Résumé (microformatted)

A designer-developer living in Brooklyn

With experience in architecture, entertainment, fashion, and publishing and degrees in French and Product Design, I specialize in Web design and development.

Mark Silver

750 Grand Street, #2H Brooklyn, New York 11211

e: m.d.silver@gmail.com

w: www.mark-silver.com

p: +01.913.530.2469

Education

1. Parsons the New School for Design

   New York, NY

   BFA, Product Design

   2006/01—2008/05

2. The University of Kansas

   Lawrence, KS

   BA, French (2004/05)

   2000/08—2005/05

3. Blue Valley North High School

   Overland Park, KS

   Diploma

   1996/08—2000/05

Experience

1. Web Lead

   2ACROSS

   Co-founded with a former classmate, a small design consultancy catering to young artists, designers, and musicians

   2009/05—2010/03

2. Web and Graphics Consultant

   Subversive Jewelry

   A CFDA Award-winning line of high-end costume jewelry

   2008/02—2009/04

3. Design Intern

   Visionaire Publishing

   Publisher of the acclaimed Visionaire "bookzine," as well as V and VMan

   Summer 2008

Skills

• General Design Competencies
  • Excellent sketching, hand drawing and rendering skills,
  • Experience with several user testing, prototyping, and wireframing paradigms,
  • Ability to talk about design and concept at various levels,
  • Comfort working across diverse design disciplines
• Web
  • Hand-coded and best-practice (X)HTML 4.0/5, CSS,
  • Client-side: JavaScript, frameworks (such as jQuery and MooTools), ActionScript 3,
  • Server-side: PHP, MySQL, working knowledge of CMS frameworks,
  • XMLHttpRequest/Ajax: above technologies, plus XML and JSON encoding
• OS X and Windows platforms
• Microsoft Office suite, Google Documents
• Adobe Create Suite ≤4
  • Illustrator,
  • Photoshop,
  • InDesign,
  • Dreamweaver,
  • Flash,
  • plus AfterEffects
• Miscellaneous Software
  • SolidWorks,
  • Alias,
  • AutoCAD,
  • Finale,
  • Pro Tools,
  • Final Cut Pro, &c.
• Language
  • Proficient French,
  • Conversational Italian, Portuguese, German, and Turkish
• Interests include:
  • The Arts,
  • Gastronomy,
  • and Music