Resume:
Word 2003/2004 Doc
Pages 2009 Doc
Summary of Qualifications:
Can work under pressure and take criticism in stressful situations
Experience in creating designs with Photoshop, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Professional
Quick learner with good communication skills
Experience utilizing 3rd party classes and engines
Work Experience:
Disney – January 2012 to present
Interactive Developer
EA Sports – May 2011 to October 2011
UI Designer/Developer
I work on designing and developing the interface elements and game menus of NFL Blitz. This work consists of first discussing with the UI team what the look and feel of each element or screen needs to be based on the original design doc and style guide. The next step is creating a mock in Photoshop and going through any needed revisions before getting the final approval. And the final step is bringing that mock to life in the game by creating any assets not already made and programming the functionality, layout, and style.
JHT – July 2010 to May 2011
Interactive Designer/Developer
Main job is take ideas from design docs, and build interactive samples of projects that get demoed, evaluated, and then get a green light to go into full development production. Projects are designed and developed in Flash Professional utilizing ActionScript 3 and external API’s. Several projects included a Pacman style game, a side-scrolling shooter, and a Bejeweled clone.
Encompass Media / Blamo Games – June 2009 to July 2010
ActionScript Developer & Flash Catalyst Designer
Primary job is to optimize Photoshop and Illustrator interface designs for Flash and then program the interface with ActionScript 3.0 in Flash Professional. Secondary job is to take interface designs/elements and set them up for use with Flash Catalyst to take the workload off the Flash Builder developer by creating all the states and components of the application.
Apple – August 2009 to November 2009
Sales Specialist at Apple Retail
Worked in the Personal Shopping experience at Apple where individuals could make an appointment to come in and get an hour or more if needed to find the right product to suit the customers need and answer any questions or concerns he or she might have about buying an Apple product.
Full Sail University
Course Director for Flash Fundamentals – Ocotober 2008 to May 2009
Developed and taught lecture/lab curriculum for the first month of Flash courses in the Web Design & Development program at Full Sail. This was the introduction course to the Flash Platform, so it covered the basics of the IDE and ActionScript 3.
Studio Instructor for Flash ActionScript Techniques – July 2007 to September 2008
This was the second Flash course of the web portion of the Digital Arts program at Full Sail. This course concentrated on learning more advanced techniques of ActionScript. For this course I developed and taught material for the lab portion of the course. This included writing and administering tutorials, quizzes, and ActionScript challenges.
Associate Course Director for Digital Storytelling – October 2006 to June 2007
This is the second class of the Digital Arts program at Full Sail. In this course, students would learn to use an Apple computer, network between Windows and Mac OS, and learn proper presentation skills utilizing Apple Keynote. I worked on updating the course material for lectures and lab, taught portions of lectures and handled the workshops in lab.
Education:
Full Sail University
Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts & Design, 2006
Associate of Science in Digital Media, 2006
Awards & Honors:
Flash game featured in the Full Sail University Behind the Scenes Tour for Digital Arts and Design
Flash portfolio pieces featured in the Full Sail University Student Art Gallery
Hardware:
Knowledge in respect to computer hardware specifically in the area of building custom workstations from the ground up. Proficient in various operating systems; including, but not limited to: Mac OS X, Windows, and a variety of Linux distributions
Contact:
Email: wadedwalker@gmail.com
AIM: wadedwalker
Cell: (407) 782-8376
Google Profile
Extra:
Im also a gamer and if you want to test your skills(i.e. kick my ass) in Halo Reach/MW3 against me, my gamertag is “Jedi Wade”
