Web Design, Flash, Multimedia, Mobile Gui and Maya 3D Modeling

Andrew Weyrich’s Web Design, Flash, Multimedia, Mobile Gui and Maya 3D Modeling Resume

Fairfax, VA | Telecommute Rate: $65 - 75/hr/1099 no benefits (negotiable) On-Site Rate $80/hr no benefits | ********@*****.***

CLEARANCE: Hold Active TS/SCI now. Full Scope (FSP) & Counter Intelligence (CI) Poly in adjudication - will have by Spring 12

JOB OBJECTIVE:

My passion involves taking really arduous, boring and hard to understand processes and making them easy to use, fun, colorful, interactive and sexy through Multimedia Design. To work full-time with a Government Contractor as a Senior Video Game 3D Training or Multimedia/Web Designer/Mobile App Designer where I can utilize Web Design, 3D Modeling, Flash, Mobile App Design and overall Multimedia skills with the Adobe Creative Suite and Maya to build Websites, Flash, 3-D Animations, Mobile Apps& Video Game Training Simulations/3-D Instructional Design. My Multimedia work reflects the ‘sizzle’ or ‘wow factor’ that can be used to help win new work for your organization moving forward.

WWW.ANDREWWEYRICH.COM

EDUCATION:

-Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies: 3D Technologies/Animation. College of Arts and Sciences, GMU, May, 2002. 3.75 GPA. The second part of my Masters was in 3D Animation, all curriculum was based on Maya & learning art for 3D Modeling: -B.S. Degree in Marketing, School of Management, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, May, 1998. 3.2 GPA.

-Adjunct Faculty: Spring 2000 - Summer 2006, 10 semesters: George Mason University. NCLC 345: Intro to Multimedia.

Taught 25 undergrad students a ‘Intro to Multimedia course’. I taught Web Design w/ Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash.

SOFTWARE AND SKILLS:

WEB: Dreamweaver CS5 – 12 Years | Flash CS5 – 12 Years | HTML CSS 508 Compliance | Captivate CS5 – 2 years

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Photoshop CS5 – 12 years | Illustrator CS5 – 12 years | Fireworks CS5 – 12 years | Painter 11 – 3yrs

3-D MODELING AND ANIMATION: Maya 2012 – 12 yrs | Poser Pro 2011 – 3 Yrs| Vue 10 xStream – 2 yrs | City Engine - Beg

SOUND & VIDEO: Soundbooth CS5 – 3 Yrs | Premiere CS5 – 7 Yrs | Sorenson Squeeze - 3 yrs | Adobe Media Encoder –4 Yrs

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY WITHIN SKILLSET

Design Experience: 5 Years Commercial Sector. 8 Years Government Sector.

Web Design Examples

I am an accomplished Senior Web Designer with 12 years of Web Design / Flash / and 2-D/3-D animation experience as a

professional, contractor & freelancer. I have designed over 100 websites. I am an expert in Photoshop, Dreamweaver &

Flash and am highly skilled in the whole Adobe CS5 Suite. I can build my front-end GUIs for any programming back-end. A

programmer can take over my layouts and add their queries. I can also add my designs to existing data applications. I know

HTML, CSS & 508 compliance.

I have built over 200 models in Maya

Get my App called ‘Divalicioius’ for Android

DivaliciousApp.com

WEB DESIGN/ARTISTIC PHILOSOPHY/USABILITY PRINCIPLES & HOW ALL APPLIED WITHIN A TECH TEAM FRAMEWORK:

What jazzes me about Web Design is to try to always create something new that has not been done before while still staying in the requirements of the project. I also love taking something that is boring, long and hard to use (like a technical document) and make it into a creative, fun multimedia interface. I look at the website’s audience first and design around them. I like to sit down and talk to the actual users that are going to use the website. I design with user usability and utility in mind. I like to build signup and inter-site help systems that help the user achieve the utility within the website. I design with artistic principles of color theory, balance, white space, contrast, clean design (less is more as far as colors and fonts). I believe in adding branding concepts to a website if it’s necessary (logos and taglines). I have an anal eye for consistency throughout a site - I can tell if even one table is not right, something isn’t centered or there is a pixel off. I believe in quick and snappy performance for a website and multi-browser testing. I like to treat the inside of a website with as much importance as the home page. I believe in collaboration as I design (and not secrecy) and I also know the balance in being creative but still delivering exactly what the client wants (and staying within technical requirements and server performance standards). I love designing navigation systems that streamline the user flow and add an intelligent hierarchy to the data. I know how to get the best creative out of the above Adobe graphics applications and mix their outputs all together. I value the programmers/managers input as much as the user. I love design and animation and it is fun to add Flash where appropriate. I have extensive experience presenting to, collaborating with & maintaining clients.

EMPLOYMENT

12 YEARS OF WEB DESIGN, FLASH & 3D ANIMATION EXPERIENCE (5 YRS DEF CONTRACTOR, 5 YRS CORP, 2 YRS FREELANCE) BAE

Systems/OctoConsulting/NGA (client) November 2008 – Current - Utilize Top Secret Clearance, TS/SCI

Biggest Accomplishment: Took an 8 year old website, designed up 7 new design mockups – pitched them to the government and deployed 1 new design across 3 security levels. Updated over 100 pages of old content into new design and content.

- Work as a Web Designer in a Technical Library where I am responsible for the redesign of internal library website intranets.

- Interface with the government customer taking down requirements and content requests.

- Usability testing with users and daily maintenance over 3 website security levels

- Creating 6 New Front-end Designs for internal users to interface with.

- Write web design, development and usability requirements.

(started July 2010) Tasked to write requirements and create a visual proof of concept for a Wall of Knowledge or Dashboard System for NGA.

IBM (contractor) / TSA (client) / DHS June 2008 – October 2008. Utilize TS/SCI Security Clearance Play Training Game:

Biggest Accomplishment: Took government processes on paper and made a fully 3D and interactive 10 min. training video game/airport simulation tester in just 5 months.

-Created a Video Game called ‘Airport Matters’ for TSA to simulate checkpoints and passengers using Maya 2008, Poser 7, Flash & Premiere.

-Employed Concept Generation, Drawing Storyboards, Sound to create moods, Storyline Scripts, Voiceovers, Asset Lists & Post Production

- Built an airport, checkpoints, machine models, close up character zoom-ins etc. Mood of the game was designed around textures, lighting, sound, story line, voice-overs etc.

L-3 Communications (contractor) Feb 2008 – May 2008. Utilized Clearance. I did a website for the DoD DESKES Program.

TMA Resources, Contractor July 2007 – February 2008

Redesigned an entire application’s GUI, created a style guide for the organization and made 9 design containers for their CMS system.

-Designed new GUIs for their backoffice application ‘Personify’. Took data screens & made them into designed user flows for clients to use.

-Introduced a Style/Design guide of best-practices for the programmers to use when building their own websites.

-Created Skins, Containers, Icons, Navigation Systems, Progress Meters, and General Buttons for their Dot Net Nuke Abstract App.

-Created marketing materials and Front End Flash Animations for the company to use to promote different initiatives.

Freelancing Work: Alcosys, (Contractor) March 2007 – July 2007 (freelance)

Redesigning their entire websites plus adding Flash. This was a freelance position. I did both of these websites this from my home studio

PictureZoo.com

- Worked with KeywordRanking.com to design/launch Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Ad campaigns.

M.C. Dean Inc, Senior Web Designer, 6/03 -7/05.

Biggest Accomplishment: Built 35 unique websites for M.C. Dean. I built a whole intranet system and redesigned their “dot com” website.

- Managed and developed an intern and her projects. I taught her how to develop technical requirements.

- Created 3D animations, brochures, static websites, flash animations and navigation systems.

EDUCATION

George Mason University: 8/99 – 5/02 Web Designer & Webmaster.

Over three years of Grad School I was the Web Designer & Webmaster for: GMU Housing Dept., New Century College, Communications Dept. I re-designed all their websites & maintained the server.

Contact this candidate