Advertiser // Graphic Designer

Professional Experience

avVenta Worldwide S.A.

May 2008 – Current
GM: Team Buick: Web Developer
  • Provide daily maintenance of the Buick website, from small changes to template creation.
  • Part of the management & development of internal projects developed.
  • During this period I was also in part of the training program of current and new employees to level them up to company standards or to hone their Web Development skills.
Aditional work experience
November 2007 – May 2008
Publicis Modem: Lead Web Developer
  • Develop customer provided graphical compositions into fully functional and semantically correct websites using XHTML/HTML, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, etc. Test, analyze and assure the quality of those sites against various platforms, browsers and strict international standards.
  • Overview and supervise the production of the rest of Web Developers in the team as well as train based on their needs.
May 2007 – November 2007
Critical Mass: Brand Channel Manager
  • Coordinate everyday activities of an 8 person team including Graphic Designers, Flash Animators (Designers) and Web Developers as well as Flash Developers in diverse projects for customers such as Mercedes-Benz, SuperValU, Hyatt, BlueCross BlueShield Arizona, Georgia-Pacific, etc.
  • Part of everyday activities include workload distribution, daily reporting, task supervising and possible problem solving, customer service like interaction with Project Managers, Art Directors and all kind of Managers, also served as back-up for Web Developers, Creative Producers, Flash Designers, Flash Developers, Creative Leads, etc.

DeltaHost S.A.

March 2006 – May 2007
Lead Graphic Designer // Web Development Supervisor
  • Develop corporate identities for the Company’s sister-companies as well as its own products; create the identities via websites, logos, business cards, paperwork and everything that is graphic related.
  • Develop Web Solutions for customers and work along programmers.

Eurovino Costa Rica S.A.

November 2005 – March 2006
Design Department Coordinator
  • Coordinate, develop and supervise graphic projects designed for all of the Company’s products in Central America.
May 2005 – October 2005
Graphic Designer
  • Create graphic designs for the Company’s products that have been published in Explore Magazine (Taca), About Magazine (El Salvador), Summa Magazine (Central America), Taxi Magazine (Guatemala and El Salvador) and La República (local newspaper).
  • Generate graphic designs for events and invitations of Eurovino’s products for both Costa Rica and Central America.
  • Develop Website proposals for the Company and its products.

Millenium Sportsbook

January 2005 – June 2005
Graphic Designer/Website update provider
  • Daily Website update provider. Tasks included information processing, editing and writing, as well as images creation and manipulation.
September 2003 – January 2005
Wagering Clerk
  • Customer service over-the-phone duties related to sports wagering in English and in Spanish.
  • Outstanding employee acknowledged for performance and punctuality.

Formal Education

College

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising. January 2003 - January 2007.

Courses / Seminars

Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
  • Adobe Photoshop Workshop. 2003.
  • Adobe Flex 3:
CyberU:
  • Flash 8: Rich Content Creation, Actionscript, Advanced Design & Application Development
  • Advanced Adobe Photoshop CS2 User.
  • Dreamweaver 8: Website Development, Dynamic Application Development I & II.

Languages

  • Native Language: Spanish.
  • Second Language: English. All skills (listening, speaking, writing and reading) mastered at an intermediate level of comprehension and production.

Computer and Design Related Knowledge

  • Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, InDesign.
  • Strong Web Development Skills: HTML / XHTML, CSS, Basic Javascript, assisted PHP (using Dreamweaver), SVN (using both Tortoise and Shell Commands).
  • Practical knowledge of the MS Office suite.
  • Broad experience using the Internet.
  • Windows and Macintosh Power User.

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