About

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I am a designer and developer based out of Vancouver, WA (across the river from Portland, OR). My design career blossomed in 2000 prior to beginning college. During college I began working on freelance design for local clients and eventually started working on local and national event promotion. I completed a fine arts degree in media authoring in 2005 and have been working professionally as a web developer for a nationally recognized brand since.

My experience ranges from web development and design to marketing and photography. I work in most creative mediums including print, web, music and video. My web development platforms of choice are Wordpress and Drupal, which this site is built upon. I create websites with standards compliant HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery on LAMP based web servers.

As a designer, I like to work with brands that are both small and large. I welcome the challenge of all types of projects and have made it a point to avoid narrowing my abilities to just one medium. If you're interested in working with me, please send me a message.

Partial client list

  • Axiom Production Services
  • Bier Factory
  • Blue Ribbon Digital Media
  • DJ FlipFlop (Cunninlynguists)
  • F. Rodgers
  • GreenSleeves
  • LumiNight
  • MEGA Music Entertainment
  • Missio
  • PSI Solutions
  • Stone the Murder
  • Tart Bistro
  • Tricia Hoffman Photography
  • Washington State University (employer)
  • Westside Pilates Vancouver

Photo of my workspace