Resumé
Janet T Sheares

Johannesburg, South Africa
C O N T A C T   M E Email: janet_art@mighty.co.za.
Homepage: SpiralArt
Mobile: 083 704 1542
Residential Address: Blairgowrie, Johannesburg

A T T I T U D E
 Nearly 5 years of experience in all phases of the design process, including print, on-line and multimedia. I am able to contribute to all design aspects of website development, including creating, developing and testing functionality of new websites. Extensive Experience in creating advertisments, promotional material, brochures and posters from concept and copy-writing to finished art and liason with printers and repro houses. Keen to apply new technologies, creative, highly motivated, well-rounded, able to work as part of a team or alone, open to change, helping, self-starter and thoughtful.
E X P E R I E N C E

Web Designer & Multimedia Specialist, August 2001 - Present
CubicICE http://www.cubicice.com/
* Responsible for conceptualisation if websites, front-end html, css and javascript coding. Analysis and planning of the functionality requirements of new websites. Creating graphics and animated images for use on websites, including animated banners, buttons and other graphic elements. Creating Flash animations for use on websites and interactive mulitmedia presentations and cd-roms. Daily and weekly updating and maintaining of existing websites.

Web Designer & Graphic Artist, March 2000 - July 2001
NEWS24 (Naspers) http://www.news24.com/
* Responsible for art direction on web site and multimedia projects. Conceptualisation and design of new websites. HTML coding of websites. Conceptualisation, planning and completion of all corporate advertising material, brochures and promotional material. Creating graphics and animated images for use on websites. Analysis and planning of the functionality requirements of new websites. Multimedia presentations using Macromedia Director and web design elements using Flash.

Graphic Designer, March 1998 - Feb. 2000
ADS24 (Naspers) http://www.ads24.co.za/
* Conceptualisation, planning and completion of all corporate promotional material and marketing documents. Graphic design and art direction of all promotional material and documents, including advertisements, posters, marketing documents and pamphlets. Copy-writing and liason with printers, including pre-printing (knowledge of repro & litho printing processes).

Studio Head - Graphic Designer, Feb. 1997 - Feb. 1998
DIE BURGER - Eastern Cape (Naspers) http://www.dieburger.com/
* Graphic design and layout of newspaper advertisements. Conceptualisation, planning and completion of all corporate promotional material. Supervision of artists. Design, layout and computer programming instruction.

Graphic Designer, Dec. 1996 - Feb. 1997
MEDIA MOVES DESIGN & ADVERTISING
* Graphic design and layout of magazine, newspaper media advertisements, pamphlets and calendars.

Graphic Designer, March 1996 - Aug. 1996
SAT-7 International Broadcasting Co.
http://www.sat7.org/
* Graphic design and layout of newsletters, brochures, and internal corporate promotional material.

S U P E R
P O W E R S

Platforms: Windows 95, NT; Macintosh.

Gadgets: Digital camera; flatbed scanner.

Graphics: Photoshop 5.5 & 6; Allaire Homesite 4.5; Flash 5; Fireworks 4; Ulead Gif Animator; Ulead Smartsaver Pro; Macromedia Freehand 9 & 10; CorelDraw 9; MS Powerpoint; (concept to code and everything in between)

Internet: HTML 4.0 (good, clean, plush code); CSS; Considerable cross-browser experience; basic Javascript and DHTML. Presently learning XHTML, XSL & XML.

Other: Able to design and develop on both PC and Mac systems. Able to design websites, graphics and multimedia applications, as well as traditional below-the-line print material, advertisments, promotional material, including liason with printers and pre-printing colour process.

E D U C A T I O N 1993 - 1995 Studied for N.Dip. Graphic Design - Free State Technikon, Bloemfontein.
Additional Qualifications:
HTML 4.0 - Internet Solutions (April 2000)
HTML 4.0 - New Horizons (May 2000)
TAFE diploma in 3GL (July 2000) - Concepts and principles of 3rd generation programming language from Tqweb.
R E F E R E N C E S I know a few people who willingly say nice things about me... upon request, of course.
P O R T F O L I O

Hypo-Plus - Concept, design and html coding of Hypo-plus. Maintenance of existing website.
CubicICE - Daily maintenance and backup of existing website.
Harmony Annual Report - Concept, design and coding of Harmony Gold Mine annual report.
InfoSat - Weekly maintenance and backup of existing website. Flash animations and banner ad campaign.
JD Edwards - Weekly maintenance of existing website. Animations and graphics.
News24 - assisting in maintenance of existing website, graphics and animated graphics and banner advertisements.
Smalls24 - conceptualisation and planning of classified advertisement website.
Travel24 - design of website.
Property24 - design and functionality planning.
Wheels24 - assisting design.
Matrics 2000 - design and functionality planning.
Lottery - design and functionality planning.
Scorched Earth - website for a documentary produced by Horizon TV, flighted on M-Net and Kyknet.

Special Focus Websites:
Penguin Rescue - photo gallery.
Agfa - Wildlife Photography Awards 2000
Amakrokokroko.co.za - official website for the South African Paralympic Team.
Who's Who - of Southern Africa 2000.
plus many more.

Freelance Website:
Carl's Handmade Knives - handmade stainless steel knives.
TLC - The Loudcrowd.

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