Summary

Skilled in VI, Dreamweaver, Komodo IDE, Flash, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Maya, InDesign, GIMP, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Experience with design concepts and layout for the web and graphic design.
Design skills in XHTML, CSS.
Proficient in hand-coding XHTML, CSS, Python, PHP, SQL.
Experience with server side scripting and databases.
Front-end development skills in JavaScript, AJAX, Actionscript.
Programming and back-end development experience with Python, PHP, SQL, Django.
Photographer/Cinematographer with skills in lighting and shooting.
Experience in video editing, special effects, and green screens.
Familiar with Linux (RedHat/Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu, Slackware), BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD), Mac OS (OS 9, OS X), Windows (2000/XP/Vista/Server 2003/Server 2008),

Experience

Four years experience working freelance, communicating with clients, providing customer needs, and managing a team of designers, photographers, and developers.
Created page layouts to W3C compliant standards.
Created and managed SQL databases for database driven websites. Currently proficient with PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Co-directed feature-length documentary film managing crew of five to ten cinematographers in a fast paced environment (in post production).
Chief lighting technician (Gaffer) on numerous short narrative films being responsible for the look of the film and working efficiently as part of a team.
Maintained website and server updates for multiple websites.
www.jessicavilanova.com: Custom Django site. Hand-written XHTML/CSS. Django 1.x with dedicated PostgreSQL server. Nginx reverse-proxy serving static media with Apache 2.x serving dynamic content.
www.lcpaytonproductions.com: Custom Flash site with PHP integration.
www. joustmovie.com: Custom Django site. Hand-written XHTML/CSS. Django 1.x with dedicated PostgreSQL server. Nginx reverse-proxy serving static media with Apache 2.x serving dynamic content.
www. greensolareclipse.com: Custom XHTML and CSS site with JavaScript and PHP for functionality.

2006-present. Freelance Web Designer and Developer.
2006-present. Project Manager on freelance websites for various companies and clients.

Associate of Applied Science in IT/Web Design & Development, ECPI College of Technology, Raleigh, NC, April 2008
Certification in Digital Filmmaking, School of Communication Arts, Raleigh, NC, June 2006