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Summary
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Fluently bilingual, creative and detail-oriented designer with nearly 10 years of experience in interactive,
graphic and corporate information design. Focused on internet/intranet design
with exposure in traditional graphic design as evidenced by work in both
identity and illustration. Breadth of experience in branding, information, web
and graphic design.
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Technical Skills
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HTML |
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DHTML |
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JavaScript |
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Cascading Style Sheets |
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Active Server Pages |
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Macromedia Flash |
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Adobe PhotoShop |
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Adobe Illustrator |
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Macromedia DreamWeaver |
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Adobe Image Ready |
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Macromedia HomeSite |
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Microsoft FrontPage |
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Professional Experience
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Ruiz Designs, Houston, TX |
2000 - Present |
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Self-owned
firm offering graphic and web design/development solutions for small and
medium-sized businesses.
Freelance Designer
Designed and developed over a dozen web sites, from start to finish,
for clients in the Houston metropolitan area,
throughout Texas, Georgia,
New Jersey and Madrid Spain, often in English and Spanish.
Created effective identity solutions which span all media applications,
from stationery to signage systems, for several Houston based businesses.
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| JPMorgan Chase, Houston, TX |
2000 - 2003 |
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Leading
global financial services firm with assets of $742 billion that provides investment
banking, asset management, private banking, equity and transaction services.
Interactive Designer
Successfully redesigned the five geographical hubs of the JPMorgan
Chase global intranet that increased site usability for the 95,000 employees
by providing easier-to-use tools and resources to locate information.
Developed a wide range of identity solutions and associated creative
collateral for business units throughout JPMorgan Chase, increasing brand
recognition and familiarity among employees, vendors and the public.
Designed and developed a user-friendly web interface to display and
process legacy mainframe data, increasing employee productivity while
streamlining the flow of information between the user and the back-end
system. The project’s success influenced the redesign of similar financial
data front-end products within the company.
Designed and maintained
several online courses and tutorials including anti money laundering
requirement courses in 3 languages (English, Spanish and Portuguese) which
were taken by all JPMorgan Chase Employees worldwide.
Designed and maintained over three dozen intranet web sites for
various business units within JPMorgan Chase.
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| Microsoft Corporation, Houston, TX |
1997 - 2000 |
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Leading global technology firm recognized worldwide.
Interactive Designer
Specialist in the development and production of internet advertisements
for Microsoft msn and sidewalk.com web sites. Production of internet
advertisements entailed meeting with advertising clients to photograph,
layout, design, copy write and create ads on paper and/or desktop
publishing systems.
Developed advertisements which met the needs of the client and attracted
internet users to the clients web site while matching the specifications
set by Microsoft.
Provided a high level of customer service through all stages of the ad
creation process. Worked closely with ad development managers, account
executives and local office staff to support and further the success of
msn's efficiency.
Pro-actively identified with Workflow, suggested solutions for
improvement, and contributed to the long term success of the project.
Designed and maintained over sixty Houston area client web
sites and or advertisements to be displayed on msn and sidewalk.com.
Developed a client proofing system which was approved for nationwide use.
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Education |
The Art Institute of Houston
Degree of Associate of Applied Science in Graphic Design
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References
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