tom doerr
Education
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
B.F.A. Illustration/Animation, 2006
Experience
Web Designer
WebJuice, Mountain View, CA (03/07 - present)
- Designs and builds pixel tight websites using html/css/js
- Uses latest web standards and compliance to work on all major browsers
- Keeps up to date on latest UI and UX standards
- Designs email creatives for use in publisher/advertiser marketplace
- Conceptualizes fresh and innovative methods to attract users to advertising
- through the use of creative thinking and driven by market research
- Increases CTR by analyzing test results and implementing findings
- Takes projects from concept to completion within tight deadlines
- Works well independently and as a team member
- Collaborates with project managers to find and implement the best user solution
Freelance Web Maintenance/Designer
- Designs and builds websites, sets up Wordpress blogs
- Performs content updates and corrections to existing site
- Performs SEO tasks using traditional methods
- Designs HTML emails for distribution
- Creates printed materials such as brochures, post cards and flyers
Freelance Illustrator
Primary Concepts, Berkeley, CA (8/06 - 12/07)
- Illustrated 24 children’s readers for pre-k to third grade
- Worked directly with designer to produce friendly, realistic animal and
human characters based on provided scripts
- Produced traditional water color images for covers
- Scanned drawings and formatted final images for each book
Freelance Illustrator/Animator
Safety Drivers Ed, Hayward, CA (6/06 - 7/06)
- Produced concept sketches of roadway scenarios, automobiles, signage
and modified to fit desired style
- Scanned all images and prepares for import to Adobe Illustrator
- Created still images of traffic signals, auto accidents, and characters in
Adobe Illustrator
- Converted files into Flash and animated roadway scenarios
- Worked closely with director to ensure that quality and standards were met
- Exported Flash files for upload to site
Skills
- Fluent on both Mac and PC platforms
- Adobe Suite CS5/Dreamweaver, Coda, MS Office, HTML, CSS, Wordpress
- Working knowledge: Timeline-Flash, PHP, Javascript, Jquery
- Currently learning more about: HCI, XML, UI, UX, Flash, PHP, Javascript, Jquery