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James Blakely's Technical Work

Graphics, web design and development


I live in Acworth, Georgia, a small suburb of Atlanta. I started designing and developing web sites for clients during college in 1997. I graduated from the Atlanta College of Art in 1999 with a Fine Arts Degree in Digital Art.

Over the past 12 years of work I have branched out from graphic design to web development and programming. In the past I have used ASP.Net with C#, Flash, and PHP. Currently I am developing mostly on the front end with AJAX, XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

I have always leveraged my fine arts background in my work. I rarely use WYSIWYGs or cut and paste examples. I feel that each project I work on deserves custom development and attention to detail. I am also deadline oriented and bring my projects in on time.

Most of my work is for internal use by clients and cannot be seen on the web. I have some screen shots of work I have done that can be accessed on the "Web Pages" tab. Since most of my clients are government, law enforcement, military, and financial institutions, I cannot present a majority of that work.

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If you would like a printed copy of my resume, print any tab of this web page. I have created the CSS print style sheet to only print a copy of my resume. If you would like a .doc version, the download link is available on the "Resume" tab.
Blakelys Plants

Blakely's Plants is a landscaping business. Clients coming to the site are concerned with seeing past installations. I incorporated lightbox to accentuate the main focus of the site, the photos.

I created the site in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The site can be found here: http://www.blakelysplants.com
Golistenlive.net Screen Shot GoListenLive.Net

Golistenlive.net is a resource for independent bands. It is a web application that allows bands just starting out a way to promote their live performances. The site has a way to upload photos, save dates to local city calendars, and has content management for the users.

I created the current design in 2003. I created all of the graphics and layout. I also worked on the ASP with another person. It was the last site I created with classic ASP. The site can be found here: http://www.golistenlive.net
IRS Screen Shot IRS Internal Site

Mock-up for an internal IRS web application.


Catalyst Screen Shot Catalyst

Catalyst is a risk and relationship analysis application for financial institutions. It allows banks and credit unions to view accounts that are grouped because the owners have relationships with other account holders. It allows them to see how profitable all the grouped accounts are together.

I designed and created the front end with ASP.Net 2.0 using C#.
Shields Mock up 1 Screen Shot Shields Application

I created 3 alternate designs for our data retrieval application Shields.


Shields Mock up 2 Screen Shot Shields Application

I created 3 alternate designs for our data retrieval application Shields.


Shields Mock up 3 Screen Shot Shields Application

I created 3 alternate designs for our data retrieval application Shields.


Objectsfor.net Screen Shot ObjectsFor.Net

Objectfor.net was a .Net resource. It had articles and forums to help users with .Net Beta, 1.0, and 1.1.

I designed the front end with ASP.Net. It was the first site I designed using CSS layout.
Shana Alverson Screen Shot Shana Alverson Band

The Shana Alverson Band was a local band in the Atlanta area. I worked with them to make a site that had content management so the members of the band could upload photos and blog entries during their tours of the Southeast.

The site was created with Classic ASP using VBScript and a Microsoft Access database for their CMS. I designed and coded the entire site.
Union State Bank Screen Shot Union State Bank

nFront had an online banking application that they customized for banks. I coded HTML to customize this site for Union State Bank.
Union Federal Bank Screen Shot Union Federal Bank

nFront had an online banking application that they customized for banks. I coded HTML to customize this site for Union Federal Bank.
First Keystone Bank Screen Shot First Keystone Bank

nFront had an online banking application that they customized for banks. I coded HTML to customize this site for First Keystone Bank.
Wreckageinc.com Screen Shot Wreckageinc.com

Site was created for the gaming group Wreckage. They are a guild in the online role playing game World of Warcraft.

This site was created using PHP. It has data access to keep track of in-game items using a MySQL database. The site can be found here: http://www.wreckageinc.com

Most of my graphics work in the last few years has been creating either web graphics for designs or icons for applications. Here are some samples of my work.

Sample of icons I created for financial applications:


Sample logo:

Resume In Word Format | Turn background color off

Objective Use my strong programming skills and fine arts background to develop user interfaces and graphic designs
Special Skills Ability to think creatively, envision interesting solutions, and then use programming skills to create those solutions.
Skills
Software
  • Adobe Photoshop 12 years
  • Macromedia Flash 7 years
  • Macromedia Dreamweaver 9 years
  • Macromedia Fireworks 9 years
  • Macromedia Freehand 9 years
  • Adobe Illustrator 10 years
  • Homesite 8 years
  • Microangelo 6 years
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 6 years
  • MS Office 10 years
Languages
  • JavaScript 10 years
  • AJAX 2 years
  • HTML 12 years
  • CSS 9 years
  • XHTML 5 years
  • ActionScript 5 years
  • C# 5 years
  • .Net framework 5 years
  • VBScript 8 years
  • XSLT 5 years
  • Robots Exclusion Standard 6 years
Education Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Computer Art with emphasis on video and digital art
The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA.
Experience
September 2008 – Present
Senior Presentation Layer Developer, Choice Technology Group, Atlanta, GA
I consulted for Razorfish.
Technical Environment:
JQuery, AJAX, and .Net
  • Created CSS and XHTML layouts from Photoshop designs.
  • Created DHTML functionality using JQUERY.
  • Created designs to integrate with Sitecore content management system.
April 2006 - Present
Senior Interface Architect, Choicepoint Inc., Atlanta, GA
I worked with Information Architects to create rich front-end interfaces for Choicepoint's government web applications.
Technical Environment:
AJAX, JSP, and STRUTS
  • Upgraded existing software to use DHTML, CSS, and AJAX interfaces over tabled layout.
  • Created custom web designs for government clients.
  • Implemented coding standards for front-end development.
  • Integrated web pages with STRUTS.
  • Redesigned Choicepoint's premier data retrieval application Autotrack.
April 2001 - April 2006
User Interface Designer, IPS-Sendero, Inc., Norcross, GA
Worked with usability engineers and marketing to create user interfaces for the web and Windows forms. Was also the sole web front-end programmer. Created all icons for the applications.
Technical Environment:
ASP, ASP.Net, IIS 5/6, Visual Studio, and SQL Server
  • Designed and coded multiple web interfaces for Window's form applications using C#, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ASP.Net 1.1 and 2.0.
  • Designed and coded Intranet site and search engine for software development team using XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, ASP, and SQL Server.
  • Worked with marketing to create the software brand and carry it over into the software interfaces.
  • Created all icons for software products using Freehand, Photoshop, and Microangelo.
  • Created interactive aspects of their interfaces in Flash using Actionscript.
  • Created internal company wide timesheet reporting application using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ASP.
  • Worked on search engine marketing for the corporate web site.
February 2000 - April 2001
Web Developer, Computer Services International, Inc., Roswell, GA
Created all graphics and user interfaces for the company. Consulted mostly with Bellsouth to create intranet applications in ASP and SQL Server.
Technical Environment:
ASP, IIS 5, Visual Studio, NetDynamics , and SQL Server
  • Coded intranet and internet sites in XHTML, DHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Jscript and Vbscript while consulting with BellSouth.
  • Designed Intranet and Internet sites in Photoshop, Flash, Freehand, Image Ready, and Illustrator.
  • Managed production of all sales and marketing material.
  • Worked with C,C++, and Java programmers to created web applications in ASP, NetDynamics, and Iplanet.
December 1999 - February 2000
Web Programmer, nFront, Inc., Duluth, Ga
Hand coded the online banking web sites in HTML and Javascript.
Technical Environment:
ASP and SQL Server
  • Coded and created bank web sites in ASP, HTML, and JavaScript.
  • Worked with clients on functionality, usability, and scalability.
  • Managed production of final release of web sites.
November 1996 - December 1999
Graphic Designer, Graphic Endeavors, Inc., Duluth, GA
Created marketing materials and web sites.
Technical Environment:
Quark Express, Photoshop, Illustrator
  • Designed web sites for clients in HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
  • Worked with clients to design and create commercial product packaging in Quark Express.
  • Created original art used in product labels and web sites.