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Walter Verdejo's CV

[^]Summary

I successfully finalized a bachelor in Design Manager Multimedia(DMM) in 1996, certified by Cambridge University. Ever since I've been working as a successful graphic designer for one of the biggest gambling sites in Spain for the past 7 years. My portfolio holds the development and design of the gambling sites for MSN.co.uk and AOL.co.uk.

[^]Goal

My goal is to work on a larger scale with bigger gambling sites to enhance my skills as a graphic designer. I enjoy learning about new technologies that involve de fine tuning and development of more user friendly sites. I enjoy working in a team, but also able to accept greater responsibility.

[^]Work Experience

Quantum Media (1/10/2005 - actually)

Web designer for a ring of PARLAY based e-gaming sites. Develop their public and private area's look and feel,  templates, corporate image, online advertising, newsletters, customer support interface, usability and creativity for upcoming marketing campaigns.

Suntelecom(1/12/2000- 30/9/2005)

Head designer for a website company, leading a team of 3 designers .My scope of work mainly entailed the coordination of the project development and meet the set targets.

Auidó Software(1/5/2000- 1/8/2000)

Graphics contribution for game developing [ 'Obscurus destiny' and 'Space Hell' ], Main tools where 3Dstudio MAX and Photoshop. Also the development of online erotic games sites, and designing original  web layouts.

Isurf media(1/11/1997-1/6/1998)

Head designer for an e-kiosk company. Studying navigation psychology, customer needs, video managing. Responsible for the technical equipment, and also hardware's maintenance.

Serigrafía Puerto Portals(13/2/1997 - 1/4/1997)

Designer for a serigraphic factory, printing corporate material (mainly Tshirts). Responsible for designs and logo processing for the whole factory (10 employees)

[^]Additional Experience

Domain management

DNS managing, domain book and redirection, subdomains, mail accounts setup.

CMS integration

Wordpress and Mambo/Joomla knowledge. Able to create templates for both CMS.

Freelancing
Several full web solutions delivered to private customers. More info on the gallery.

[^]Additional knowledge and skills

I'm a curious person by nature, autodidact. I like to find solutions to problems, and simplify situations so they can be easily solved. I enjoy working in a team and have a talent for transferring knowledge to 3rd parties.. I'm fast and accurate in my development of work, and understand and carry out my responsibility in a timely manner. I enjoy computers and informatics and it has been a part of my life for the longest time.

Online marketing

Banner design(animated Gif's, Flash, DHTML layers), Microsites, Newsletters and mailers.

Javascript
Understanding of DOM, remote javascript libraries and execution.
CSS

Full understanding of CSS and it's capabilities, following web standards, focused on splitting content from design.

PHP, JSP

knowledge to work on both server-side platforms, able to integrate templates, and perform error-debugging on both languages related to design and it's implementation within the dynamic tool of choice.

SEO

Understanding of the HTML as a correct semantic implementation for search engines to index correctly. Keywords, Meta tags, duplicated content, inbound and outbound links.

Drawing Skills

Able to draw cartoon artwork, either on a vectorial program such as Freehand or Coreldraw, or simply on paper for post processing on Photoshop and/or Flash. Animation skills.

[^]Education

Elementary School
Graduated on Balearic Island University.(PAAU 6,36 final mark)
Design Manager Multimedia(DMM)

Graphic Design education provided by Cambridge University, accredited by BTEC (Business & Technology Education Council) trough Higher National Diploma. Skillset:Adobe Photoshop, 3dstudio MAX, Adobe Premiere, Macromedia Director, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, CoolEdit, Aldus Freehand, CorelDraw, Autodesk AutoCAD, Theory of Design, History of Art.

Logotype and Syntesis

Course certified by W-mega  January 4th 2001, taught by professionals for professionals working in the design sector, Studying Corporate Image and communication of a brand.

Adobe Flash

Course certificated by CAEB on September of 2002, focused on Flash5.0 and MX implementation on web; Animation techniques and dynamic implementation with DHML applications. Basics for RIA(Rich Internet Aplications) development.

ASP

Course certificated by CAEB on October of 2002, focused on Active Server Pages server side technology focused on website with database management to be able to provide dynamic solutions

Corporate Web Portals

Course certified by CAEB on November of 2002, focused on the theory behind corporate portals: New media, Advertising systems, Content Management systems.

[^]Languages

Language Spoken Written
Spanish Native Native
English High High
Dutch Basic -
Catalan Basic Normal
German Basic -

[^]Mobility

Driving Licence yes(B1)
Available for travel yes

[^]Personal Interests

Interfaces and Web
Usability, User behaviour study, Information structure and its formatting. Code Standards, Tableless design, clean and easy-to-use layouts. Interface Design, interactivity, Flash video.
Online Media
Online advertising, Viral marketing, Social Networks, Virtual environments.
Video
Rich content platforms, Flash Video servers.

[^]Personal profile

Name: Walter Osvaldo Verdejo Beisterveld
Date of birth: 23th of June 1977
Address: C/Vicente Juan i Rosellò, nº40, 3º, 1ª, 07013, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Email: waldo@mola.com
Phone number: +34639575335
Nationality: Spanish/Dutch

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