JJ Liwanag
2704 N. Francisco
Unit 1b
Chicago IL, 60647
Education
Graduated from Northern Illinois University, 2006
B.F.A.
GPA: 3.7
Major: Time Arts
Minor: Japanese
Skills
Creative Design
- Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator CS3 (expert)
- Adobe After Effects (intermediate)
- Adobe Indesign CS3 (expert)
- Adobe Flash (intermediate) // Flex (beginner) // Air (beginner)
- Final Cut Pro (intermediate)
- DVD Studio Pro
Programming // Front-End
- XHTML / CSS (expert)
- Javascript (intermediate)
- jQuery (intermediate)
- AJAX (intermediate)
Programming // Back-End
- I have the ability to develop sites with LIMITED back-end experience. The advantage of this is that I know how design with respect to the developers, which results in accurate and fast production.
- PHP / mySQL
- Drupal Open Source CMS
- Flash / XML intergration
Experience
Sears Holdings Corporation, Chicago IL
// Yanti Arifin // Aug 09' - Present
Responsibilities
Began as a Web Designer, designing promotional ads, and creating flash experiences for seasonal promotions, now Project Manager/Creative Director overseeing the use of resources to complete projects and tasks, while maintaining a healthy budget for the company.
Arc World Wide, Chicago IL
// Bass Philipps // March 09' - April 09'
Responsibilities
Art Director for concept and redesign of Exclusive Resorts website. Included new technologies for map design and skinning, while maintaining an aggressive design deadline.
ARS Advertising, Schaumburg, IL
// Kashif Zaman // November 07'- March 09'
Responsibilities
Contractor for ARS seasonally. Designing online e-mail, banner, website, and flash advertisements as well as working on campaign sites for Sears, K-Mart, Craftsman, Kenmore.
IP Pixel, Chicago IL
// Brooke Nanberg // October 08'- December 08'
Responsibilities
Conceptualized and designed wireframes, assisted with IA design, and concepts for USA Networks Character Project, delivered on a timely manner, and saved on budget.
Someoddpilot Design + Photography
// Chris Eichenseer // August 06'- December 06'
Responsibilities
Was educated on how the creative industry works. Learned how to design a website, from dealing with clientele, site-mapping, wireframing, conceptualizing and programming. Swearing grew as well. Without this internship, I don't think I would have traveled this far in my career.
