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John Prinz
Phone: (831) 462-1978
postmaster@californiacats.com


Web Designer / Illustrator / Animator

Skills:

HTML, hand-coded or editors
Photoshop 6.0
Illustrator
Flash MX
Dreamweaver
3D Studio MAX
JavaScript, DHTML
PERL/CGI
PC and Mac platforms
Search Engine Optimization
Content Writing and Editing
Award-winning fine art photographer


Experience:

Web Designer / Animator / Illustrator / Game Developer: 1997-Present:
Examples:
Various animations created in Flash 5.0 and 3D Studio MAX
californiacats.com/animation.htm

A Santa Cruz marketing firm needed needed 8 icons and a splash page graphic for a client.
californiacats.com/illustration2.htm

A Santa Cruz design firm needed an illustration of a "Time Machine" for a client to serve as a user interface for their site.

A Capitola property management firm needed a web site redesign for one of their holdings. pheasantrungolfclub.com

• Senior Web Designer: 1997-2001: BestRate - Myers Internet, San Jose - Designed large, custom sites for a variety of ecommerce industries.
Teleconferenced with clients, coordinated with other team members, on time and within budget on multiple concurrent projects. Over 120 corporate sites completed in 4 years.

• Senior Web Designer 6/2002-present: WeDirect - San Jose - Search engine optimization. Developed sites and strategies for search engine ranking. Wrote and edited optimized content .
Examples:

Price Autos
The Car Plaza|
AutomotiveBuy|
Autos Quick
Motor-Car-Pic
High Risk Insurance
InsureDir.com
Nationwide Insurance Info |
Lowestrates.com
FlowersArrangements.com


Education:

Associate in Computer Science: Multimedia/Desktop Publishing, Cabrillo College, Aptos, California

Bachelor of Science: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Graduate-level courses in visual processing, language processing, and cognitive science at UC Santa Cruz Extension, Fall 2001 - Spring 2002.

Attendee - Search Engine Strategies 2004 Conference & Expo. August 2-5 San Jose, CA.

 

Resume last updated: 8/14/2005