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Darrin Potaka
- ABN:
- 84 415 049 753
- Phone:
- 617 5545 3716
- Mobile:
- 0404 844 171
- Email:
- darrin @ jadewebandprint.com
- Address:
- 21B Stradbroke Ave, Eagle Heights, QLD 4271 Australia
Summary
Passionate about web design and development. Good people skills, strong communicator, good with client liaison. Always keen to learn new things. Reliable team player with a good sense of humour who can always be counted on to make deadlines. Experienced with systems development and a wide range of content management systems.
Experience
Self Employed (Jade Web and Print) www.jadewebandprint.com
Gold Coast Hinterland (QLD, Australia)
Mar 2006 – Present
- Web: Website and web application development life cycle from initial requirements gathering and planning through production, documenting, deployment and maintenance.
- Print: Client liaison from project conception to delivery. Manage relationships with publishers, distributors and commercial printers.
- Other: Email campaigns, SEO.
- Recent Work Examples
- Full work history
Skills
- Web Development: XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Ajax, ColdFusion, PHP, and E-commerce in standards based web design.
- Web Design: Experience designing professional, standards compliant sites using Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Photoshop.
- Print: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw .
- Project Management : Control of multiple website's and print projects.
- Other- Experienced with producing print ready artwork.
- Experience using Dreamweaver and Flash to deliver web content.
- Good understanding of SEO and pay–per–click advertising.
- Strong MS Access and other MS Office apps.
Training
- Advanced CSS - Web Standards Development, Web Essentials – Bris July 2005
- Fast Track to ColdFusion MX July 2004 - Daemon Sydney
- Advanced Microsoft Access - Sydney University 2000
- Introductory Javascript - Sydney University 2000
- Adobe Photoshop Image Manipulation - Computer Graphics College - 1995
- Advanced Pagemaker - Desktop People 1994
- Design and Typography for Computer Users 1994
- Principles of Design and Desktop Publishing 1993
- Advanced Music Harmony - School of Creative Musicianship 1988
- City of London Guilds - Practical and Theoretical Cookery 1983
Employment History
- Graphic Designer, Web Developer (April 2003-March 2006)
Australian Book Centre 30 Westcombe Street Darra QLD 4076
Responsibilities: Design and development of company newsletters, catalogues and assorted promotional materials. Delivery of finished art in press ready format to various commercial printers. Mono/Spot/ and full colour work. Design, development and delivery of company advertisements to various magazines. Maintenance of company web sites (three), two of which were Cold Fusion. Liaise with management to maximise cross entity marketing and synergy between arms of the company. - Publications Coordinator, DTP and Web Developer (April 1996-Feb 2003)
The Adyar Bookshop 230 Clarence Street Sydney NSW 200
Coordinating promotions and advertising for the Adyar Bookshop.
Management of author signing's, book launches, mail order strategies, promotional packaging, general printed material, company stationery, newsletter production. Co-ordination of newspaper, magazine and cinema advertising.
Development and implementation of an e-commerce enabled database driven web site.
Ongoing maintenance and content provision for the web site. Train staff in dealing with Internet orders and handling basic web applications.
Liaise with the bookshop management about new and ongoing systems. - Publications Coordinator, Desktop Publishing (January 1993-March 1996)
Quest Book Trade Distributors 1/484 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000
Coordinating promotions and advertising for Quest. Developing cooperative advertising campaigns with retailers in related industry magazines. Publication of a 16 page monthly trade newsletter. Regular catalogue production. Negotiating with International Publishing Houses to establish shared advertising in Australia.