Agency, in-house or home office

I’ve worked in a variety of settings and don’t necessarily prefer one to the other. Well, that’s a bit of a fib; if given the choice, I’ll choose telecommute with occasional in-office meetings 100% of the time, but there’s something to be said for office camaraderie, especially when your comrades are creatives.

 

 

SKILL
ENJOYMENT
SPEED


PRINT DESIGN
  • enjoyment
  • speed
AD CAMPAIGNS
  • enjoyment
  • speed
INTERACTIVE DESIGN
  • enjoyment
  • speed
UI/UX
  • enjoyment
  • speed
 PHOTO RETOUCHING
  • enjoyment
  • speed
PHOTO COMPOSITES
  • enjoyment
  • speed
BRAND IDENTITY
  • enjoyment
  • speed
VIDEO EDITING
  • enjoyment
  • speed
PRINT PRODUCTION
  • enjoyment
  • speed
ILLUSTRATION
  • enjoyment
  • speed
WEB DEVELOPMENT
  • enjoyment
  • speed
POWER POINT
  • enjoyment
  • speed

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Seasoned Creative Suite User

Adobe Creative Suite, The Early Years

Photoshop
DreamWeaver
Bridge
After Effects
PageMaker/InDesign
Illustrator
Flash
Premier Pro

I was lucky enough to go to Jr and High schools with phenomenal art departments. The teachers were passionate and invested in getting their students educated in the newest art and design technologies. I first got my hands on Photoshop in 1993 (13 years old), and while our design curriculum centered around basic foundations like color theory, composition, manual paste-ups and printing processes, I also got a healthy dose of digital technologies, web design & printing prep. In 1995 I started using PageMaker for magazine and newspaper layouts, and while I never attended design school after graduating in 1998, I continued doing freelance design for small projects, club events and album artwork for local Seattle artists and record labels.

Over the years Adobe Creative Suite has grown and expanded, and I have kept up with the vast majority of it, slowly adding more skills to my arsenal while growing through my career and getting interested in other areas of design, such as motion graphics and video editing. Even without a formal education I have never felt at a disadvantage, participating in master classes, coursework at schools like SVC and scouring the internet for tutorials and projects to learn programs on my own. It’s amazing what you can do these days with some curiosity and a Google search!

Web Development

While I don’t consider my self a web developer, I do have some serious front-end dev chops. When it comes to HTML and CSS I’m a champ. WordPress themes: sure. PHP and JavaScript/JQuery are not my favorite thing in the world to do, but if necessary I can get it done. In all practical purposes, however, I prefer to work with a dedicated developer. The most efficient work scenario for me is spending my time doing what I do best – UI, UX and overall design – while a developer does what they do best.

Here is my StackOverflow profile

Language Proficiency

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • JavaScript/JQuery
  • Wordpress

warm fuzzies


James Woodburn Tracktion Audio Software
We could not be happier with the work we achieved together - as an integral part of our wider software design team, Kristina brings a completely fresh approach to UI and UX design - the results are outstanding 🙂  - Posted on Thumbtack
David DiVona Proven Entertainment
Plasmodium does lots of work for my firm. Every job is timely and well done. - Read on Thumbtack