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Christian B. McKeegan

Phone: 415.643.6176 Fax: 415.285.6395
577 Shotwell SF CA 94110 E-mail: ceme@mindspring.com

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Objective:
Obtain a position in the field of creative media that utilizes my skills and allows for exploration in the design process.

I have been involved with the design and production of a multitude of corporate and promotional web sites and media projects, and continue to gain skills in all aspects of the medium. Skills include hand-coded HTML, DHTML, JSP, Javascript, SSI, as well as front-end production of graphical content and motion graphics. Familiar with cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility issues.

Interests:

Highly skilled in graphic, design, and production software/tools:
Adobe(Photoshop, Illustrator, ImageReady)
Macromedia(Dreamweaver, Flash, Freehand, Director)
BBEdit(Mac), TextEdit(PC)
Mac and Windows O.S.
UNIX(file management, permissions, file editing)

Client List

TheQuickie.com
Client: The Quickie animation studio
Production of HTML pages and templates for redesign. Consultation on design and implementation process. Responsible for all template and javascript functionality code.

Private Trade
Client: Private Trade
Corporate web site promoting Private Trade; An online broker for Private Equity. Responsible for all site production from designer specs. Worked with designer to create marketing site that promotes Private Trade services and customer registration.

CourseNet demo
Client: Peer 3 / Technology Solutions Inc.
Demo for online course application; Designed graphics for home page and subsequent banners. Worked with programmers to place graphics in defined area's according to preexisting template.

Super Rank demo
Client: Super Rank
Corporate demo web site promoting Super Rank; An online demo showcasing the potential services of Super Rank rating system. Designed and Produced navigation and ranking system icons, site production from storyboard.

Granular Content : Looksmart intranet
Client: Looksmart Ltd.
Intranet Quarterly; Working with a designer, produced intranet quarterly art/prose/audio presentation of Looksmart employees submissions. Available only on the Looksmart intranet.

Wells Fargo Stage Coach Appearance Brochure : Wells Fargo intranet
Wells Fargo Minority Lending Program : Wells Fargo intranet
Client: Wells Fargo
Intranet Annual online brochures. Working with a designer, take design elements and content from printed version or report documents to create a navigatable online version for the Wells Fargo Intranet.

434 Brannan Open Studios '99
Client: 434 Brannan Open Studios event
Designed and Produced site for Open Studio's SOMA San Francisco event at 434 Brannan. Responsible for all aspects of the site from design to production.

SD Expo
Client: Miller Freeman Inc.
Corporate web site promoting the upcoming Software Development Expo. Facilitated the upgrade/redesign of the site for a new look and feel. Responsible for HTML/site production including, text editing, posting updates and changes via FTP and telnet, graphics preparation and cross platform testing.

Future Breaks
Splash Page for Future Breaks radio show on KUSF; Worked with designer to create splash page and link hub for Drum and Base radio show and affiliates.

KozyHome: E-Commerce
Client: Technology Solutions Inc.
Corporate web site facilitating online shopping for household interiors. Responsible for various icons, graphics, banners, gif animation’s, title treatments and general graphics preparation and cross platform testing. Created layouts in HTML from designs.

Gloss.com: E-Commerce
Corporate web site facilitating online shopping for make-up and beauty products. Responsible for masking on product shots, (i.e. removing backgrounds) preparing products images for the web. Created layouts in HTML from designs for upcoming "Ask Ms. Gloss" feature.

Choice USA
Non-profit web site which provides accurate information about abortion, contraception, and reproductive choices and promotes pro-choice activism. Responsible for HTML/site production including, javascript rollovers, text editing, posting updates and changes via FTP and telnet, graphics preparation and cross platform testing.

DTF: Designing the Future Web site
Client:Hewlett Packard
Web site promoting the IA-64 chip architecture and Hewlett Packard's transition to the platform. Responsible for formatting text fragments with HTML tags and links, text editing, posting updates and changes via FTP and telnet, gif animation's, graphics preparation and cross platform testing.

Power Partners HP-UX
Client:Hewlett Packard
Power Partners for Hewlett Packard. Responsible for production and updates of new partners on a quarterly basis.

Affiliation Networks(Currently: Snowball.com)
Corporate web site promoting the Affiliation Networks list of sites and affiliates. Responsible for javascript rollovers and facilitated the graphical overhaul of the entire site. Formatted text elements in the HTML, text editing, posting updates and changes via FTP and telnet, graphics preparation and cross platform testing.

Mondex USA
Corporate web site. Responsible for gif banners, side navigation image misc. graphics creation and preparation. Managed and created graphics for their online demo(AVI) in the ReadiMondex section.

Gene Autry Museum
Gene Autry Museum web site. Responsible for updating the calendar on a quarterly basis, gif banner and misc. graphics creation and preparation. Processed numerous images for online store and created new graphics for the "Add to Shopping Cart" button.

Verbum Inc. | Studio-V
Worked with this company on CD-ROM production.
-Lucent Technologies: Cajun Switching System CD-ROM--Responsible for Director score-based animation, graphics creation and preparation, asset management, audio implementation.
-Peter Norton's PC GURU CD-ROM--Extensive 2-CD PC-tutorial featuring web-ready links, animated tutorials and trial software. Responsible for Director score-based animation, graphics creation and preparation, asset management, bug report database, testing. Also worked with MediaX on this project.

Benchmark Consulting
Corporate web site promoting Benchmark Consulting; An Executive Placement Firm For the Wine Industry in Sonoma and Napa Valley. Created the entire design and HTML code for the site. Managed the creation of an on-line resume form that creates user built real-time resumes that are submitted to the server for further consideration.

Graphic Imagery
Corporate web site. Cleaned up home page graphic and side nav graphic. Added more sections and reformatted list of sections on the home page splash screen image map.

Employment History

Ce Me Digital (self-employed)
Contract/Freelance Projects 01/95 - Present
577 Shotwell
San Francisco CA 94110

Guru.com
Contract 11/99 - 01/00 : 11/00 - 01/01
615 Battery Street
San Francisco CA 94111
Production of HTML and Dynamo pages for redesign and new pricing structure. Worked with production employees to restructure entire site, correct bugs and text edits for version launch.

Lucas Film 3/99 - 8/99
P.O. Box 2009
San Rafael CA 94912
Responsible for various icons, snapshots, banners, gif animation's, and general graphics preparation and cross platform testing. Main supplier of graphic production from final design files for the CDRom game promotional site: Gungan Frontier

BitCo. Software Development 1/1/97 - 12/1/97
329 Bryant St. 3C
San Francisco CA 94107
Achievements included using Director 6.0 to develop multimedia content and sprite animation’s. Image processing, database structures, beta testing and troubleshooting, content management, processing sound files, snyc animation to V.O..

Century Theaters 6/1/96 - 5/1/97
150 Golden Gate
San Francisco CA 94102
Achievements included layout for movie directories (1-6 col.), type setting, grayscale scanning, mechanical paste-up, stat. camera, copy machine operations, promotional projects, "Ad Send" PDF files via ISDN.

Education

Academy of Art College : San Francisco CA Spring 1995 to Fall 1996
Candidate for Bachelor of Arts - Interactive Digital Media

Bakersfield College : Bakersfield CA 1989 to 1994
Associate of Art Degree and Photography Certificate

Exhibitions

Academy of Art College April 1996
Spring Show -Print Publication- 2nd Place.

Bakersfield College December 1994
Student Show - Photography

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