Person: Sebastian Zurek

Walnut Creek, California 94596

Professional Resume

WORK EXPERIENCE

Graphic Design & TV Production

Monte Vista High School, Danville, CA September 2008 to present

Instructor for Graphic Design class teaching K-12 students AdobeSC4 applications for print & web.

Producing daily TV Show and teaching K-12 students Final Cut Studio 2, Logic Studio to produce film/video and multimedia presentations including Podcasts.

Web Page Design & Visual Communications

Dublin High School & Valley High School, CA September 2004 to June 2008

Instructor for Web Page Design and Visual Communication classes.

Teaching K-12 students Graphic Design for print, HTML development, Flash animation, JavaScripting using AdobeCS and MacromediaMX applications.

Sr.Graphic Designer/Web Developer November 2003 to September 2004

Storytime Pictures

San Francisco, CA

www.storytimepictures.com

Graphic design and development of a web site (static HTML and FlashMX) for CG animation studio. Search engine optimizing, sound track development and audio editing. Graphic design of promotional materials and DVD packaging.

FlashMX Developer September to October 2003

Leap Frog

San Francisco, CA

www.leapfrog.com

Developed complex FlashMX movies for online presence of “Leap Frog”, company specializing in interactive toys for kids (various age groups). Duties included: image editing/optimizing, sound editing, FlashMX action scripting, Q/A.

(Independent Contractor).

“Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland” January to May 2003

www.splendorofpoland.org

Graphic design and web development of web site dedicated to an exhibition at the Legion of Honor (San Francisco, CA). Exhibit was featured from 3/8 to 5/18. Online tickets and souvenir sales, forums, chat room and eNewsletter. Web site received over 100,000 visits in the first 12 days alone due to my search engine optimizing techniques.

(Independent Contractor).

Web Developer/Designer October 2002

Benainous Communications

Berkeley, CA

www.benainous.com

Development of Company’s web presence. Implementing DHTML features into navigation, portfolio and gallery sections. Image optimizing, HTML clean up, search engine placement. Company had no website prior to October 2002. After going live, sales increased from local merchants.

(Independent Contractor).

Web Design and Development August to October 2002

MGE

Aptos, CA

www.Mge.tv

Graphic design of a web portal dedicated to selling and promoting foreign movies in theaters and DVD/VHS. Web development of online sales, film booking, promotions. Heavy usage of CSS and DHTML. Site was developed in two languages.

(Independent Contractor)

Web Design and Development October 2000 to July 2002

P&H Creative

Sausalito, CA

www.phcreative.com

Consulting as a web developer for many projects through P&H Creative Group who specialize in high-end graphic design. Web development includes code optimizing, DHTML development, search engine placement, form development, CSS usage.

(Independent Contractor).

Web Developer/Designer August 2001 to February 2002

Credit.com

Alameda, CA

www.Credit.Com

Graphic design and development of sites (HTML, DHTML, CSS, JSP, Flash). Development of various UFGs, registration forms using JSP. Heavy usage of VPN. Graphic redesign of entire site from ground up which improved overall usability and successfully increased sales. Responsible for graphic design of promotional campaigns.

(Independent Contractor).

Project Manager/Consultant November 2000 to December 2001

Constellation Concepts, Inc.

www.ConstellationConcepts.com

Worked on design and development process of complex web portal for Constellation Concepts, Inc. Duties included supervision of graphic designers, web development, QA. Consultant in regards to implementation of new web technologies.

(Independent Contractor).

Web Developer October 1999 to April 2001

Conference Planners

Burlingame, CA

www.cplan.com

Designing and developing sites (HTML, DHTML, CSS, JS, Flash) for clients like: Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, PeopleSoft, IBM, i2, Remedy, Borland, and others. Creating interactive high-end graphics, animations, dynamic registration forms with databases (File Maker Pro, Lasso, Oracle). Maintaining sites on over 50 secure servers. Hardware/software installations and configurations.

Web Designer/Production August to October 1999

TotalCreative, Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Graphic design of various web sites, animated banners and forms. Complex image and HTML editing. Remote FTP uploads.

(Independent Contractor).

Lead Web Production July to August 1999

ePlay, Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Designing of an educational web site for kids. Responsible for conceptualization and comprehensive layout. Graphic design, HTML editing, Q A.

(Independent contractor).

Graphic Designer May 1998

AJK Printing

San Jose, CA

Principal in-house senior graphic designer. Responsibilities include graphic design and page layout, color separation for print.

(Independent Contractor).

House of Fun Design June 1996 July 1998

San Francisco, CA

In-house web designer for Internet consulting firm.

(Independent contractor).

Q & A/Beta Technician July 1996

America Online

Testing and developing AOL software for Macintosh OS. Beta Technician responsible for identifying potential problems and recommending corrections.

Web Consultant February to June 1996

City College of San Francisco

Web consultant for Garment 2000. Design and maintenance of web sites, e-mail server. Responsible for updating newsletters and news packages.

(Independent contractor).

Senior Graphic Designer September 1992-December 1995

Spectrum Graphics

Chicago, IL

Duties included broad range of responsibilities. Management and maintenance of computer network. Troubleshooting workstations, servers, drives, printers, scanners. Uploading files electronically, calibrating monitors, backups, software/hardware installations.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

California Recording Institute

San Francisco, CA

Instructor for Apcode’s ‘StudioVision Pro’ class. Dissemination of knowledge for teaching with interactive seminars.

(Web audio production for local artists)

http://www.relicshow.com

Intercultural Institute of California June 2002 to date

San Francisco, CA

Instructor for Web Design and Web Development classes. Teaching PhotoShop, GoLive, Dreamweaver and Flash courses.

KUSF Radio 90.3 FM Producer

San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities include: audio editing (ProTools), research, interviews, translations, transcripts, show production (each radio show is 60 min).

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Extensive knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and Apple Macintosh (14 years). Proficiency with wide variety of software programs.

Proficiency with Image editing software: PhotoShop, Fireworks, ImageReady, Acrobat and ImageStyler.

Proficiency with illustration and page layout: Illustrator, FreeHand, QuarkXpress and PageMaker.

Proficiency with HTML editing: BBEdit, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Flash and LiveMotion.

Knowledge and experience in TCP/IP, Timbuktu Pro, Retrospect, AppleTalk, VPN, POP and IMAP mail clients.

Three years working experience with WebSTAR servers.

Other software skills include web audio formats like: RealAudio, LiquidAudio, ProTools, SoundEdit 16 and MP3.

Professional knowledge of music recording, publishing and MIDI software.

EDUCATION

LearnIT 2000

http://www.learnit.com

San Francisco, CA

Extensive training in Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash and Adobe’s GoLive.

Roosevelt University September 1991 to May 1995

Chicago, IL

Major: Music Performance/Education

Online Portfolio http://www.karneol.com