DAVID STILLER
Digital Media Designer, Multimedia Developer, Instructional Designer

SKILLS
* Philosophy: Engagement through creative thinking and gamification
* Technologies: Adobe Animate, Captivate, & Creative Suite, Camtasia, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ActionScript, XML, Regular Expressions
* Publications: Author, Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers (Apress), Foundation Flash CS4 for Designers (Apress), The ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide (O’Reilly), “Understanding Classpaths” (Web Developer’s & Designer’s Journal); Contributor, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS3, ...CS4, ...CS5, & ...CS6 (Focal Press); Tech Editor, Foundation Flash CS3 Video (Apress)
* Training Venues: Presenter, video tutorials for Layers Magazine, video course for Rich Media Institute, speaker at TODCon 2006 & 2007; Author, nearly 100 articles for CommunityMX.com, covering above-listed skills; former Board of Advisers, Sessions College for Professional Design

EXPERIENCE
* Consultant: Digital Media Designer, Multimedia Developer, Instructional Designer
  February 1998 to Present (full time consultant from June 2006)
  Quip (Independent Contractor)
  - Develop cross-browser solutions for responsive web, mobile, and kiosk multimedia using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, as well as Adobe AIR, Flash Platform, and Adobe audio/video and graphics tools
  - Provide UX guidance and UI support for system design and development
  - Modify templates and perform CMS website maintenance (WordPress, Joomla, etc.)
  - Combine custom graphic design, animation, camera work, sound design, and voiceover to produce PR, marketing, training, and explainer videos with Premiere, After Effects, Captivate, and Camtasia
  - Provide gamification design, development, and consultation to enhance training systems
  - Engage in ideation, marketing strategy, script writing, and copyediting to produce training collateral for video presentations and improved workflow
  - Design and develop promo and educational video games using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, as well as the Flash Platform; also design and develop tabletop board games
  - Provide graphic design and illustration for corporate mascots, logos, banner ads, and other branding collateral

* Multimedia Developer
  December 2013 to November 2014
  Health Diagnostic Laboratory
  - Contribute UX guidance and UI support for system design and development, including wire framing and prototyping with Axure
  - Develop in-house and client productivity tools using Adobe AIR (ActionScript) and HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
  - Provide in-house video editing for “Message from the CEO” communiqués using Premiere
  - Provide design consultation and visual design for exhibits in interactive PR/educational space

* Email Developer
  August 2013 to December 2013
  Capital One
  - Develop responsive, cross-browser and cross-email-client solutions for outgoing corporate email using HTML and CSS, including A/B testing
  - Develop in-house productivity enhancement tools using JSFL (JavaScript variant) for Dreamweaver extensions
  - Provide graphic design and animation for in-house multimedia presentations

* Multimedia Architect
  October 2003 to June 2006
  Dynamic Systems Integration
  - Develop Rich Internet Application (RIA) solutions for in-flight navigation systems, combining C#, web services, and Flash Platform (ActionScript)
  - Design and develop stadium plasma screen video presentations using Premiere and After Effects, and online demos using Photoshop, Flash, and ActionScript
  - Engage in ideation and marketing/ad campaigns
  - Develop cross-browser websites and multimedia presentations using Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Flash
  - Lead production team training on Adobe creative tools, as well as HTML and CSS

* Author
  2006 to 2011
  Community MX
  - Design and write nearly 100 technical how-to articles on Adobe Creative Suite products

* Senior Web/Multimedia Developer
  September 1999 to October 2003
  Automark Web Services
  - Design and develop online Flash/Shockwave presentations, multimedia CD-ROMs, and interactive touch screen kiosk installations using Director, Lingo, Flash, ActionScript, Photoshop, HTML, CSS, and XML
  - Develop in-house productivity enhancement tools using JavaScript, regular expressions, ActionScript, and Visual Basic
  - Provide UX guidance and UI support for design of new customer data input systems
  - Develop cross-browser solutions for numerous retail websites using HTML, CSS, and Flash
  - Lead production team training on Adobe creative tools, ActionScript, and CSS

EDUCATION
* BA, English, Elon College – May 1996, Elon College, NC
* MCSE Certification – July 1999, Virginia Beach, VA

REFERENCES
* Available upon request.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* Friendly, energetic, creative team player. Good work ethic. Musician, artist, unicyclist, and cheese maker. Fluent in German.

stiller@quip.net :: online portfolio http://www.quip.net/
(757) 567-1070 :: Powhatan, VA and Portsmouth, VA