Resume

Michael J. Herring
Cedar Rapids, IA
info@michaelherringdesign.com
www.michaelherringdesign.com

Experience

Geonetric
Cedar Rapids, IA
Interface Designer, June 2004 - Present
Working in a .NET environment developing web interfaces, templates, and CSS for large healthcare websites.
Providing internal training on website accessibility, semantic HTML, Javascript/DOM, and W3C standards.
Working within Scrum-based Agile software development processes.
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA
October 2006, February 2007
Teaching continuing education courses about Dreamweaver and Designing Effective Websites.
Michael Herring Design
Iowa City, IA
Freelance Web Designer and Illustrator, May 2002 - Present
Providing web design and illustration for educational institutions and small businesses. Building hand-coded websites with an emphasis on web accessibility, usability, and standards-compliant XHTML/CSS.
University of Iowa College of Public Health Department of Epidemiology
Iowa City, IA
Web Developer, February 2004 - June 2004
Developed a Flash-based Health Risk Tracker application and website for a grant-funded heart disease project.
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Iowa City, IA
Assistant Webmaster, February 2003 - February 2004
Assisted Webmaster with Collegiate website redesign, faculty training, and content management. Redesigned and built websites for research centers. Provided Mac support and assisted staff print designer with illustrations and print design.
Americans for the Arts
New York, NY
Website Manager, September 2001 - May 2002
Intern, June 2001 - September 2001
Managed and maintained five Americans for the Arts websites. Built and updated templates, designed new sections, created and optimized web graphics. Trained and assisted staff members with content management system and worked with staff members to expand and organize web content. Worked closely with contractors on major site relaunch. Provided design work for email, brochure, and postcard marketing campaigns. Used Microsoft IIS, SQL, ASP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Excel, Access, and some DHTML and ColdFusion.
Pamlyn Smith Design
New York, NY
Designer, July 2000 - July 2001
Provided design and illustration work for use in print advertisements, museum banners, books, and advertorials. Worked with firm's main clients: American Express, Travel + Leisure Magazine, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Created and maintained the Pamlyn Smith Design website.

Skills

Languages

  • XHTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript/DOM (including jQuery)
  • PHP
  • ASP
  • ActionScript

I also have experience working within ASP.NET, VB.NET, and C#.

Software

  • Photoshop/ImageReady
  • Visual Studio
  • Version Control
    • TortoiseCVS
    • Visual SourceSafe
  • Dreamweaver
  • Flash
  • Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Office
  • Acrobat
  • Fireworks
  • QuarkXPress

Platforms

Equally comfortable with both Mac and Windows operating systems and applications

Memberships / Affiliations

Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS)
“Promoting a vision of the future that assumes accessible web design to be relevant, obtainable, and not at odds with successful business practice or good visual and usable design.”
CSM
Certified ScrumMaster

Education

Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City, MO
BFA in Design/Illustration: May 2000
Dowling High School
West Des Moines, IA
Graduated: May 1996

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