Kevin Spooner

HTML 5 • CSS 3 • JavaScript • Macromedia Studio 8 (including Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, and Freehand) • Adobe CS2 (including PhotoShop, Illustrator,InDesign, and Acrobat) • XML • XSLT • AJAX • ASP • JSP • QuarkXPress • Adobe PageMaker 6.5 • CorelDraw 6x-10.0 • 3D Studio Max 5 • Microsoft Office 95-XP Professional • Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 9x, NT & 3.1 • Mac OSX

Web Designer; Ventyx, Atlanta, GA 4/2008 - current

• Developed, implemented, and maintained complete web sites for a wide range of clients using advanced web development technologies and cutting edge design techniques.
• Performed site-wide restorations and optimizations to ensure that client sites were technologically current and streamlined for the 21st Century web.
• Technologies Utilized: HTML 5, CSS 3, XML, AJAX, EXTJS Script Library, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, and JavaScript.
• Designed a complete refresh for an extremely robust browser based control system intended for client companies in the international power industry, creating a modern and attractive look and feel.
• Brought the company's program asset suite up to modern standards of look and feel, as well as utilizing various JavaScript libraries to allow for a much more fluid and versatile control system.

Independent Contractor: Atlanta, GA
October 2000 -April 2008

Featured Clients: Clients have included The Weather Channel, AutoTrader.com, Citibank, AT&T, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Eckerd, Alliance Communications, Lifestyle Family Fitness, and others.

Emag Solutions - May 2007- April 2008

• Technologies Utilized: HTML, XML, CSS, AJAX, EXTJS Script Library, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and JavaScript.
• Developed web-based interface for a proprietary database search utility oriented toward searching large volumes of collected and stored data.
• Designed and developed interfaces for other applications based on script libraries and current AJAX based design standards.

The Weather Channel - November 2006 – May 2007

• Technologies Utilized: HTML, XML, CSS, ActionScript 2.0, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and JavaScript.
• Designed, developed, and maintained several of the broadband-oriented sites for weather.com which focused on streaming video.
• Worked with a proprietary content management system (CMS) to build components which seamlessly integrated highly dynamic photo and video content into promotional sites for several of The Weather Channel’s TV shows.

AutoTrader.com - October 2005 – November 2006

• Technologies Utilized: HTML, XML, XSLT, AJAX, CSS, Java, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, and JavaScript.
• Programmed, implemented, and maintained aspects of the website’s custom built Content Management System.
• Designed and created new aspects of the site, and of the AutoTrader.com internet presence, including the “New Model Showcase” and “Sell Your Car” sections, the “Fraud Tips” streaming video section, as well as the creation of the first AutoTrader.com Google widget.

Price Waterhouse Coopers - September 2004 – September 2005

• Technologies Utilized:  HTML, CSS, Macromedia MX Design Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, and Fireworks) and the Adobe CS suite (Photoshop, Acrobat, and Illustrator). 
• Designed and developed User Interface for a project which included a content management system, permissions-based dynamic user interface, and was to incorporate their corporate branding and existing style guides into an original website. 
• Gathered user requirements from the director in charge of the project, and an analysis of the process flow from the specialist in charge, and developed a wireframe and site map at a high level of the site and flow of the application.  Met with programmers who were responsible for development of the various applications within the site to assure that the project was within specifications and developmentally possible from a programming perspective.
• Wrote JavaScript interface elements and coded JSP embedded elements which would handle the dynamic content.

Alliance Communications- January 2002 – June 2004

• Technologies Utilized:  Macromedia Design Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, etc), the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, ImageReady, GoLive, Acrobat, etc), JavaScript, CSS, HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP and JSP. 
• Functioned as lead designer on a number of client sites, designing the front end look and feel for dozens of smaller clients.  This position involved a great degree of creativity and client interaction, as well as a demand for quick turnaround and the ability to improvise and work in a very fast paced environment under tight deadlines.

Citicorp - October 2000 – September 2001

• Technologies Utilized:  HTML, CSS, JavaScript, the Macromedia Design Suite (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Freehand, etc), and the Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, ImageReady, and Acrobat).
• Designed a portion of Citicorp’s Visa TravelMoney website.  Answered directly to the director of e-solutions and had a great degree of autonomy developing an online user interface to allow Citicorp customers to buy debit cards and traveler’s checks directly from the site.  The site included account management features and user profile settings built dynamically into the site.

Innovative Marketing Technology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
August 1996 - June 1999

Production Designer/Network Administrator

• Maintained the websites and printed media of company's clients.
• Managed the public image of the company over the Internet, insuring that they remained competitive in the online hospitality market.
• Gave the company a modern, attractive, and up-to-date image.
• Gained experience in the world of professional graphic arts by managing the printing operations of a mail marketing company.
• Oversaw and participated in the creation of print media from start to finish.  This included the creation, refinement, editing, layout, and printing of all advertising materials.