Justin Valdes
486 Bayville Rd. Locust Valley NY 11560
justinvaldes@factorypond.com | (516) 676 8829 | www.factorypond.com

education:
BFA from The Cooper Union, School of Art, NYC 1998, Full Scholarship
Exchange Program, Nova Scotia School of Art and Design

computer skills:
HTML, CSS, working knowledge of Javascript and PHP, Homesite, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Imageready, Flash, Illustrator/Freehand, Pagemaker, digital photography,  Mac and PC friendly

related skills:
good verbal and written skills, design, typography, illustration 

selected work:
siemens customer extranet - site architecture and HTML coding with onsite work in Florida and Munich
rigga.com (rigga dissolved its company pls. visit factorypond.com to view) - Flash designer/developer
nike golf/bracketville/presto online ad campaigns - Flash and Imageready, design and graphics 
production
itknowledge.com for earthweb.com - HTML coder, responsibilities: rewriting outsourced code, writing new code for redesign, troubleshooting the ssi tags, and q&a of the site
metmuseum.org - HTML coder, responsibilities: writing code for layout and formatting of text
banner designs - Money.com, Time 100 Heroes, Fortune.com, Time.com, Ask Dr. Weill, Bernie Siegal, MD, Ultimate Resource Guide
theessentials.com (Gillette) - Production artist, responsibilities: executing design changes, optimizing all images, animating gifs and adapting site according to client needs
hammermill.com - Junior designer, responsibilities: illustration, design of templates, production
aquaquest.com - Web developer/HTML coder, responsibilities: Development, design and all production

work history:
May 1998-present Independent Contractor - HTML coder and web design/production
Nov. 2002-Aug. 2003 Amagasaki Nishi High School, Japan - English language teacher 
Oct. 2000-Oct. 2001 ISITE Design, www.isitedesign.com - Web architect
Spring 2000  Wieden and Kennedy - Contractor, web design/production on Nike and Altavista
Spring 1999 Think New Ideas, Inc., www.thinkinc.com - Junior designer/production artist
Summer 1998 Eder Inc. -  Freelance Web Development
1991-present  Aqua Quest Publications, Inc. -  Tradeshow representative, web developer
Spring 1995 The Cooper Union Saturday Program - Drawing teacher

interests:
Painting + Drawing, Installation/Sculpture, Digital Photography, Surfing, Scuba Diving, Yoga, Aikido, Sea Kayaking, Backpacking/Hiking, Fly Fishing, Travel(Philippines, Nepal, Spain, Southern China, Germany, Australia, Japan)  and Reading

references supplied on request