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Joe Crawford

Career : Goal //

I currently seek challenging and interesting employment in web / interactive media design. Ideally, I would be pushed to my limits, to imagine, to think, to learn, and to do. I like to have fun, too. If this sounds like your shop, I could very well be your next employee. If this sounds like your next job, you are my next client.

Experience : Hands-on //

in graphics: PHOTOSHOP: scanning, image manipulation, image restoration, color correcting, enhancement, Kai's Power Tools. ILLUSTRATOR/ STREAMLINE/ DIMENSIONS: original content creation, importing original art, KPT Vector Effects. DEBABELIZER:file size management, palette optimization for the web, file conversion, batch processing. GRAPHICCONVERTER/ PAINTSHOP PRO: file conversion, batch processing, simple image creation and tweaking, web image optimization. FUTURESPLASH/FLASH: navigational interface design, image creation and animation. GIFBUILDER: animated GIF creation and manipulation.

in web design: HTML: I've learned a great deal of HTML and prefer to edit code with either of these two shareware gems: BBEdit [MacOS] & EditPad [Win95/NT]. WYSIWYG: Claris HomePage and Adobe Pagemill to rough out basic tables and layouts. in site management: Maintaining sites; updating sites; uploading in binary vs. text; keeping directories straight; keeping links unbroken. Experience with Fetch and Ws_ftp

Employment : Graphics //

WEB DESIGNER / GRAPHIC DESIGNER / INTRANET: BCSI Project: ARCO Corporation (08/97 to 02/98) A broad range of responsibilities: site maintenance / design / creation. Sites include Corporate internal and periodic site design and maintenance on the external ARCO site. Conversion of exisiting print and PowerPoint documents to HTML format. Skills utilized: HTML skill; Word/Excel/PowerPoint to HTML conversion; Graphic arts skill with PhotoShop New skills used: Programming with JavaScript and Perl to add interactivity and functionality on the client and server side. Platform: Win95; SunOS server interaction GRAPHIC DESIGNER/WEB: Global Telecom Media (03/97 to 06/97) Responsibilities: Taking loose concepts and making them pages. Working closely with Vice President to make dynamic, bleeding edge sites. Created logos and graphics based on original drawings, scans, and clip art. Used FutureSplash and Flash to create animations and navigational systems. Coded HTML 3.2, including frames, as well as some IE specific tags. I was involved in both the concept and implementation of sites in a team environment. Platform: Windows NT Workstation Sites worked on include: Global Telecom Media Home Page Hip-Hop.Net HealthService.Net Cyberliving.Net WebShow.Net

Employment : Other //

REGISTERED RESPIRATORY THERAPIST: California Hospital/Medical Center - Los Angeles (11/94 to 3/97) Responsibilities: intensive care, emergency room, arterial blood gas lab, code blue response, general floor therapy, occasional neonatal coverage, occasional shift supervision. Los Alamitos Medical Center (09/94 to 12/94) Responsibilities: ICU, ER, code blue, floor care. University of Virginia Health Sciences Center (06/92 to 07/94) Responsibilities: adult critical care (ICU: medical, neuro, surgical/ trauma/ heart/ lung post-operative care, burn center), code/trauma response, bronchoscopy assist, blood gas lab, internal critical care transport. TUTOR (Math, Physics): Community Hospital of Roanoke Valley: College of Health Sciences (91-92) Tutored basic college math / Introductory physics LIBRARY AIDE: San Diego Public Library - Main Branch (01/89-07/90) Responsibilities: book shelving, ordering, straightening, sorting, some public contact. NOTE DEPARTMENT CLERK: Citizen's Western Bank - San Diego (11/85-04/87) General office work.

Education : Graphics //

UCLA Extension (1994-1996) Introduction to Computer Graphics (Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Director) Mac Illustration (Illustrator, Freehand) Digital Backlot: (DGA/Extension Seminar on post-production and digital effects Introduction to Multimedia/CD-Rom Production

Education : Continuing //

For me, part of designing for the web is keeping up with new technologies and trends, engaging in discussion, listening, and relating new ideas. Below is a list of some sources: Usenet Newsgroups Click here to see recent postings on web and computer graphics to the usenet hierarchy Mailing Lists Webmonster (Web Design) List Flasher List: excellent community of developers working with Macromedia Flash Web405 Memberships Internet Developers Association - Los Angeles Los Angeles Macintosh Users Group LA Webspinners

Education : Other //

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF ROANOKE VALLEY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Associate Degree 1992 - Respiratory Care Summa Cum Laude, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, Outstanding Academic Acheivement Award, Outstanding Clinical Acheivement Award SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE Major - Fine Arts (87-89) Studies included drafting, design, film, marketing, philosophy, psychology, TV production, broadcasting.

References //

Cheerfully given upon request

My System //

Apple PowerMac 8500/120 MHz, 96MB RAM, LaCie SilverScanner, Wacom 6x8 tablet, Zip drive, 36.6 Modem, accounts on Earthlink, America Online.

Why should you consider Joe Crawford? //

Since I was a kid, it has been my goal to do something in the creative arts. In my youth I had the desire to do so, but not the discipline. I puttered around for awhile before acquiring this quality. I finally learned to maintain discipline while in school to become a Respiratory Therapist. I finally had motivation, and graduated first in my class. I worked for five years as an RT. It is part of who I am. But there is another side, my artistic side. I've always drawn and painted without any clear goals, it was for fun, or for a greeting card I would send to friends. Then, I rediscovered the computer and rediscovered learning. I'm always learning new things. I started by spending hours upon hours mastering Photoshop on the Mac Quadra's at the UCLA Extension lab. Now I have my very own PowerMac. I've been working with Macs seriously for over two years now, learning the basic and advanced tools. I've learned HTML, I know the big graphics programs. I know Flash. I can hammer out some simple JavaScript and Perl. I can hack a table with the best. I can optimize an animated GIF. I'm dedicated and serious, and I even know how to laugh. DHTML and HTML 4.0 are next up on the neverending list of new things on the web. I can learn. Let me.

Information : Contact mailto:artlung@earthlink.net phone: (310) 839-4341

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