Email

zfisher@zfidesign.com

Website

www.ZFiDesign.com

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Zachary Fisher

Front End Engineer | UI/UX Designer

Summary

An experienced web developer and graphic designer, Zachary has a keen eye for detail and wields a powerful skillset that caters to a wide variety of digital projects.

Development Skills

HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript jQuery AJAX PHP MySQL JSON SASS CodeIgniter WordPress OpenCart cPanel Terminal MySQL Workbench PhpStorm MVC Github Version Control Pivotal Tracker SSH Paypal RSS Hostmonster Database Schema

Design Skills

Photoshop Illustrator Flash Premiere After Effects Fireworks Bridge InDesign Twitter Bootstrap Lightbox Google Maps SoundCloud Google Docs

Education

BS Web Design & Interactive Media The Art Institute of CA - Sunnyvale 2008 - 2012

Accomplishments

	Visited 14 countries including Israel, Joran, Egypt, Italy, England, Scotland, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, and Canada.
	Founded an event production company at age 21.
	Attained a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do at age 11.

Professional Experience

Upwardly Mobile, Inc. 2011 - Present

Front End Engineer

Development and Project Management for a Social Talent Engine (HR Web Application) for Enterprise.

UpMo Career Management Application

	Wrote methods using jQuery and AJAX to retrieve and display dynamic user content.
	Modified application infrastructure using the CodeIgniter PHP Framework and MVC
	Moderated Version Control and practiced social coding with Github
	Tested and optimized queries with MySQL through MySQL Workbench
	Used the SASS pre-compiler to generate CSS3 stylesheets.

UpMo Public Site

	Organized tasks for outsourced talent with the Pivotal Tracker project management tool.
	Accessed the development environment via SSH through Terminal command line.

UpMo Blog

	Converted the company's blog from PSD to HTML5 by image splicing with Photoshop
	Created a custom theme and added modular interactivity by using WordPress plugins.

Social Talent Show

Managed content for the company's webinar site, and edited code with PhpStorm

Anarchy Productions 2008 - 2012

Web Developer | Graphic Designer

Design and Development for an Event Production and Promotion Company.

World of Anarchy Blog

	Hosted site & sub-sites via Hostmonster and regulated server activity through cPanel
	Built a custom theme for WordPress and utilized a wide variety of plugins.
	Aggregated and exported RSS feeds, featuring multimedia downloads.
	Customized a theme for OpenCart and built out a fully functional eCommerce system.

Return of the Hatter Event Website

	Integrated the Paypal gateway to sell event tickets.
	Wrote jQuery to create ticket promo codes, a customized lightbox, & a countdown function.
	Embedded a Flash mp3 player provided by SoundCloud
	Edited event promo video using Premiere and After Effects

The Mad Hatter's Rave Event Website

	Used Google Maps to provide directions to the event.
	Created graphics in Illustrator and flyer designs in InDesign
	Converted website specs into HTML5 CSS3 and JavaScript

The Web Lender, Ltd. 2009 - 2012

Web Developer | Graphic Designer

Design and Development for an International Finance Brokerage.

The Web Lender Public Site

	Designed and implemented a custom WordPress theme with HTML5 and CSS3
	Developed a platform used for email marketing with AJAX and MySQL
	Validated forms using front- and back-end techniques with PHP and jQuery
	Syndicated blog posts to RSS readers, Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn.
	Generated Database Schema used for capturing and storing leads.
	Shared ideas and collaborated for future development using Google Docs

Freelance Projects

Web Developer | Graphic Designer | Photographer | Video Editor

Digital & Print Graphics, Websites, Custom Applications, Photography, & Video Editing.

Trymbl, Inc. Promo Video - 2012

	Re-animated a promotional video using Flash and After Effects
	Designed and integrated new graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator

DJ jORD'NjAMES Branding - 2011

Created dj logo and business cards with Photoshop and Illustrator

DJ Citizen ZIN Branding - 2011

Created dj logo and business cards with Photoshop and Illustrator

UYB Games, LLC Branding - 2010

	Created company logo and business cards with Photoshop and Illustrator
	Optimized graphics for web and generated interactive mock-ups in Fireworks

Electro Pop Rocks Event Photography - 2010

Photographed a weekly music event, and edited photos using Photoshop and Bridge

Global Networkz Branding - 2009

Created company logo and business cards with InDesign and Illustrator

Miscellaneous Projects

Web Developer & Graphic Designer

Personal projects including web programming modules and frameworks, as well as graphic design.

Zak's PHP Framework

	Architected a custom PHP framework, packed with core functionality needed for any dynamic application.
	Utilized the MVC pattern to de-couple and classify application infrastructure.
	Integrated Twitter Bootstrap for default styles and jQuery plugins.
	Comprised a series of front and back-end methods, using AJAX and MySQL queries to retrieve data.

Zak's jQuery Calendar

	Built a fully functional calendar using jQuery and HTML5
	Used CSS3 to create an interactive design without any images.
	Functionality includes browsing and searching by month or year, as well as use of the jQuery accordion.