RAMEZ EL-HAJ
Web Design & Development
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
Creative and skilled professional with extensive experience in multimedia, marketing, and print design. Exceptional collaborative and interpersonal skills. Dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication skills. Highly skilled in client relations and talented at building and maintaining “win-win” partnerships. Accustomed to performing in deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on working within budget requirements. Creative experience in the following:
PRINT & MULITIMEDIA
Brochures
Interactive CD-Rom
Letterhead
Promotional Flyers
Website Design
Menus
Newsletters
Animated Banner
CD Covers
Catalogues
Logo Design
Print Advertisement
Website Hosting
Banners
Website Registration
Business Cards
Posters
TECHNICAL SKILLS
HTML
JavaScript/Jscript
DHTML
CSS
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
PageMaker
Director
Shockwave
Indesign
QuarkXpress
Imageready
Portfolio
Cute FTP
NavStudio 2005
Illustrator
Flash
GIF Animators
WEB PAGE URLS/PORTFOLIO SAMPLES
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Additional examples available on disk.
EXPERIENCE
Web Designer / Graphic Artist
MYNDSQUARE, LLC, Oak Park, MI
Efficiently manage and coordinate design production from concept through completion. Work closely with clients to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. Duties include: designing web sites, maintaining web sites, creating custom web graphics and layouts, logo design, animated banners, brochure development, promotional flyers, business cards, letterheads, menus, catalogues, banners, copywriting and content creation, edit and proofread a variety of documents, web usability, accessibility, testing and debugging, website promotion & marketing, and client relations.
Selected Projects – Freelance and Contract Assignments:
General Motors Headquarters (Contracted through Maxim Group): Utilized Dreamweaver and Cute FTP to update and maintain Socrates a GM internal website.
DebFourBlocks: Conceptualized and designed the web site: [login to view URL] for an educational consultant. Manipulated images through background removal, size adjustment, and coloring, using Photoshop.
Pursuit Sports Inc.: Designed web site, [login to view URL], for usability targeting domestic and international customers. Created brochures, business cards, catalogs, banners and promotional signs using Photoshop. Provided search engine submission and optimization. Increased sales through website by more effective marketing of products.
Campbell-Ewald: Updated the [login to view URL] website, using BBEdit. Edited and enhanced images with Photoshop for use on the web and a promotional CD. Created Director intro movie for the CD.
Disability Consultants: Designed and coded website, [login to view URL], using HTML, CSS, Javascript, DHTML and Photoshop. Registered domain name and set up hosting.
Southfield Seventh-Day Adventist Church: Optimized and re-designed the church’s web site, [login to view URL]. Edited content to improve readability. Enhanced appearance by redesigning HTML layout. Edited and enhanced images with Photoshop. Created organizational form using CGI.
You Grow We Mow Inc.: Conceptualized the user interface and graphics utilizing Dreamweaver, CSS, Javascript, and DHTML. Manipulated photos using Photoshop.
Web Designer/Developer
OWENS CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL, St. Joseph, MI, 6/99-6/01
Created Owens Classic websites using JavaScript, HTML, and CGI. [login to view URL].
Enhanced graphic images with Photoshop.
Used Excel to create a company database for product placement.
Created animated GIFs for multiple banner advertisements.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology in Digital Multimedia Technology (2000)
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
