Resume
Shivian Balaris
graphic, motion, & website designer / developer
Contact
addr. (available upon request)
tel. (available upon request)
me@shivian.com
Recent Clientèle
Motion & Graphic Designer, Website Developer
eSpin.com • Chicago, IL • Nov. 07 – Present
Worked as the sole designer, creating branding and marketing assets from webpages and magazine advertisements, to promotional emails. Created numerous flash ad campaigns (which ran on Myspace, Seventeen Magazine, Cosmogirl, et al); and coded HTML & CSS, for both design and functionality, alongside their lead developer.
Motion & Graphic Designer, Website Developer
Elevate Studios • Chicago, IL • Aug. 07 – Oct 07
Created & implemented website designs and layouts for several clientèle. Heavily interfaced with the Creative Director and Lead Developer to manifest artist vision as well as functionality and clarity.
Motion & Graphic Designer
Critical Mass • Chicago, IL • Sept. 06 – May 07
Created simplistic to advanced flash animations and interfaces for various clientèle including Albertsons and Moen. Also strongly interfaced with IA specialists to create solutions to full site interactions, and Critical Mass VP to create intracompany branding.
Motion & Graphic Designer, Website Developer
Aquent (Scott Foresman) • Chicago, IL • Aug. 06 – Sept. 06
Created, assisted, and / or implemented Flash, HTML, CSS, and PHP as both design and functionality with regards to the creation and management of several internal and external web and internet based agendas and programs.
Motion & Graphic Designer
Dent Interactive • Chicago, IL • Jan. 06 – Aug. 06
Created, assisted, and / or implemented Flash standard banner animation ads and flash micro-sites for such prestigious and in-demand clients as Mercedes Benz, Hyatt, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Marvel and 20th Century Fox.
Website Designer / Developer
Little Green Cube • Chicago, IL • Jan. 06 – Apr. 06
Worked as a full time website developer utilizing current and new technologies including, but not limited to, accessible CSS standards, HTML, Flash, PHP, Javascript (including AJAX and Scriptaculous), OpenSource, et al. Assisted in project management, design implementation, and functionality creation.
Creative Director & Website Developer
Brotherhood of the Phoenix • Chicago, IL • Aug. 04 – Present
Worked with the Brotherhood to create the groups logo for branding and website design purposes with strong emphasis on their mythological symbolism, further designed and maintain the website with content and create additional graphic material for promotion and distribution
Skills & Talents
HTML
CSS
PHP
Art Production
Javascript
MySQL
Flash Animation
Actionscript
InDesign
Photoshop
Illustrator
Fireworks
Southern Illinois University
B.A. in Graphic Design (2005)
Minor in Art History
References
Available upon request