing custom themes and child themes
all for W3C compatibility and cross-device responsiveness.
. Designed and coded email blast marketing with Constant Contact -
viewed by 22,000 libraries worldwide.
. Designed graphic work for advertisements, promotional print-ready
materials, and supporting web graphics.
Acute Copier Company LLC, Chicago, IL
June 2011 - Dec 2012
PHP Developer
. Built custom web application for database inventory tracking using
procedural PHP and MySQL.
. Front-End Web Development using Javascript Bootstrap/UI framework and
Backbone.js for company extended microsites, creating interactive
database directory.
Software Proficiency
Graphic Server
Frameworks Scripting
Adobe Illustrator CC PHP/OOP Wordpress
HTML5/CSS3
Adobe Photoshop CC Bash/Shell Bootstrap 3
JQuery/Javascript
Adobe InDesign CC MySQL/i Backbone.js
Unix/Git-Command
Phone:
(216) 210 - 1104
Email:
*******@*******.***